National News for October 2009
- Towers Perrin Names Levene Retail Insurance Brokerage Leader
- House Healthcare Overhaul Unveiled
- Facebook Awarded $711 Million Damages in Anti-Spam Case
- Research Can’t Yet Explain Link of Chinese Drywall to Home, Health Woes
- CNA Appoints Rutkowski Senior Vice President, Commercial
- National Flood Insurance Program Extended Until Dec. 18
- Donegal Mutual, Southern Mutual Finalize Pooling, Marketing Affiliation
- Aon’s Q3 Net up Slightly at $120 Million; Other Results Mixed
- Obama Administration to Reconsider Trucker Safety Rule on Hours
- Jones Joins Consultant InStrategy as Managing Director of Retail Practice
- Insurer Harleysville Posts 488% Q3 Profit Gains to $24.7 Million
- Carroll, Jarratt and Lee Added to PCI’s Board of Governors
- Distracted Pilots Becoming Aviation Safety Worry After Laptop Incident
- Where to Find Coverage for Increasing Data Breach Exposure
- House Healthcare Bill Has Public Option, Individual Mandate, Surtax
- Liberty Mutual Posts $265 Million Q3 Net Income; $1 Billion for 9 Months
- Ex-Anheuser Busch Executive Sues, Alleging Gender Bias Against Women
- Financial Regulation Bill Unveiled; National Insurance Office Put Off
- W.R. Berkley Reports Q3 Profit; CEO Sees Turn in Cycle ‘Inevitable’
- AIR Involved in 80% of $2.1 Billion in Catastrophe Bonds Issued in 2009
- How Software-As-Service Helps Agents Do More With Less
- U.S. Insurance Commissioners Host 13 International Regulatory Interns
- House Panel Advances Bill on Credit Rating Agency Liability
- Ratings Recap: Beazley (US), Prism
- U.S. Says Chinese Officials Helping with Probe of Tainted Drywall
- U.S. Senate Healthcare Bill to Include Public Option with State Opt-Out
- Aon to Acquire Carpenter Moore
- California Brokerage Offers Graphic Design Program
- Three Ex-Marsh Executives Acquitted in Bid-rigging Case
- AIG Approved to Pay $12 Million Delayed Executive Retention Awards
- U.S. Warned to Prepare Now for Disasters Caused by Global Warming
- AIG CFO Defends Bailout; Says ‘Grateful’ for Taxpayer Help
- Experts Say Antitrust Repeal Unlikely to Spur Health Insurance Competition
- U.S. Healthcare System Wastes Up to $700-$800 Billion a Year: Reuters
- Attack on Health Firms Is Assault on All Private Insurance, Warns P/C Chief
- Guy Carpenter Finds Merger Interest with MGAs, Program Managers
- The Hartford Settles for $1.3M in Price-Fixing Suit
- Chubb Profit Surges on Weak Hurricane Season in Q3
- Pay Czar Slashes Compensation for Top 25 at AIG, Other Bailed Out Firms
- AIG CEO Benmosche Reassures Employees on Pay
- Senate Democrats Mull State ‘Opt Out’ Public Health Option as Compromise
- Rockhill’s New Underwriting Division to Focus on Healthcare Industry
- Ratings Roundup: MAPFRE Florida, Selective (stock/debt)
- ISG Offers Banks, Investors a Program for Unfinished Real Estate
- Newsome Joins U.S. RE in New York
- P/C Insurers Look to Avoid Federal Consumer Protection Agency
- Torus Specialty Increases Liability Capacity; Adds Regional VPs in U.S.
- Researchers: Hurricane-related Power Outages Can Be Predicted
- 2010 Looks to Be Painful Year for P/C Insurers, Brokers: Advisen
- Takata Joins CNA’s Technology Unit
- Search Is On for Medical Malpractice Reform Without Strict Award Limits
- Drop in Catastrophe Losses Leads Travelers to Strong Underwriting Gain
- Top Executives at AIG Financial, Other Bailed Out Firms to See Pay Cuts
- Healthcare Battle Turns to Antitrust Law for Malpractice, Health Insurers
- Analysts Forecast Healthy Q3 Reports from Insurers
- Markel’s Latham Honored by NAPSLO
- Miller Named President-Elect by Academy of Actuaries
- Torus Specialty Expands Umbrella, Excess Liability Placement Capability
- AmTrust to Invest $42 Million in ACAC Acquisition of GMAC P/C Insurance
- ACE Private Risk Offers Discounts for Home Water Damage Prevention
- Study: Workers’ Compensation Public Options Outperform Private Industry
- Madoff Investors Add KPMG, MassMutual, Major Banks to Lawsuit
- 3 States Accuse FedEx of Misclassifying Drivers as Independent Contractors
- House Panel Reshaping Credit Rating Agency Liability Bill
- Obama to Boost Small Business Lending
- RLI to Expand Healthcare Liability Coverage
- How to Keep Workplace Friendships from Jeopardizing Your Job
- Republicans Seek to Add Malpractice, Kill Individual Mandate in Health Bill
- Last Call for Participation: Insurance Agents’ E&O Survey
- Bayeux Joins Aon Risk Services as Managing Director
- Hartford Steam Boiler Enables Quicker Quotes from Agencies
- Ring Joins National Contractors Insurance as Sales, Marketing Director
- Obama Poster Artist’s Admission Undermines ‘Fair Use’ Copyright Case
- Q&A with Ironshore’s Kelley: Why He Left AIG and His Plans for Ironshore
- El Nino to Influence U.S. Winter Weather– Or Not, Say Forecasters
- Supreme Court Notebook: Judges as Umpires of Lawyers’ Compensation
- Studies on Possible Link Between Mobile Phones and Cancer Vary Widely
- Two Madoff Victims Sue SEC
- For National Boss Day, Some Advice for Employees with Bad Bosses
- Risk Services Expands Workers’ Compensation Program Unit Nationally
- AAU Rolls Out New Grocery Store Program
- P/C Insurance Company Salaries Holding Steady
- Obama Official Questions Need for Insurance Antitrust Exemption
- Zurich Appoints Enelow Global Financial Lines Practice Leader
- Agents’ E&O: What Do YOU Know? Participate In Insurance Journal Survey Now
- Chartis Global Energy Forms Dedicated Unit for Logistics Firms
- Rockwood Programs Lowers P/C Agency E&O Minimum Premiums
- U.S. Issues Rules to Protect Patients’ Genetic Information
- Do Cell Phone Bans Change Driver Behavior?
- AIG Being Pressured to Lower Employee Retention Bonuses
- Insurers Happy About Quiet Atlantic Hurricane Season
- Risk Managers Call for Insurance Broker Compensation Disclosure
- Senate Panel Passes Healthcare Bill
- Comparison of 2 Senate Committee Health Bills
- Private Equity Fund Aquiline Acquires Consultant Conning from Swiss Re
- White House Blasts Health Insurers’ Report on Costs of Reform Bill
- Senate Finance Panel to Vote Today on Healthcare Reform Bill
- Judge: Stanford, Others May Seek Defense Fees From Lloyd’s D&O Policy
- Cat Bond Market Set for Active Fourth Quarter, Reports Guy Carpenter
- Western Security Surplus Forms New MGA Facility
- Medical Lawsuit Curbs Would Save Billions, Congressional Study Finds
- 10 U.S. Mine Operators Warned on Safety
- Mississippi Court Rules Home Insurance Policy Covers Hurricane Wind Damage
- Recession Does Not Stop Brokerage Market Consolidation
- Democrats’ Bill Would Reverse Supreme Court on Age Bias
- Healthcare Quality Varies Widely By State, Study Finds
- Successful IPO by Insurance Firm Verisk Analytics Stirs Hopes for More
- Allstate Agents Petition IRS for Review of Independent Contractor Status
- Berkley Forms Domestic Energy Industry Insurance Unit
- ISO Parent Verisk Analytics Raises $1.88 Billion in IPO
- Contrarian Insurance Executive Hits Hartford’s CEO Choice as ‘Outsourcing’
- States, Industry Worried Federal Insurance Office Would Regulate
- Employers Plan Big Changes for Employee Medical Plans for Next Year
- Software Firm Ebix Acquires E-Z Data for $50 Million
- Trustee Sues Madoff Family Members for $198 Million
- Mutual Insurers Positioned for Growth But Some May Need Partners
- U.S. Supreme Court Justices Face High-Profile Cases As New Term Opens
- How the Great Recession is Changing the American Workplace
- Medical Malpractice Insurance Market Stable But Faces Challenges Ahead
- A.M. Best Sees Rise in Bank Failures
- Ironshore Launches Life Sciences Industry Insurance Practice
- Study: Customers Happier with Homeowners Insurers
- 5 Harsh Marketing Warnings for Today’s Tough Times
- Strong Earthquakes Abroad Could Weaken Geologic Faults in U.S.
- Does Birth Order Determine Willingness to Take Economic Risks?
- House Panel Releases Bill Creating Federal Insurance Office
- Not Business As Usual: AIG to Hold Low Cost Conference for Financial Advisers
- Small Business to Congress: Fix Health Insurance Now!
- Independent Agencies’ Overall Growth Down But Personal Lines Up
- Best Affirms QBE’s U.S. Subsidiaries Ratings; Upgrades North Pointe
- Rating Agencies Tell Congress Increased Liability Is Unnecessary
- Suits Against Bush Officials Challenge Personal Immunity from Rights Claims
- Driver Distraction Costs 6,000 Lives a Year; Many Teens
- AmWINS Names Francavilla President of Program Underwriters
- Aflac Completes Acquisition of Continental American Insurance
- Commercial Buyers Remain Winners In Current Insurance Market
- Federal Flood Insurance Program Granted Temporary Extension
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