National News for January 2012
- Halliburton Wins Ruling vs. BP Over Some Gulf Oil Spill Claims
- Best Affirms American Service Pool Ratings; Outlook Stable
- MJ Insurance Launches Golf Program
- Big “I” and Swiss Re Launch E&O Web Resource
- Media Firms Could Face Insurance Hikes in 2012
- Electronics in Autos Pose New Safety Issues, Scientists Say
- Consumer Group Charges Auto Insurers with ‘Disparate Treatment’ of Low Income Families
- Wellpoint Expands Offerings through Alliance with RLJ
- Agency Compensation Expected to Rise in 2012: Ward Group
- Peers as Passengers Studies Support Graduated Licenses for Teen Drivers
- Flood Damage in 2011 May Make 2012 Worse Along Mississippi River
- Lawyers Jump Into Cruise Ship Disaster Cases
- Best Revises Chartis, Lexington & Members Outlooks to Stable; Affirms Ratings
- Best Revises AIG and Subs Outlook to Stable; Affirms Ratings
- Chubb Posts $452M in Q4 Profit, Approves $1.2B Share Buyback
- Find Out Who’s Worth What in the Independent Agency System
- Employment Bias Complaints Against Private Sector at All-Time High: EEOC
- Increase in U.S. Tort Costs Driven by Gulf Oil Spill: Study
- BP Must Cover Some Transocean Gulf Oil Spill Damages
- People Lie More When Texting
- BP Fails to Shift $15 Billion Gulf Oil Spill Costs to Transocean
- New AD&D Coverage Available for Riders and Grooms
- How Insurance Distribution Is Changing
- Companies Partner on Smaller Earthquake Insurance Risks
- Scientists Urge More Study of Nanotechnology Risks
- Tougher U.S. Commercial Market Conditions in 2012: Marsh
- ACE Risk Management Launches Specialty Transportation Segment
- January P/C Reinsurance Renewals Flat or Up Slightly: Towers Watson
- Court Upholds Travelers vs. Reinsurers in Big Asbestos Award
- Crop Insurance Payouts at a Record $9.1 Billion
- Report: Most Workplace Homicides Happen During Robberies
- Ratings Roundup: Montpelier US, Medico, First Sealord, Pathfinder
- Philadelphia Insurance Adds Coverage for Sleep Centers
- Travelers: Q4 Profit Down But Pricing Rebounds Sharply
- New U.S. Consumer Agency Pledges to Avoid Rule Duplication
- Should Insurers Cover Experimental Treatments?
- Best Affirms American Modern Home Insurance and Subs Ratings
- Best Withdraws Harleysville-Atlantic and Harleysville Ohio Ratings
- Workers’ Compensation Turn a Profit? Fahgettaboudit!
- Conning: P/C Premiums to Grow 3-4% in 2012
- U.S. Nuclear Plants Need Better Safety Against Earthquakes, Floods: Panel
- Courts Push Back on Foreign Bribery Prosecutions
- Agents Creating At-Home Insurance Jobs for Disabled Veterans
- Senate, House Scuttle Online Piracy Bills
- Veteran Gambled and Won in Starting Own Agency
- Consumer Group Publishes ‘Insiders’ Advice’ on Filing Auto Claims
- Munich Re Creates New Coverage for Photovoltaic Manufacturers
- Group Urges Obama to Address Flood Insurance in State of Union Address
- What Would Online Piracy Bills SOPA and PIPA Do?
- Healthcare Individual Mandate Too Weak to Matter, Aetna CEO Says
- Analyst: BP to Agree to $20-25 Billion Gulf Oil Spill Settlement with Justice Dept.
- U.S. House Panel to Review Cruise Line Safety
- Mission Accomplished: Post-Military Job with a Purpose
- EPIC Expands Coverage for Pizza Delivery Operators
- Who’s Worth What in the Independent Agency System? Find Out … Join IJ’s Survey
- E&S Insurance Execs Have Heads Shaved for Good Cause
- Deloitte Advice for Insurers in 2012: Focus on New Products, Countries
- Supreme Court Won’t Hear FINRA Immunity Case
- Walmart Seeks End to Refiled Gender Bias Lawsuit
- Aon’s Warriors Bring Military Values to Managing Global Risks
- Liberty Mutual Adds Crisis Management Endorsement
- Murderer, Fake FBI Agent, Amateur Arsonist Enter Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame
- P/C Insurance Industry Enlisting Veterans in Talent War
- P/C CEOs Say Low Interest Rates Push Need for Stringent Underwriting
- Travelers Broadens Coverage and Raises Limits for Oil and Gas Risks
- Cruise Ship Victims Can’t Use U.S. Courts: Expert
- National Hurricane Center Chief Reed to Retire
- Congress May Revisit Online Piracy Bill After White House Criticism
- XL Adds Excess Auto Coverage to E&S Product Line
- General Star Teams up with Pearl for Accountants Program
- Judge Allows Suit Alleging GE Misled Investors
- Court Denies Class Action Suit Against American Honda
- 2012 Off to Bad Weather Start for P/C Insurers
- Court: Workers’ Comp Bars Iraq Convoy Drivers’ Suit Against KBR, Halliburton
- Supreme Court Rules Religious Ministers Not Covered by Job Bias Laws
- Association Offers Liability Enhancements for Orthodontists
- Supreme Court Upholds Credit Card Arbitration Clauses
- Internet Begins New Chapter with .yournamehere Domains
- Federal Reserve Paid Government $77 Billion in 2011
- Agents Outline Real-Time Technology Priorities for Carriers
- 6 Ways to Kill Innovation Without Even Trying
- Five Star Expands Classes for Business Auto Program
- National Beer Wholesalers Association Names BevCap as Program Manager
- FIO’s McRaith: 150 Comments Received on Modernizing Insurance Regulation
- Outpatient Costs Higher in States Without Fee Schedules: Workers’ Comp Study
- States Need to Regulate Litigation Financing Industry: Professor
- CFC Underwriting Develops Cloud Coverage
- Waked Succeeds Addeo as CEO at Confie Seguros
- Federal Risk Retention Law Needs Clarification: Congressional Report
- 5 Strategies for P/C Insurers for 2012
- Supreme Court Walmart Ruling Shakes Up Employment Class Actions
- ‘Like’ Facebook in Driver’s Seat? Mercedes Offers App Inside Cars
- Board Finds Certain Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Violate Federal Labor Law
- Zurich Expands Agribusiness Footprint
- Breckenridge Creates Program Business Underwriting Facility
- 2012 Commercial Lines Ratings Outlook Negative: A.M. Best
- SEC Changes Its Settlement Language Where Criminal Violations Admitted
- Whistleblowers Earn a Record $532 Million in 2011
- White House Defends Health Care Law As ‘Response to Crisis’
- PPIB Launches Outpatient Medical Facilities Program
- Report: Liberty Mutual Failed in Bid to Buy Harleysville
- Insurance Buyers’ Choice: Bigger Premium or Bigger Risk
- Momentous Insurance Brokerage Launches Equine Specialty Practice
- As Consumer Power Goes Viral, Risk of Reputational Damage Grows
- Aging Workforce May Not Be So Bad for Workers’ Compensation, Says NCCI
- Insurance Veterans’ Forecasts for 2012
- TechAssure Launches Website for IT Coverage
- President Obama Signs Pipeline Safety, Airport Security Bills
- Willis Rebrands Executive Risks as FINEX North America
- On-Duty Firefighter Fatalities Decreased in 2011
- John Hancock Financial Joins Travel Insurance Marketplace
- Obama to Name Cordray Consumer Bureau Head in Recess Appointment
- Ruling Boosts Bond Insurer MBIA’s Fraud Suit Against BofA’s Countrywide
- Drunk Driver Test? There’s an App for That
- Allstate Offers Claim Satisfaction Guarantee
- Ground Shifting for Medical Liability Insurers: Moody’s
- Hiring Executives: How to Move Beyond First Impressions
- Securities Class Actions Steady in 2011; Surge Against Chinese Firms
- Schinnerer Launches E&O Policy for Artisan Contractors
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