National News for October 2006
- Study Reveals Leading Indicators for Hospital Professional Liability Claims
 - Employee Crime: Big Threat to Small Companies
 - Rapper Sues Insurer for Failing to Cover Students’ Deaths
 - Court Affirms Limit on Replacement Cost for World Trade Center
 - HUD Charges Erie, Agents with Unfair Bias; Erie Calls Charges ‘Misguided’
 - The Hartford’s Net Income Jumps 41% for Third Quarter
 - J.D. Power: Homeowners Want Carriers to Offer Identity Theft
 - Bieler Named Treasurer at Marsh
 - Profits Surge at Chubb; Professional Liability Continues Improvement
 - Risk of Pedestrian Fatality Four Times Higher on Halloween
 - Consumer Group Says P/C Rates Drop ‘Irrespective’ of Tort Reform Enactment
 - After School Hours Dangerous for Teens Who Drive, Says AAA
 - Insurance Contributors Favor Republicans; Santorum, Clinton, McGavick Top Recipients
 - Aon Moves On Exit Plan,  Announces Sale of Construction Program
 - New Risk Assessment Techniques a Must If Credit Scoring Bans Enacted
 - Navy, Marines Battling Fatal Off-Base Car Crashes
 - Darwin, PCM Partner on Standard Market Lawyers’ Liability Program
 - Barry to Head Media Relations for Insurance Information Institute
 - USI Holdings Reports Buyout Inquiry
 - DiFrancesco Named President of OneBeacon’s AutoOne Subsidiary
 - Marsh Adopts New Governance Rules for Directors
 - PGI Expands Habitational Program into 11 Additional States
 - Bush Extends Workplace Safety Program for Federal Government
 - Best Sees No Change in National Indemnity Ratings from Equitas Deal
 - Venture Launches All-Lines Marine Insurance Program
 - Hanover Adds Employment Practices Liability to Business Owners Policy
 - Big ‘I’ Refutes State Attorneys General on Zurich Settlement
 - Democrats Recommend All-Perils Disaster Plan, Antitrust Repeal
 - Arbitrators: Former MassMutual CEO Wrongly Fired
 - With 1,100 Katrina Lawsuits, Court Schedule Stretches into 2008
 - Liberty Mutual Appoints LeRoy to Lead Large Commercial Division
 - NBIS Appoints Foley as Vice President
 - Court Upholds Juries’ Rulings in World Trade Center Claims
 - Truckers Seek to Slow Big-Rigs
 - Allstate Swings to $1.16 Billion Gain in 3rd Quarter with Fewer Hurricanes
 - Survey: Commercial Market Softens, Insurer Appetite Increases
 - Berkshire Hathaway Says General Re Not Target of Investigation
 - Fed Survey Finds Easing of Credit Underwriting Standards
 - Hurricane Center Identifies 10 Most Hurricane Vulnerable Areas
 - Regulators Tell Anti-Trust Commission McCarran Exemption Fosters Competition
 - BISYS Reaches Settlement Over Securities Class Action
 - Portable Seat Belt Promises Safety While Traveling Abroad
 - Insurance Carriers Moving to Service-Oriented Architecture
 - New Website Launched For Business Insurance Agents
 - Motor Parts Maker Tower to Cover Directors’ Defense Costs
 - Swett & Crawford to Appear on World Business Review
 - Maritime Terrorism Risk Extends to Cruise Ships, Ferry Boats, Study Says
 - Fireman’s Fund Introduces Green Building Coverage
 - 860 Fire Departments Share $92M in Homeland Security Grants
 - Small Business Hopes Elections Address Health, Taxes, Regulation
 - Agents Seek Delay in Approval of Zurich Compensation Settlement
 - Aetna to Cut 650 Jobs
 - What Does the Future Hold for Insurance Agents’ E&O?
 - Supreme Court Rejects W.R. Grace Asbestos Clean-Up Appeal
 - Arrowhead General Offers Online Quotes for Private Company D&O
 - Distinguished Programs Launches New Small Condo/Apartment Program
 - Surety Bond Groups Hail SBA’s Small Contractor Rule Changes
 - Report: U.S. Economy Headed for Slow Growth But Not Recession
 - Hurricane Risk Reduces Prospective Profit of Homeowners Insurance
 - Litigation Trends Continue to Mount Worldwide; Insurers Face Five Times the Average Number of Lawsuits
 - Aon’s Rodell Named CIAB Chairman
 - Callahan Appointed CEO of Affirmative Insurance Holdings
 - Supreme Court Declines to Hear Tobacco Case
 - Banks’ Insurance Revenues, Insurance Brokerage Fees Up
 - The Hartford Introduces Professional Liability Policy for Business Services
 - Insurance Charity Foundation Opens in N.Y.; Plans National Expansion
 - Great Central, Irving Weber Assoc. to Provide Cover for Fabricare Group
 - Willis Promotes Ealy, Gunn and Joost on North American Team
 - Barran Named President of Marketing Association
 - Former HRH Exec Building Brokerage Firm; Starts with N.Y.’s Genatt
 - Study: Side Air Bags Save Lives
 - Travelers Launches Product for Millwright Contractors
 - Mercator Hires Magyar as Professional Liability VP
 - Darwin Offers Mental Health Liability Program Through  N.Y. Agency
 - CEOs Rewarded for Layoff Decisions
 - Updated Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Indicates Below-Average Activity
 - Banking and Insurance Execs to Spend More for Anti-Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing Compliance
 - MSB Promotes Linnell to Assistant Vice President
 - Supreme Court to Hear Several Cases Affecting Business Community
 - Financial Reporting Changes Create New Challenges for Actuaries
 - Tort Versus No-Fault Reform Paradigm Is False Choice, Paper Says
 - Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Insurance Credit Score Cases
 - American Bar Donates $7.3M from Insurance Funds to Legal Research
 - Treasury Report on Terrorism Insurance Says Backstop Negatively Affects Private Capacity
 - General Star Offers Alternative and Integrative Professional Liability Program
 - OneBeacon Completes Transfer of Agricultural Unit to QBE
 - Parker Named Personal Lines V.P. at Main Street America Group
 - Praetorian Completes Acquisition of Specialty Insurer Alea
 - AMS Users Gain Access to ChoicePoint; AMS Also Buys Priority Data Systems
 - P/C Insurers’ Profitability Drops in First-Half of 2006
 - National Science Board Urges More Coordinated Hurricane Research
 - Hurricane Research Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate
 - U.S. Risk Launches New Physician Med-Mal Product
 - Brown & Brown Grows Wholesale: Hull Buys DVUA; PRU Acquires Apex
 
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