National News for September 2014
- Federal Reserve Was Reluctant to Rescue AIG, Urged Private Sector Loan: Trial
- Marsh & McLennan Names McGivney Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance
- EEOC Suits Against Employers Allege Transgender Bias
- ProAssurance, Pro-Praxis Introduce Excess Package for Complex Healthcare Risks
- Specialty Insurance Group, Britton Gallagher Offer Pyrotechnics Program
- Securities Brokerages Free to Be Uninsured for Legal Awards
- Antitrust Review Delays Verisk’s Purchase of EagleView
- Greenberg’s Lawyer Says U.S. Demonized, Extorted AIG Shareholders in Bailout
- U.S. Hospitals Face Risks in Ebola Virus Waste Disposal
- Colleges Look to Control Fraternities, Hazing As Tragic Incidents Multiply
- Trial Over Greenberg’s Challenge to AIG Bailout to Get Underway
- Allied World North America Enhances Its ForceField Line with Primary D&O
- Healthcare Firms at Risk; Hackers Value Medical Records Over Credit Data
- Top 30 Private Auto Insurers: SNL
- Alibaba’s Ma vs. Berkshire’s Buffett; Lottery vs. Insurance: Saft
- Lawyer Says 2 Families to Accept GM Ignition Switch Offer
- Complex Energy Industry Requires ‘Power’ Underwriters
- Aon’s Evans Joins Wells Fargo Insurance for National, International Sales
- GNY Insurance Cos.’ Heck to Retire; Daughter to Succeed Him As CEO
- SEC’s $30 Million Award Could Encourage More Whistleblowers, Lawyers
- Civil Engineers Hit Lack of National Plan on Flood Mitigation
- Turtles, ’60s Band, Wins Classic Song Copyright Case Against Sirius Radio
- BP Loses Bid to Recover Oil Spill Overpayments
- Deere Mulls Sale of Crop Insurance Business
- Western National’s Henderson Assumes NAMIC Chairmanship
- NAMIC Honors 5 P/C Executives with Service Awards
- Execs Hired by Berkshire Specialty Balked at AIG Philosophy: Benmosche
- Administration Relaxes Food Safety Rules for Farmers
- Player’s Widow Sues NFL, Claims Husband’s Suicide Due to Concussions
- Home Depot Breach Tied to Bank Account Fraud, Reports WSJ
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Enters Fidelity & Crime Market; Names AIG’s O’Neill
- ACE Names 2 to High Net Worth Personal Lines Group
- U.S. Jury Finds Arab Bank Liable Under Terrorist Financing Law
- Owner’s Guilty Verdict in Peanut Poisoning Trial Called Warning
- Nursing Home Neglect Trial Challenges Shell Company Transfers
- Surplus Lines Rate Hikes to Slow As Competition Grows
- Travelers Offers New Coverages Related to the Affordable Care Act
- Willis North America Beefs Up Cyber Risk Practice with 6 Appointments
- How Spouse’s Personality Influences Job Success
- 3 from Lockton Join Expanding JLT Specialty’s Cyber Team in U.S.
- Companies to Pledge Action on Climate Change at UN Summit
- AG Holder Seeks Tools to Prosecute Executives for White Collar Crimes
- Safety Coalition Sues U.S. Over Missing Trucker Training Rules
- Greenberg’s Starr Sues U.S. Over Tax Dispute
- Ryan to Head Research for Marsh’s Workers’ Compensation Center
- Insurance Will Absorb Some Costs in Home Depot’s Giant Privacy Breach
- New CEO Hancock Puts Stamp on AIG Management in Shake-Up
- Insurers Bonding with Climate Change Battle
- North Dakota Commissioner to Serve on Financial Stability Oversight Council
- Administration Says 7.3 Milion People Paid for Obamacare Coverage
- NOAA Hopes Drones Get Data from Hurricane Edouard
- Congress Hits Auto Safety Agency’s Role in GM Recalls
- Republicans Question Labor Board on McDonald’s Franchise Liability Case
- Allianz to Assume Fireman’s Fund Commercial Lines; Future of Personal Lines Uncertain
- Assurant Names Colberg as President, CEO
- Sedgwick to Acquire VeriClaim, Other T&H Units
- Export-Import Bank Short-Term Extension Looking Likely
- HealthCare.gov Website Warned of Security, Privacy Risks
- House Passes Measure to Ease Insurance Capital Standards Under Dodd-Frank
- Hull to Head Surety for Willis
- ACP Re Completes Tower Group Merger; Personal Lines Sold to National General
- BP Hopes Missing Comma Triggers $750 Million Transocean Spill Insurance
- Fireman’s Fund Enhances Prestige Home Premier Product
- The Problem with Domestic Excess & Surplus Lines Insurers
- AIG Names Fasano to New Chief Information Officer Post
- Advisen’s Ruggieri Replaces Hooper as North America CEO for Cooper Gay Swett Crawford
- ASCnet Changes Name to Applied Client Network
- NFL’s Concussion Claims Could Reach $950 Million
- Demand for Liability Insurance to Rise Again: Swiss Re
- How Cybercriminals Attack Small Businesses – and 10 Ways to Stop Them
- XL Group, Munich Re, New Energy Risk Provide Insurance for Fuel Cell Project
- Guy Carpenter’s Bufkin Joins Hamilton USA
- Solar Storm Headed for Earth But Only Slight Effects Expected
- OSHA Revises Reporting Rule for Worker Injuries
- U.S. Treasury Eyes Hedge Funds’ Use of Low-Tax Bermuda Reinsurers
- Court Denies Players’ Appeal of NFL Concussion Claims Deal
- Major League Baseball Balks at Foul Ball Safety Measures
- Brown & Brown Names Abernathy Senior VP of Wholesale Unit
- Nationwide Names Executives, Divisions Under One-Brand Strategy
- ACE Launches Global Primary Casualty Unit for U.S., Canadian Multinational Companies
- Turbulent Pacific Hurricane Season Contrasts with Calm Atlantic
- Atlantic Hurricane Season Peaks with No Named Storms
- The State of Obesity in U.S.
- Millennials Aspire to Be Workplace Leaders; Seek Training: Survey
- Foreign Accents Drive Smart Cars’ Voice Technology Crazy
- NAS Insurance Services Enhances Cyber Liability Insurance Product
- Japanese Specialty Reinsurer Canopius Expands U.S. Footprint
- States Ranked by Risk of Damage from Natural Hazards: CoreLogic
- Liberty International Adds 8 Underwriters to U.S. Excess Casualty Unit
- U.S. to Study Volatility of Fuel Transport
- Lawsuit Filed Against Home Depot Over Data Breach
- More Pilots in Crashes Testing Positive for Prescription, Other Drugs
- Is There a House Republican Deal on Export-Import Bank, Terrorism Insurance?
- Commercial Price Increase Slowdown Carried Into Q2 with Few Exceptions
- Hiscox Launches Private Investment Fund Portfolio
- Home Depot Confirms Its Payment Systems Were Hacked
- 4 Strategies for Restoring Workers’ Compensation Profitability
- Supreme Court May Get ‘Disparate Impact’ Housing Case
- Communities at Risk in Wake of Failure to Address Rising Seas
- AssureStart Expands Online Small Business Insurance Sales to Four More States
- 2017 Cadillacs to Feature Hands-Free Driving, V2V Technology
- U.S. Economic Losses Due to Napa Quake, August Floods Top $4 Billion: Aon
- U.K. Government Backs BP in U.S. Over ‘Unreasonable’ Oil Spill Payments
- MF Global Officers’ Defense Cost Already at $48 Million
- Best Agencies to Work For: Submit Now
- MetLife May Fight Systemic Risk Designation
- BP Gross Negligence Ruling a Warning to Big Oil and Partners
- Hackers Get to HealthCare.gov But U.S. Says No Personal Data Stolen
- Usage-Based Insurance Overcoming Privacy Concerns, Gaining Traction
- No Such Thing As Free Lunch? IRS Eyes High-Tech Perk
- Paleo Mega-Drought Bleeds All Over Western U.S.
- MetLife ‘Strongly Disagrees’ with Systemically Risky Designation
- Full Appeals Court to Hear Obamacare Tax Subsidy Case
- Marsh Launches Catastrophic Cyber Policy For Large Companies
- Judge Rules BP Was ‘Grossly Negligent’ in Gulf Oil Spill
- El Niño Chances Lowered to 60%
- 25% of Americans Have Medical Debt; 55% Worry About It: Bankrate.com
- Hacking Risk and Liability Issues Don’t Deter Makers of Driverless Cars
- House Republicans Eye Short-Term Renewal of Export-Import Bank
- Court Frees Goldman from Paying Ex-VP’s Legal Fees
- Insurance Noodle Launches Integrated Facility for Allied Health Services
- CNA’s Kocaj Joins Berkshire Hathaway Specialty
- 3 Reasons Congress Should Renew TRIA
- Nationwide to Realign Under Single Brand; Drop Harleysville, Scottsdale Names
- Global Regulators Call for Closer Regulation of Financial Firms
- Focus Shifts to BP Following Halliburton Oil Spill Settlement
- Hancock Takes Over at AIG After Benmosche’s ‘Great Leadership’: Miller
- JLT Group Expands U.S. Specialty Reach, Merges JLT Specialty, Lloyd & Partners
- Friedlander Elected President of IMCA
- Halliburton Agrees to $1.1 Billion Gulf Oil Claims Settlement
- No ‘Significant’ Cyber Attacks on Banks, Says Bank Group
- Tower Group Reports SEC Has Launched Probe
- Cyber Attacks on Banks Color Terrorism Insurance Renewal Debate
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