National News for April 2007
- Professional Insurance Agent Ads Feature Women Business Owners
- Willis Rejects Insurers’ Alternatives for Contingent Commissions
- Agent Leader Soto Renews Vow to Defend Contingent Pay
- Lexington Rolls Out Professional Liability Coverage for Accounting Firms
- New Firm, Claimetrics, Promises New Age in Claims Management
- New Chubb D&O Form Addresses Trends Outside the U.S.
- Big ‘I’ Honors N.Y’s Emek and Louisiana Affiliate
- Marsh Launches Major Branding Campaign Focusing on ‘Upside’ in Risk
- Risk Managers Urged to Take Charge to Enhance the Placement Process
- D&O, Workers’ Comp Lead Downhill Pricing Parade, According to RIMS
- Sen. Lott Settles Katrina Claim with State Farm Before Trial
- First Quarter Catastrophes Cost U.S. Insurers $1.22 billion
- Subcommittee Chairman Favors 6 – 8 Year TRIA Extension
- Darwin Professional Underwriters Reports Net Income Up 87% in Q1
- S&P Lowers TICNY Rating; Company Views Action as Misleading
- Insurance and Small Business Addressed at Big ‘I’ Conference
- High Court to Hear Case of Voluntary Cleanup Under Superfund Law
- Navigators Pro Enhances D&O for Companies Offering Securities
- Willis Q1 Net up 21% to $169 Million; Conference Call Today, Details
- Zurich Introduces Online Tool for Employers
- Real Estate Firms Call for Renewal of Federal Terror Reinsurance
- HRH 1st Quarter: Acquisitions Help Drive Revenues as Rates Decline
- P/C Insurers to Pay $1.2 Billion in 1st Quarter Home, Business Catastrophe Claims
- Travelers Launches New Products for Mid-Sized Commercial Printers
- Commentary: 1Q Insurance Earnings So Far: What’s Working; What’s Not
- Study: Obese Workers Drive Up Workers Compensation Costs
- Bush Administration Releases Plan to Combat ID Theft
- Chubb: 1st Quarter Profit Up 6%
- W. R. Berkley: Net Income Up 17% in 1st Quarter
- Brown & Brown 1st Quarter Net Income Sets Company Record
- Freeing Streams of Debris Might Help Control Flooding in Future
- Guyan Named Membership Director at Workers’ Comp Research Institute
- Program Writer Delos Forms Excess & Surplus Insurer, Naxos
- Climate Change Risks ‘Potentially Significant,’ Says U.S. Report
- Judge Seeking Restitution for Victims of Asbestos Attorney Fraud
- Hurricane Forecasters Who Got Mild ’06 Right Warn of Active ’07
- 5 Charged in Alleged $100 Million Workers’ Comp Scam
- McCabe, Smart Join Contractors Program Team at First Capital-AWIS
- Commercial P/C Premiums Drop, Underwriting Relaxes, Survey Finds
- Investments Boost Allstate 1Q Profit
- General Motors Cars Record Highest, Lowest Death Rates
- RMS Predicts Industry Exposures to Increase
- AAIS Adds Associate Members
- U.S. House Passes Bill Granting Shareholders Vote on Executive Pay
- Walton Named V.P. for Marsh & McLennan Public Relations
- National Crime Bureau Partners with Experian to Fight VIN Cloning Scams
- Tornado Losses in N.J., Conn., Ohio Could Top Those of Great Plains States
- O’Neil Joins Kinloch Holdings as EVP
- Judge Vows He’s Still Open to Mass Settlement of State Farm Katrina Claims in Miss.
- Procter & Gamble Defends Jury Award in Satanism Case
- SNL Financial to Publish Statutory Insurance Company Financial Data
- Report Details P/C Insurers’ 2006 Proftability, Escape from Storms
- American Insurance Marketing and Sales Society Installs Directors
- Meadowbrook Acquiring U.S. Specialty Underwriters
- Time Runs Out for Investors’ Securities Class Action Against Merck
- Major Auto Makers, Parts Companies Team Up to Build Safer Models
- Online Auto Insurance Purchases Increase 58 Percent
- Report: Army Corps Must Acknowledge Global Warming
- Vertafore Acquires Document Management Firm, ImageRight
- Bush Administration Rejects Pleas for Federal Disaster Plan
- Marsh Taps McGinnis to Lead U.S. Consumer Unit
- USG Vacant Property Package Now Available in Most States
- Group Aims To Increase Women, Minority Law Firms’ Work in Insurance
- New Online Calculator Helps Assess the Financial Cost of Data Theft
- Lawyers: E-mails Help Them Prove Homeowners’ Katrina Cases
- Nickerson Named SVP for Liberty Mutual Agency Markets
- AIG Chief Sullivan’s 2006 Compensation Valued at $22.5 Million
- Owner’s Donation Helps But Race is On to Save Disabled Jockeys’ Fund
- Insurance Marketers’ Group Accepting Annual Award Nominations
- The Hartford, Berkshire Hathaway Join Forces on Surplus Lines
- Auto Dealers Urge Congress to Make Available Data on Totaled Vehicles
- Industry to Congress: Private Market Is the Best Solution on Natural Disasters, But Some Say Federal Help Needed
- Trial Starts for Two Former Marsh Execs Accused of Bid Rigging
- USI Holdings Granted Limit on Copyright Damages
- AXA, Britt Paulk Partner on U.S. Aviation Program for Smaller Aircraft
- March Madness Over, College Athletes Prepare for Future ‘Real World’ Careers
- Banks’ Total Insurance Revenue Dipped; Brokerage Income Rose in ’06
- Klimek to Head Up Sales and Marketing for WSS in Calif., Texas
- Countrywide Names Hendry COO, Managing Director
- Study: Class Actions Against Insurers Surged in 1990s; Many Resolved Behind Closed Doors
- C.V. Starr to Manage New Chubb Construction Liability Program
- AIG Auto to Test Drive Tracking System for Teen Drivers
- Consumers Value ID Theft Prevention Over Financial Reimbursement
- Utica National Adds Automation Edge to Enhance Commercial Lines
- Judge Weighs How Much Lawyers in Diet Drug Case Owe Plaintiffs
- Judge Rejects Federal Antitrust, Racketeering Charges in Account Steering, Brokerage Suit
- Hurricane Forecaster Says Gore Does ‘Great Disservice’ with Film
- Enron Investors Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Review Class-Action
- Large Property Insurance Market Remains Unsettled, Wholesaler Reports
- RiskMeter Adds New Storm Surge Report to Online Hazard Lookup
- Abacus, Travelers Team Up for Online Events Insurance Program
- Vehicles Flunk Insurance Safety Group’s Neck Injury Test
- Messer to Lead National Alliance Business Development Team
- Insurers Support Tax-Free Savings Accounts for Natural Disasters
- Industry Reports Progress on Terrorism Risk Modeling But Challenges Remain
- U.S. to Require Electronic Stability Control on Cars by 2012
- Roosevelt’s ‘Big Stick’ Phrase First Used in Blocking Insurance Pol
- Broker Integro Forms International Unit Based in London
- Chubb Clears Up Confusion on Risk of Insuring Law Firm Blogs
- Darwin Launches New Clinical Research Liability Product, Team
- FBI to Launch Retail Theft, Loss Prevention Database
- SEC Agrees to Ease Sarbanes-Oxley Rules for Small Firms
- Fla.-based Brown & Brown Buys Houston’s United Employers
- Study: Time is Right for Insurers to Improve Mobile Strategies
- Large Recoveries for Pet Owners Unlikely in Pet Food Suits
- AIG Specialty Boosts Its Capacity for Public Entity Liability
- Distinguished Programs Launches Affordable Housing Program
- Forecasters Warn of Very Active Hurricane Season Ahead in 2007
- Agents’ Group Honors N.Y.’s Franzese
- Marsh & McLennan CEO’s Compensation Pegged at $8.7 Million
- NationsBuilders Offers Inland Marine, General Liability for Crane Operators
- Sen. Lott Wants Insurance Gap Disclosure Enforced by Feds
- NSM Program Targets Tough Artisan Contractor Classes
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