National News for September 2011
- Millennium Brokerage Forms Long Term Care Program Through Physicians Financial
- Federal Flood Insurance Program Extended Briefly
- Nationwide, Harleysville CEOs Reassure Agents: Merger All About Growth
- Federal Agency Alters Public Pool Safety Rule
- SEC Concedes Challenges in Probes of Rating Agencies
- Insurer Retools Home Value Insurance Coverage
- The Hartford Introduces Management Liability Policy For Healthcare Organizations
- Nationwide and Harleysville Insurance Agree to Merger; Analysts Respond
- Chubb Reports Q3 Disaster Losses Up to $475 Million
- SNL Buys Summit Media’s Financial Information Unit, Highline Data
- Business Group, 26 States Take Healthcare Law Challenge to Supreme Court
- Facebook Policies Tricky for Employers, Employees
- Congress Raises Anxiety, Anger Levels of Disaster Victims
- Rating Agencies Win Dismissal of Ohio Funds Lawsuit
- Republican Ryan Proposes Individual Health Insurance Tax Credit
- Federal Agents Raid Settlement Payments Firm Imperial Holdings
- Lloyd’s Calls for Redrawing Disaster Roles in U.S. for Government, Private Insurers
- 87 Firefighers Died on the Job in 2010; 56 Were Volunteers
- Alteris’ SeptiCover Endorsed by National Association of Wastewater Transporters
- Senate Confirms Woodall as Insurance Voting Member on Financial Stability Panel
- Senate Approves Government Funding, Disaster Aid Bill
- Accounting Firm Sued for $7.6B, Accused of Missing Lender Fraud
- Supreme Court to Hear Federal Healthcare Mandate
- Nationwide Mutual Reportedly in Talks to Buy Harleysville
- Best Affirms FM Global Group and Members ‘A+’ Ratings
- Burns & Wilcox Promotes LaLonde to Manager, Insurance Solutions
- Berkshire Hathaway to Buy Back Shares
- Warning: Insecticides Can Be More Dangerous Than Bedbugs
- State Farm: Weather Claims This Year Reach $5 Billion
- Mortgages At Risk If Flood Insurance Program Expires
- Five Star Specialty Launches Breakdown Service for Bus, Waste Hauler Vehicles
- Senate Poised to Defeat House Spending, Disaster Aid Bill
- XL Insurance Adds Chase in Boston, Mandziara in Chicago
- IRS Gives Employers Break on Misclassified Employees
- Health Industry Lacks Patient Data Safeguards
- Falling Satellites? Uncle Sam’s Got It Covered, Mostly
- Marsh Advises Risk Managers As C-Suite Expectations Rise
- New Sports, Special Events Insurance Agency Started in Indiana
- Freedom Specialty Hires Cyber Liability Products Director
- House Defeats Bill Funding Government; FEMA, Flood Insurance in Doubt
- How Federal Reserve’s Move Hurts Life Insurers
- Wells Publishing to Launch New Claims Journal Magazine
- Insurer Group NAMIC Honors Hartwig
- Ratings Roundup: Dryden Mutual, Western Ins., Ally Ins., FHM
- Selective to Acquire Montpelier Re E&S Unit for $55M
- Zurich to Offer Contract Litigation Insurance for Real Estate Firms
- Ohio Mutual’s Kennedy Sworn In As Chairman of Insurer Group NAMIC
- Consumers Not Required to Arbitrate Warranty Claims with Car Dealers: Court
- Best Upgrades Philadelphia Insurance Co. and Members Ratings
- RLI Expands Miscellaneous E&O Coverage Through New Product
- MedMal Direct Insurance Co. Launches MedMal Direct University
- Associated Builders and Contractors, CNA Partner to Advance Construction Safety
- More Than 800,000 Vehicles Recalled in U.S. Last Week
- Obama Deficit Plan Targets Farm Subsidies, Crop Insurance
- President Obama Endorses House Flood Insurance Bill in Deficit Plan
- Court Dismisses U.S. Suit Against BP Executives, Directs Investors to File in UK
- Industry Expects Another Short-Term Extension for Flood Insurance Program
- The Hartford Launches Data Breach Coverage For Small Businesses
- Appalachian Underwriters Launches Commercial Lines Rater for Auto Dealers
- Corps Pegs 2011 Flood Damage to Levees at $2B
- Transatlantic Dismisses Fresh Berkshire Offer
- Top 5 Technology Priorities for P/C Insurers
- Universal North America Names Barrales President
- Mining Industry Launches Safety Program
- New Patent Reform Law Aims to Reduce Backlog, Curb Lawsuits
- More Americans Believe World is Warming: Reuters Poll
- U.S. Municipal Bond Market Shrinks
- Preferred Concepts Reorganizes Company Divisions, Enhances Online Platform
- Marsh Hires State Farm Executive Pieroni as Chief Operating Officer
- BP Oil Spill Report May Prompt $30B Payout
- Senate Will Consider Wind vs. Water Formula
- Senate, House Differ Over Disaster Aid
- Investor’s Lawsuit Claims HP Executives Misled
- Business Lobby Looks to Soften Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- American Marine, Markel Launch Deductible Reimbursement to Car, Home, Boat Owners
- General Star Expands Repossession Operations Product
- Allstate Reports $500M in Losses from Hurricane Irene
- DuPont Wins $919M in Kevlar Trade Secrets Claim
- U.S. Report Pins Most Blame for Gulf Oil Spill on BP
- ISO, Willis RE to Offer ISO Risk Analyzer Predictive Models in the U.S.
- Business Risk Partners Launches Lloyd’s-Backed Home Inspectors E&O Coverage
- U.S. Safety Board Pushes for Trucker Cellphone Ban
- U.S. Report on BP Oil Spill Imminent
- Federal Judge Rejects Health Insurance Mandate in Latest Case
- Agency Focuses on ‘Next Generation’ of Insurance Buyers
- Applied Systems Names French as New CEO
- The Hartford Launches Auto, Home Program for National Wildlife Federation
- CNA Extends CEO Motamed’s Contract Until 2016
- Prices Up in All Commercial Lines: Towers Watson
- RMS Estimates Irene Insured Losses At Up to $5.5 Billion
- Buffett Picks Another Successor
- Google Secretive About ‘Super Safe’ Robot Car Crash
- Congress At Odds Over Disaster Aid Dollars
- Hacker Group Not So Anonymous Anymore
- Schinnerer Adds Enhancements to Real Estate E&O Policy
- The Hartford Warns Q3 Disaster Losses Up Due to Irene
- Americans Have False Sense of Security About Catastrophes: Survey
- Cornerstone Underwriting Partners Launches WC Program for PEO Industry
- Ironshore Specialty Casualty to Provide Excess Coverage to NBIS Customers
- 9/11 and Terrorism Risk 10 Years Later
- Edwards Named Healthcare Practice Leader at Wells Fargo Insurance Services
- Real Time/Download Campaign Names Sigler Co-Chair
- Why 9/11 Changed Everything
- Court Tosses Virginia Challenge to Healthcare Law
- Pearl Insurance Enhances Real Estate E&O Coverage
- East Coast Quake Shook US Nuclear Plant Twice as Hard as Design Allowed
- Senate Committee Passes Federal Flood Insurance Reform Legislation
- Best Affirms Donegal Insurance Group & Members, Michigan Ins., Donegal Group
- Ratings: Commerce Protective, Stonington/Lantana, Farmers Mutual, One Beacon Lloyd’s, Texas Medical
- ACE to Acquire Penn Millers
- Mortgage Lawsuits Target Individuals As Well As Banks
- White House: Irene’s Federal Cost $1.5 billion
- Chartis Enhances Fiduciary Liability Coverage for Organized Labor
- White House Requests $5.2B in New Disaster Funds
- Regulator Defends Suit Against Lenders Over Mortgage-Backed Securities
- NSM Insurance Group Acquires AFPD
- Insurance Noodle to Offer ACE D&O, E&O Coverage Through Online Hub
- IBM to Acquire Algorithmics
- Hurricane Katia Now Expected to Miss East Coast
- States Offer U.S. Banks Deal Over Mortgage Lawsuits: Financial Times
- AIG’s Plane Leasing Unit ILFC Files for Initial Public Offering
- Damages Ruling May Be Pivotal in BP Gulf Oil Case
- After Drenching New Orleans, Tropical Storm Lee Threatens Southeast
- Fitch: Hurricane Irene Losses Manageable
- Exercise Programs Lead to Better Work Productivity, Study Finds
- Update: Irene State by State Estimates
- Kelley to Lead National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices; Bouhan to Retire
- Lexington Expands Spoliation Insurance Product
- 11 States Proceed with Surplus Lines Tax Clearinghouse; Group Names Officers
- Customer Satisfaction with Home Insurers Improves, Says J.D. Powers
- Lawsuit Claims Microsoft Tracks Customers Without Consent
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