National News for February 2013
- AssuredPartners Promotes Vredenburg to EVP, Chief Acquisition Officer
- AIG Expands NextGen Product to Transportation, Logistics Industry
- Bipartisan Optimism As Sweet As Maple Syrup at Workers’ Comp Conference
- Snapshot: Who Are America’s Small Business Entrepreneurs?
- Day #2 at Oil Spill Trial: BP Drilled Despite Earlier Problems
- Bipartisan House Bill Seeks to Stop Abusive Patent Lawsuits
- Assurex Global Launches Employee-Benefits Marketplace Platform
- ISO Revises ‘Bring Your Own Alcohol’ Establishment Exclusion
- Allied World Launches U.S. Surety Unit
- Supreme Court Limits When SEC Can Levy Fraud Penalties
- U.S. Cities in Front Line of Adapting to Extreme Weather, Rising Sea Levels
- Teen Driver Deaths Increased in First Half of 2012
- Mississippi River Flood of 2011 Caused $2.8B in Economic Damage: Army Corps
- Trinity Underwriting Managers Announces Commercial Auto Program
- U.S Comptroller Defends Settlements with Banks, Hits Critics
- Project CAP Selects EZLynx for Real-Time Pricing on Updated Consumer Site
- Insurance Employment Firms Jacobson Group, ejsSearch to Merge
- Strong Growth in U.S. Manufacturing Brings Supply Chain, Other Challenges: Travelers
- Superstorm Sandy Delivers Q4 Blow to Tower Group
- Opening Arguments in BP Oil Spill Trial Seek to Assess Blame
- How Process Improvement Drives Agency Profitability
- MarketScout Wholesale Launches E&O Program for Independent Agents
- Long-Awaited BP Oil Spill Trial Begins; No Deal Yet
- How Agents Help Nonprofits in Hard Times
- Rate Cap for Older Insureds to Mean Higher Health Insurance Costs for Younger
- Ratings Recap: Nat’l. Interstate, Best Meridian, SC Farm, Fireman’s Fund La.
- Best Affirms American Financial, Most Subs Ratings; Upgrades Mid-Continent
- U.S., Gulf States Considering $16 Billion BP Oil Spill Deal: WSJ
- Wells Media Launches ‘Carrier Management’ For P/C Insurance Executives
- Report Criticizes Insurance Tech Firm Ebix’s Financials; Firm Refutes Allegations
- AssuredPartners Selects Law Firms to Counsel Clients on Affordable Care Act
- Federal Crop Insurance Board Gets 4 New Directors
- AIG Q4 Operating Results Beat Expectations
- Barring Last Minute Deal, Gulf Oil Spill Trial to Get Underway Monday
- Securities Regulator OKs Schwab Ban on Class Actions by Clients
- Despite Uncertainty, Momentum Building for M&As in 2013: PwC
- Medical Don’ts: Doctors Identify Unnecessary, Harmful Tests, Treatments
- Administration Issues Final Rule on Minimum Benefits Under Obamacare
- Stricken Cruise Passengers Bring Class Action Against Carnival
- Sports Insurance Agency Expands into Golf Market
- World Trade Center Developer Challenges Airline’s ‘Act of War’ Defense for 9/11 Attacks
- Lion Insurance Partners With Command Investigations to Offer Anti-Fraud Services
- Philadelphia Insurance Names New Chief Marketing, Chief Information Officers
- Report Questions Safety Oversight of Smaller Airlines
- Supreme Court Justices Appear to Back Monsanto in Seed Patent Claim
- Carnival Cruise Ship Fire Started by Fuel Leak: Coast Guard
- Rain and Snow Help Ease Plains/Midwest Drought
- Federal Government to Run 26 State Health Exchanges
- Where to Find the Best Possible Cyber Coverage
- MetLife No Longer a Bank Holding Company
- Catholic Bishops Urge Birth Control Reprieve in Fiscal Bills
- PIA National Names Becker as Federal Affairs VP
- Where States Stand on Obamacare Exchange, Medicaid Expansion
- Travel Industry Unfazed by Latest Carnival Cruise Ship Saga
- Carnival Cruise Ship Passengers Have Little Cause to Sue
- Judge Accepts Transocean Settlement in Gulf Oil Spill
- President Obama Says Patent Reform Needs to Go Farther
- NAS Insurance Launches Professional Liability Program for ACOs
- Obama Administration Says Health Insurance Exchanges on Track
- Toyota Finalizes $29 Million Multi-State Settlement Over Acceleration
- Everest National Forms MGA Focused on the Sports & Leisure Industry
- Ironshore Acquires Specialty Stop Loss Insurance Broker
- U.S. Government Adds Climate Change, Weather Data Gaps to ‘High Risk’ List
- Saft Commentary: The Fed Discovers Chicanery
- Deutsche Bank, Ex-Adviser Ordered to Pay $934K for Insurance Swindle
- SEC Needs Additional Funds to Implement Dodd-Frank: Chairman
- Starr Indemnity Approved to Participate in Federal Crop Insurance Program
- Hiscox Enhances Professional Liability Product Portfolio
- Judge Denies Wells Fargo Attempt to Block Financial Crisis Suit
- Main Street America Reports 2012 Results
- Rules for Dodd-Frank Top Republican House Agenda
- Marsh & McLennan Q4 Profit Up 1%; Full-Year Profit Rose 18% to $1.18B
- Top 10 Alcohol Brands of Underage Drinkers
- High Prices, Crop Insurance to Offset Drought Losses for Farmers in 2013: USDA
- 1 in 20 Credit Reports Have Errors: FTC
- Obama Expected to Issue Cyber Defense Order
- Marsh Enhances Access to National Flood Insurance Program
- Genstar, Aquiline Bid for Genworth Businesses: Sources
- Mobile Technology Gaining with Insurers: Survey
- HMS Bounty’s Sinking During Sandy Under Investigation
- Insurers Begin Employing IBM’s Supercomputer Watson
- Ratings Recap: Auto Club (Michigan), Atlas Financial, Merced Mutual, ING US (Notes), PEMCO
- Youth Groups Call for Improved Safety for School Sports
- U.S., States Weigh Suing Moody’s Over Mortgage Ratings
- Catholic Bishops Reject Obama Compromise on Contraception Coverage
- Court Says Trial Must Decide Travelers, Reinsurers Asbestos Case
- AIG Survey Shows Top Executives’ Concerns with Cyber Risk
- Upton Group Expands to Cover Pizzerias Nationwide
- Insurance Firm Paying for Super Bowl Kickoff Return by Ravens’ Jones
- First Fidelity Brokerage Launches Flood Insurance Website
- Policyholder Education: Agent or Carrier Responsibility?
- Lucky Or Smart? Experts Weigh-In On P/C Industry’s Sandy Impact
- $1.2 Billion in Sandy Losses Paid, Allstate Pursuing Rate Hikes
- Debate Over Terrorism Insurance to Be Renewed
- Chubb to Provide Loss Prevention Guide for Directors Dealing with M&A Litigation
- Government Suit Against S&P Could Embolden Other Investors to Sue
- Government’s Case Against S&P: Ratings Stopped Making Sense
- BP Balks at Oil Spill Price Tag Sought by States
- Sweeney Exits Philadelphia Insurance; O’Leary Named CEO
- Markel’s 2012 Q4 Profit Rises 13%; Full-Year Profit Up 78%
- Beazley Launches Enhanced Computer Crime Policy
- U.S. Hits S&P with $5 Billion Fraud Lawsuit Over Mortgage Securities Ratings
- The Hartford Posts $46M Q4 Net Loss; $350M in Sandy Loss Reported
- Confie Seguros Buys New York, Florida Agencies
- Insurance Prices ‘More of Same’ in 4th Quarter, Say Commercial Brokers
- BP, States May Still Be Far Apart Over Oil Spill Deal
- S&P Expects Government Lawsuit Over Its Pre-Crisis Credit Ratings
- Industry Opposition Slows Airline Safety Law Implementation: Report
- Republicans to Block Obama Consumer Financial Bureau Chief
- Obama Offers Compromise on Birth Control Insurance Coverage
- Insurance Industry Predicts Super Bowl XLVII
- Chubb’s 2012 Q4 Profit Drops 77% to $102M; $882M Sandy Loss Reported
- Coast Guard Battles Oil Spill Cleanup, Traffic Demands on Mississippi River
- Only 11 States Have Moved on Obamacare Health Regulations
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