National News for October 2014
- Virgin Galactic Spaceship Crashes; Co-Pilot Reported Dead
- A Guide to Homeowners’ Liability for Injury to Trick or Treaters
- Top 25 D&O Insurers Show Healthy Growth: SNL
- Trends Support Positive Outlook for Homeowners Insurance: Aon Benfield
- Uber Ridesharing Serving Kids and Their Busy Parents
- Zombie Storms Cause Damage After Hurricanes
- The Hartford Offers Safety Rewards, Discounts for Commercial Auto
- Regulator Takes Focus on Climate Change Preparedness
- EEOC Challenges Employee Wellness Penalties in Suit Against Honeywell
- Commercial Rocket Explosion Draws Attention to Space Industry Risk, Oversight
- Supreme Court Considers Taking Obamacare Tax Credit Case
- Chubb: No Operations or Employees in U.S. Blacklisted Countries
- MetLife to Continue Fight Against Systemic Risk Designation Next Week
- AIG Offers Loss Control for Corporate Aerospace Customers
- PCI Elects Erie’s Cavanaugh As Chair
- Space Station Supply Rocket That Exploded Insured for $50 Million
- The Hartford Profit Up 32% in Q3
- Lloyd’s, Specialty Insurance Advisors Offer Ebola Coverage for First Responders
- Marsh Previews Risk Management-Analytics Software
- Aon: Planning, Communications Will Keep Real Risk of Ebola in Perspective
- Ex-CEO Benmosche Writing Book on Turnaround at AIG
- Obama Reportedly Searching for New Auto Safety Chief
- Biggest Obstacle to Cyber Insurance Sales Is Customer Education
- Judge Slashes $9 Billion Damages Award Against Drugmakers by 99%
- Lawsuits Commence Against Takata, Auto Makers Over Air Bags
- XL Expands Recreational Marine Business with 3 Programs
- Assurant to Buy French Mobile Device Insurance Broker CWI
- Top 10 Market Conduct Issues for P/C Insurers
- Private Insurers Weigh Backing Veterans’ Mortgages
- Rule Addresses Lenders’ Flood Insurance Escrowing, Mandate Exemptions
- Government Prepares Defense in AIG Bailout Trial
- Tougher State Malpractice Laws May Not Reduce Defensive Medicine
- Technology Firms Having Success Against ‘Patent Trolls’
- 12 Articles on Ebola Risk and Insurance
- Various Insurance Lines Could Potentially Be Affected by Ebola
- W.R. Berkley’s Q3 Net Income Rises 37% to $189M
- XL North America P/C Names Nadeau As Chief Operating Officer
- Chubb Reports ‘Outstanding’ Q3
- Video Game Teaches Kids About Money, Asset Protection and Life
- MyPath Portal Aims to Attract Millennials to Insurance Careers
- Judge Questions NCAA’s $75 Million Concussion Settlement
- Freedom Specialty, Pro-Praxis Unite for Healthcare Professional Liability
- Global Regulators Set Capital Rules for 9 Too-Big-to-Fail Insurers
- NHTSA Apologizes for Troubled Website, Bulletin on Airbag Defects
- Chairman of Key House Committee for Insurers Could Face Challenge
- Some Insurers Exclude Ebola; Others Offer New Products
- Climate Change Report Slams Insurers for ‘Profound Lack of Preparedness’
- ACE’s Greenberg Says TRIA Inaction ‘Shameful’; Defends Ebola Underwriting
- Average Claims Experience Not Enough to Retain Customers: Accenture
- Kentucky OxyContin Case Against Purdue Pharma Leads Fight Over Opioid Abuse
- Western World CEO Mulligan to Retire; COO Livingston to Succeed
- Guardrail Maker Trinity Faces Oct. 31 Deadline for Safety Plan
- Starr Launches Cyber Security & Privacy Risk Response on a Primary Basis
- IICF’s Early Literacy Campaign with Sesame Workshop Inspires Parents, Industry
- Travelers’ Profit Up 6% for Q3 on Investment Income, Lower Cat Losses
- CPCU Society Elects Leadership Council Members
- Update on Ebola in U.S.: New CDC Protocols, Rapid Response Team, Czar
- SterlingRisk Insurance Launches Aircraft Business Income Cover
- Jury Finds Guardrail Maker Trinity Cheated Government; Liability Could Top $1 Billion
- Air Bag Recalls Renew Doubts About Carmakers’ Responses to Defects
- EEOC Investigating Mandatory Retirement Age for Law Firm Partners
- Aon Activates Ebola Response Task Force, Launches Ebola Response Room
- 10 Insurance Myths (Men Are More Likely Than Women to Believe 8 of Them)
- Vlocity Debuts Salesforce Cloud App for Insurance Industry
- P/C Insurers’ Reserves Redundancy to Continue: Moody’s
- ‘More Stringent’ Ebola Safety Guidelines In the Works; Travel Ban Debated
- Marsh to Acquire Flood Insurance Technology Firm Torrent
- Berkley FinSecure Forms Berkley Crime Unit
- AIG Ex-CEO Liddy Defends Closeness with Government During Bailout
- Large Agencies More Optimistic About Future Growth: Vertafore Study
- Willis Launches Disease Response Center Hub for Ebola Preparedness
- William Gallagher, Miller Insurance Offer Ebola Business Interruption Cover
- Marsh Appoints Leimkuhler to Be Next CFO, Succeeding Malvasio
- Global Indemnity to Acquire American Reliable from Assurant Specialty
- AIG Ex-CEO Liddy Testifies on Role in Bailout
- States’ Efforts on Climate Change Adaptation: Half Full or Half Empty?
- Computer Model Predicts 2 Dozen Ebola Cases in U.S. This Month
- AIG Bailout Trial Probes Role of Ex-CEO Liddy
- Obamacare Mitigates Costs for Big Employers, Refuting Lobbyists’ Predictions
- AIG’s Barone Joins Beazley’s Fidelity and Crime Insurance Unit
- XL Group Adds Kidnap, Ransom & Extortion to Yacht Insurance
- Weather Tracking Firm Receives Patent on Storm Warning Technology
- Tropical Storm Ana Eyes Hawaii; Hurricane Gonzalo Threatens Bermuda
- CDC Steps Up Ebola Risk Management, Names Expert Team for Hospitals
- Progressive Profit Jumps 27% in Q3 on Improved Sales
- White Mountains Buys Majority Stake in Internet Insurance Broker Tranzact
- AIG Bailout Trial Shifts to Former AIG Executives, Other Regulators
- Trinity Industries Facing Another Liability Trial Over Guardrails
- Fed’s Lacker Calls for U.S. to Let Failed Financial Firms Unwind
- All Trans Risk, Fireman’s Fund Target Para-Transit Industry
- Atlantic Hurricane Season Could Still Surprise
- Keogh Named Advisen CEO, Succeeding Ruggieri
- Bernanke Denies Bailout Terms Were Meant to Punish AIG
- Are States, Cities Equipped to Handle Ebola Emergencies?
- Is Ebola Compensable Under Workers’ Compensation?
- Seattle, Boston Top Cities for Pedestrian Safety
- P/C Insurers Rush to Meet Rising Demand for Cyber Insurance
- Bernanke Defends AIG Bailout Terms; Judge Opens Fed’s ‘Doomsday Book’
- Insurance Noodle Launches New Facility for Salon & Spa Services Risks
- How States Rank, High to Low, in Workers’ Compensation Premiums
- JPMorgan Hackers May Have Hit Multiple Financial Firms
- AIG Boosts Railroad Excess Liability Coverage to $1 Billion
- Unfamiliar Fed Saw ‘Exceptional’ Risks in AIG Situation, Says Geithner
- Insurers for Sears Suppliers Pulling Back; Retailer Says Finances Fine
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Offers Fiduciary Liability Product
- Was AIG’s High Bailout Loan Rate Forced by Regulators?
- High-Tide Floods to Triple for Some East Coast Cities, Study Finds
- Local Governments May Be Affected by Breach at Bond Insurer MBIA
- Geithner Asked Buffett for Opinion on AIG Before 2008 Bailout
- Geithner Testifies He Was Responsible for AIG Loan Rate
- Google Liable for Damages for Celebrities’ Private Photos?
- Ex-U.S. Security Chief Ridge, Guy Carpenter, Lloyd’s Launch Cyber Policy
- Supreme Court Agenda Includes Key Business Cases
- Willis’ Ryan Joins Marsh As Gaming Practice Leader
- Treasury to Weigh Changes, Hear MetLife Challenge on Systemic Risk
- Ex-Treasurer Paulson Defends AIG’s Harsh Loan Terms
- Marijuana Report: Federal Government’s Role
- P/C Insurers’ Net Income Rose, Operating Income Fell in First Half
- BP Still Trying to Undo Some Oil Spill Claims Payments to Nonprofits
- MetLife Challenges Systemic Risk Designation
- EFG Launches Home Warranty Product for Sale by Insurance Agents
- Geithner Expected to Testify on AIG Bailout Rate
- Marijuana and Workers’ Compensation on Industry’s Watch List
- PIA National Installs Officers
- Insurer USAA Seeks OK to Test Drones for Claims Service
- CAMICO, Berkley Design Offer Program for CPAs
- Supreme Court to Hear ‘Disparate Impact’ Housing Case
- Attribution Science, Extreme Weather and Why They Matter
- AIG Bailout Rushed Without Complete Documentation, Fed Lawyer Testifies
- Sedgwick Finalizes T&H, VeriClaim Acquisition
- Washington State Entrepreneurs Stake Their Claim in Marijuana ‘Green Rush’
- Viewpoint: Costs Bury Insurance Savings Promised in Farm Bill
- CareRise Granted Third U.S. Patent for Nursing Facility Risk Management
- Oil, Railroad Industries Oppose New Federal Oil Train Safety Rules
- Fed Counsel Grilled on AIG’s Bailout Terms vs. Banks’
- Goldman, JPMorgan CEOs Pursued Private Rescue for AIG
- Marijuana Insurance Industry: How High Can It Go?
- Nehra Joins Starr Companies to Lead Political Risk Group
- Federal Reserve to Study Effect of Banks’ Systemic Risk Rules on Insurers
- HCC Insurance Eyes Crop Insurance with Acquisition of Producers Ag
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