National News for November 2004
- Bankruptcy Court Approves Halliburton Asbestos Insurance Settlement Agreements
 - AIG Program’s Jordan: Learning from Program Failures
 - FEMA Notes Record Aid for 2004 Hurricane Season
 - Study Finds Medical Costs Driving Up Auto Injury Claims
 - $126M Ga. Agreement Could Pave Way for Anthem-WellPoint Merger
 - PCI’s Csiszar: Regulatory Reforms Needed Now More than Ever
 - First Premium Notes Basic Renters Program
 - Restaurants ‘Slipping and Tripping’ into Financial Disaster
 - AIG Specialty WC Expands Web site Capabilities
 - RAA Survey Says U.S. Reinsurers Wrote $22.3 B in 3Q
 - ACE INA Makes Pair of Appointments in Government Affairs and Legal Unit
 - AIG Forks Up $126 Million to SEC on PNC Deals
 - MBIA Provides Additional Information on Subpoenas
 - S&P Revises Outlook on Hartford PC to Negative; Cites Spitzer Probe
 - ERC’s Internal Investigation Turns Up ‘Isolated’ Bid Rigging
 - Study: LTC Claims Up 415% Since 1996
 - Marsh ‘Hopeful’ of Quick Settlement But No Timetable Has Been Set
 - S&P Lowers Credit Ratings on MMC
 - AIA Sets Multi-Issue Agenda for NAIC Meeting
 - Speed-to-Market Seminar in January
 - PLUS Announces New Officers, Trustees
 - PCI Asks Regulators to Put Caps on Budget Reserve
 - NAIC Advances ’05 Budget; Vote Set for Winter Meeting
 - Feds Put Brake on More Direct-to-Consumer Crop Insurance Pending Further Review
 - Mutual Risk Management Reports Hancock Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Denied
 - Insurance Journal Contributor Passes Away
 - Best Study Finds P/C Industry “Well Capitalized;” 21.8% Increase in Surplus
 - PIA Says Hunter’s Remarks During Senate Testimony “Outrageous and Not Constructive”
 - MBIA Acknowledges Subpoenas Regarding ‘Non-Traditional Products’
 - Best: No Ratings Changes from Finite Reinsurance Probe
 - CNA Financial Corp., Subs Have Ratings Affirmed
 - The Hartford Purchases Collateralized CAT Reinsurance From Foundation Re
 - Rated Self-Insurance Pools Outperform Commercial Insurers and Captives,  A.M. Best Study Shows
 - Huffert Elected Chairman of AIMU
 - AHIP Survey Sees Worker Challenges in Disabilities
 - Schinnerer Publishes Risk Management Guide
 - Multi-State, $120M Agreement with UnumProvident Requires Reassessing  Claims Back to 1997
 - Marsh & McLennan Cuts Five Internal Executives from Board; Names Beshar as New Counsel
 - Zurich Financial Receives Subpoena
 - S&P Report Explains Financial-Engineering Probe
 - Sen. Fitzgerald Says Broker Fee Scandal May End Antitrust Exemptions
 - St. Paul Travelers Acknowledges Receipt of Subpoena on Loss Mitigation Insurance Products
 - W.R. Grace Reorganization Includes Asbestos Fund
 - ISO Enhances Policy-Verification Solution
 - Pair of Zurich Underwriters Plead Guilty
 - S&P Affirms Liberty Mutual Group Ratings
 - Born as Kemper Life, Then Zurich Life, Then OneLife, Now…Chase Insurance under J.P. Morgan
 - Euclid Managers Launches Web Log for Internet, Tech and Media Liability Insurance
 - Markel Acknowledges Receipt of Subpoenas
 - In Washington Testimony on Broker Pay, Council Maintains Best Price Not Always Best Policy
 - At Senate Hearings into Broker Pay, NAIC Claims States Get Job Done without Headlines
 - Independent Insurance Agents Defend Themselves at Senate Hearing over Broker Compensation
 - Conn. AG Urges Tougher State Action, Offers Own Insurance Reforms in Testimony Before Senate Panel
 - N.Y. AG Suggests Off-Shore Insurers, Rating Organizations, Insurer Investments Next Targets
 - P&C Insurers Call for Compensation Disclosure
 - State Regulators Reveal Model Disclosure Act
 - Study: Spitzer Probe to Reduce Brokers’ Bottom Line
 - Nationwide Estimates Florida Hurricane Losses at $850 Million Pre-Tax
 - SEC Probe of Hartford Life Opens Federal Front
 - Spitzer Sues Universal Life Resources over Broker Pay
 - AIG Private Client Group Unveils Flood Coverage for Homeowner Policies in Several States
 - Philadelphia Insurance Cos. Finalizes Deal to Purchase Fireman’s Fund NDO Renewal Rights
 - Farmers Survey Says Some Drivers Have the Rage
 - Interns’ Medical Errors Affected by Work Schedules
 - Fitch Reports on Finite Risk Reinsurance; Teleconference for Nov. 17
 - Trial Lawyers’ Chief Calls for End to ‘Vitriol’
 - Zurich NA Latest Insurer to Suspend Employees as Fallout from Marsh Probe Continues
 - Senate Hearing Set for Nov. 16 on Commercial Brokerage Controversy
 - The Hartford Releases Pair of Employees From Los Angeles Office as New York AG’s Investigation Continues
 - Accidental Tourist, Cruise Ship Don’t See Eye to Eye
 - NTSB Backs Greater Oversight of Drivers with High-Risk Medical Conditions
 - CIAB Makes Recommendations on NAIC Proposed Compensation Regulation
 - NAAIA Names Branch Its New Chairman
 - PCI Seeks November Vote on Class Action Reform
 - Minnesota, Louisiana at Different Ends of Health Spectrum Following Survey
 - Safety Group Seeks Tire Expiration Date
 - Marsh to Lay Off 3,000 in Cost-Cutting Move
 - Nyce Joins AICPCU/IIA as Curriculum Director
 - PIA National Encouraged by NAIC’s New Task Force
 - Insurance Paid $20 Billion, More Than Half of Total Compensation to 9/11 Victims, Rand Study Finds
 - Hurricane Losses Have $816 Million Impact on Berkshire’s Q3 Earnings
 - Best Says Rating Downgrades Slowed; Still Outpaced Upgrades Once Again
 - PCI Members Identify Top 2005 Legislative Issues
 - MMC Makes Management Changes; Egan, Treanor Out
 - New Reference Guide to Purchasing Groups Released
 - Venture Programs Expands Hartford Banking Program
 - AIG’s Terrorism Protection Portfolio Includes Biological and Chemical Attack Coverage
 - CARH Makes Renewed Call to Action Following Election
 - IBHS Notes Strategic Partnerships at Conference
 - EQECAT Releases First Probabilistic U.S. Wildfire and Flood Models for P/C Industry
 - Prudential Financial Subpoenaed In Ongoing Probe
 - Big ‘I’ Congratulates Winners, Looks to Future
 - MarketScout: Bid Rigging, Incentive Commissions, Hurricanes and a Presidential Election Impact P/C Market
 - Fitch Affirms Safeco P/C Group Ratings; Outlook Stable
 - AMA Pleased with Bush Re-election; Looks Forward to Pushing Forward Medical Liability Reform
 - AIR Analysis Says 2004 Hurricane Season Not So Unusual After All
 - Four More Years for Bush; Kerry Concedes in Phone Call to President
 - National Union Fire Insurance Co. Unveils New EPLI
 - Incumbent Commissioners Join Bush in Return to Office
 - Marsh Moves to Collect Outstanding MSA Fees
 - NAIC Task Force of 13 States to Lead Broker Investigations, Develop Model Disclosure Law
 - S&P Puts USI Ratings on CreditWatch Negative
 - Henriques Joins Guy Carpenter Professional Liability Specialty Practice
 - Republican Candidates Win ‘Big Time’ in Insurance Industry Political Giving in Federal Races
 - HSB Unveils Portfolio EPL
 - S&P to Hold Telephone Conference Today on AIG, ACE
 - S&P Announcement on AIG Ratings; Outlook  Negative
 - AmWINS Launches Management Liability Unit
 - Tisdale to Focus on Southeast, Midwest as Newest Member of Insurance Journal Sales Staff
 - PIAA Takes Stand Against Hunter’s Med-Mal Claims
 
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