National News for November 2013
- How to Talk About Insurance During the Holiday Season
- Aon Benfield Appoints Smith As President of U.S. Business
- Weak 2013 Hurricane Season Coming to a Close
- Gorman Named Interim CEO at Cooper Gay Re Following Carlier’s Quick Exit
- Banks Facing $100B More in Costs to Settle Mortgage-Related Cases: S&P
- Obamacare Proposal Boosts Payments to Insurers for Sicker Policyholders
- 10 Former Players Sue National Hockey League Over Concussions
- General Star Adds Six New Coverages to Healthcare Product Line
- Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Religious Exemption to Birth Control Benefit
- Applied Systems Acquired by Hellman & Friedman from Bain Capital for $1.8B
- Photographer Wins $1.2M from Media Firms That Used Pics on Twitter
- Supreme Court Could Take Up Religious Rights of Corporations
- Hartford’s McGee: Lessons from Clash with Activist Investor Paulson
- FDA Halts Google-Backed 23andMe’s Sales of DNA Test Kit
- College Player May Be Blocked from Collecting on $20,000 Half-Court Shot
- Tower Group to Cut 140 Jobs After Q2 Loss Due to Reserve Charges
- Missteps in Employee Hiring Costly for Agencies: MarshBerry
- Seat Belts to Be Required on Tour, Intercity Buses Starting in 2016
- Google’s Schmidt: Insurance About to ‘Explode’ With Uses for Big Data
- Progressive Insurance Chairman, Former CEO, Philanthropist Lewis Dies
- Arch Insurance Group Launches New Side A D&O Policy
- SEC Proposes Fiduciary Duty for Investment Brokers Advising Retail Clients
- Harleysville Insurance President/COO Michael Browne to Retire in May
- Tower Group Expects to Avoid NASDAQ Delisting
- Scientists Say Asteroids Pose Serious Threat… But Don’t Panic
- House, Senate Negotiators Fail to Reach Agreement on Crop Insurance Bill
- National Building, Communications Standards Recommended for Tornado Safety
- The Charity Issue: How the Insurance Industry Helps
- Prospects Dim for Bills to Delay Flood Insurance Rate Hikes
- State Insurance Commissioners Lack Consensus on Cancellations
- States, Insurers Working on Ways to Bypass Obamacare Federal Exchange
- NCAA Sues Video Game Maker Over College Athlete Settlement
- Deputy Treasurer Nominee Says Bank Regulations Not Right for Insurers
- XL Group, America Contractor’s Insurance Group Partner to Improve Contractor Quality
- FEMA Seeks Dismissal of Mississippi Suit to Block Flood Insurance Rate Hikes
- Fed Chair Nominee Yellen Vows to ‘Carefully Consider’ SIFI Rules for Insurers
- Tower Group Update: CEO Says Insurer Will Meet Obligations
- Fowler Named President of Premium Finance Firms
- Workers’ Compensation Results Improved in 2012
- State Proposals to Mandate Insurance for Gun Owners Falter
- Car Makers Offered Relaxed Regulation for Installing Ignition Lock Tied to Seat Belt Use
- Google Reaches $17M Privacy Settlement with 37 States
- Scientists Develop Breakthrough Computer Forecasting Models for Wildfires
- Businesses Urge IRS to Reduce Data Reporting Under Obamacare
- Schinnerer Updates Kidnap, Ransom, Extortion Coverage Endorsement
- Supreme Court Poised to Decide Future of Securities Class Actions
- Tower Restating Prior Financials; ‘Going Concern’ Status in Doubt
- Many State Insurance Regulators Uncertain About Obama’s Fix to Health Insurance Promise
- Insurers Weigh Forming Captive to Insure Customers of Bankrupt Futures Brokers
- Big ‘I’ 2013 Best Practices Study Finds Increases in Specializations, Profitability
- InVEST Teacher of the Year Award Renamed in Honor of Florida Educator
- Allianz Looks to Boost U.S. Presence, Improve Fireman’s Fund: Bhojwani
- Google Wins Copyright Scanning Case Against Authors; Judge Finds ‘Fair Use’
- Telematics An Advantage with Driverless Cars, Says Progressive CEO
- Insurers, Regulators Question Obama’s Healthcare Promise ‘Fix’
- GMI, Charles James Cayias to Offer Insurance for Professional Pilot Cars
- Senate Joins House in Passing Compounding Pharmacy Oversight Bill
- Investors to Double Catastrophe Bonds by 2018: BNY Mellon
- House Passes Bill Requiring Reporting by Asbestos Victims’ Trusts
- Obamacare Banking on Enrollment Surge Near Deadlines
- Fairholme Offers to Buy Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Mortgage Insurance Business
- White House Willing to Consider Fix to Stop Health Policy Cancellations
- Low Obamacare Enrollment Figures Add to Pressure on White House
- J&J Reaches $4 Billion Settlement of Hip-Implant Suits: Sources
- MarshBerry Survey Reveals an Optimistic Marketplace: Part 1
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Adds Healthcare Risk Management
- Allstate’s Bailey Joins Marsh As Head of U.S., Canada Sales
- Clinton, Democrats Pressure White House to Amend Healthcare Law
- Reinsurer Arch to Help Freddie Mac Cover Mortgage Losses
- Supreme Court Justices Probe Private Company Whistleblower Protections
- Report Calls for Prior Approval for All States
- U.S. Risk Rebrands PL Division, Launches Program for Texas Lawyers
- Older Drivers Catching Up with Younger in Distracted Driving: Survey
- Supreme Court Upholds $11.5M Proposal System Patent Claim Against Hyundai
- Allstate’s Esurance Hopes Bundling Auto, Home Coverages Will Separate It From Geico
- Food Stamp Gridlock Hurting Chance of Congress Passing Farm, Crop Insurance Bill
- Dodd-Frank Swaps Rule Could Impact Insurers’ Risk Management, Ratings: S&P
- Doctor Training Questioned in Wake of Robotic-Surgery Deaths, Injuries
- Alabama Oil Train Derailment Raises New Crude-by-Rail Safety Questions
- Appeals Court Blocks Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate
- Insurance Kiosks the Wave of the Future?
- Association Recommends Insurance Guidelines for Carsharing Operations
- Federal Safety Regulators Criticized for Missing Bus Safety Hazards
- Endurance Specialty Names CEO of U.S. Insurance Division
- Senate Expected to Pass Gay Workplace Rights Bill Opposed by House
- Use of Predictive Models Widespread in P/C Insurance: Survey
- Neutral El Nino Condtions Forecast Through Spring: NOAA
- AIG Settles Dispute Over Real Estate Executive Pay for $274M
- Insurers’ Annual Incurred A&E Losses Rose 12% in 2012: A.M. Best
- MMC’s Marsh Insurance Brokerage Unit Q3 Revenue Rises 4% to $1.24B
- AIG Using Science to Define ‘Broker Quality Index,’ Not Following Market: Benmosche
- Insurers Keeping Property-Catastrophe Insurance Price Relatively Flat: NAPCO
- PLUS Conference: Global Risks, Governance and Hypocrisy
- Report: Warming Likely to Make Bad Things Worse
- U.S. Regulator Unveils New Insurance Fee Guidelines
- Morgan Stanley Says AIG May Sue Over Mortgage Investments
- A Wary Supreme Court Allows Facebook’s $9.5M Privacy Settlement
- Travelers Cancels ExlService Outsourcing Contract, Citing Confidentiality Breach
- Gala, Insurance Industry Raise $2 Million for City of Hope
- Talent War Continues: XL Hires AIG’s Miller to Oversee Global P/C Claims
- Judge Dismisses Suit Against Bank of America For Not Disclosing AIG Claims
- World Needs Insurance Industry to Be ‘Bold’ and ‘Sexy’ Now, PLUS Told
- Confie Head on McKinsey: M&As Indy Agents’ Salvation
- BP Oil Spill Settlement Opponents Ask Court to Rescind Approval
- Groups Urge National System for Tracking Youth Sport Concussions
- Courts Split Over Health Care Law Birth Control Coverage Mandate
- R-T Specialty to Buy Wholesale Broker Westrope
- AIG’s Q3 Profit Advances 17% to $2.17B; Property/Casualty Sales Decline
- U.S. Weighs Scanning Social Media to Prevent Risky Hires
- Insurer Alleges Robotic Surgery Firm Lied About Claims
- Lost Pheasants, Disappearing Grasslands: Is Crop Insurance to Blame?
- Rusbuldt on McKinsey 5: Where Will Agents Really Be in 5 to 10 Years?
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