National News for October 2013
- ThinkRisk, Aspen Launch New Private, Non-Profit Management Liability Program
- Bolt Solutions Acquires Online Aggregator Superior Access (SAIS)
- Buffett Looking For Acquisitions as Berkshire’s $40B Cash Pile Deemed ‘Too Much’
- Safe, Happy Halloween From ‘World’s Leading Authority on Poisoned Candy’
- Rusbuldt on McKinsey 4: Trusted Choice, CAP as Part of Agents’ Internet Strategy
- ISO Launches Standardized Motorcycle Program for Personal Lines Insurers
- Liberty Mutual Q3 Up 3.4% to $481M; Core Underwriting Results Improved
- Insurers Rated on Customer Satisfaction with Auto Claims: J.D. Power
- Risk Managers: Loss of TRIA Would Limit, Possibly End, Terrorism Coverage
- Obama Administration Under Fire for Individual Health Policy Cancellations
- Rusbuldt on McKinsey 3: Don’t Ignore Trends Favoring Independent Agents
- ProWriters Launches Small Business Online Quoting Platform
- Usage-Based Auto Insurance on Road to Becoming Standard Offering
- CGSC Names AIG Ex-CEO Sullivan as Non-Executive Chairman for U.S.
- Justice Department Wielding FIRREA in Financial Fraud Cases
- Hartford Profit Up As Focus Shifts to P/C Insurance
- Rusbuldt on McKinsey 2: Agent-Carrier Relationships Make a Difference
- WKFC Launches Miscellaneous Professional Liability Program
- Best Affirms Ratings of Hartford Steam Boiler Group’s Members
- Insurance, Tax, Climate Groups Hit Possible Delay in Flood Insurance Changes
- Bipartisan Deal Reached to Delay Flood Insurance Premium Hikes: Waters
- Marsh & McLennan Climbs to Post-Spitzer High
- Toyota Settles Acceleration Case After $3 Million Verdict
- Why McKinsey’s Prediction of Demise of Independent Agents Is ‘Dead Wrong’
- Advisen: Historians May See 2013 as ‘Cyber Tipping-Point’
- Study Suggests Topography Can Strengthen Tornadoes
- Finnegan to Remain at Chubb Despite Retirement Policy; Executive Switches, Q3 Results Reported
- State Auto’s Restrepo Takes Over As PCI Chair
- Jury Finds Toyota Liable in Unintended Acceleration Death Claim
- Verisk Climate, HSB Launch Service to Assess Electrical Blackout Risk
- Top 30 Homeowners Insurers Q2 2013: SNL Financial
- Flood Insurance Price Increases Affecting Home Sales
- Jury Finds Bank of America Liable for Countrywide Mortgage Fraud
- Bill to Curb ‘Patent Trolls’ Introduced in Congress
- After JPMorgan $13B Deal, Banks Seek Protections in Future Bailouts
- Senate, House Negotiators Tackle Farm Bill, Crop Insurance
- Program Business Market Grows 10% to $27B, TMPAA Study Finds
- Westrope Named President of Surplus Lines Group, NAPSLO
- Aspen Re Forms Rock Re in U.S. for Facultative Brokered Property
- Is Obamacare Headed for Death Spiral?
- AmWINS Group Seeks $175M Acquisition Loan
- U.S. Unveils Draft of Voluntary Corporate Cybersecurity Standards
- Aon Launches Excess Liability Facility for Railroad Business
- P/C Insurers’ CFOs Point to Hardening Markets: Towers Watson Survey
- Travelers Posts $864M Q3 Profit, Consistent With Prior Year Quarter
- Supreme Court Declines Privacy Claim Against Resale of Driving Records
- GEICO Success Highlights Advertising Dollars vs. Agent Commissions Debate
- W.R. Berkley Q3 Profit Rises 36% to $137M; Rates on Renewed Policies Up 6.4%
- Aon Benfield: U.S. Homeowners Insurance Offers Growth Opportunities
- All Risks Offering WC for Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Risks
- Study: Due to Rising Sea Levels, Small Storms Could Produce Significant Flooding
- Insurer Plans IPO Despite Not Making Profit Yet
- Prudential Drops Its Fight Against Systemic Risk Designation
- Administration Says 500K Americans Have Submitted Obamacare Applications
- President Obama Urges Congress Act on Farm, Crop Insurance, Food Stamps Bill
- States Going After Employers Who Misclassify Workers as Independent Contractors
- ACE Construction Practice Launches Catastrophe Services Through ESIS
- Insurance Media CEO, an Ex-Cop, Pulls Man From Burning Wreck
- Geithner Rejects Greenberg Bid for Draft of Book on AIG Bailout
- Energi, CapX Partners Launch Online Platform for Energy Savings Projects
- Tell Us About Your Agency’s E&O – Take Our Survey Now
- Ex-Players Oppose NFL Image Rights Settlement
- Health Cost Increases in 2013 Were Lowest in Decade: Aon Hewitt
- CPCU Students Gain Earlier Access to Benefits
- Congressional Study Finds Inconsistency in Nuclear Safety Enforcement
- SEC Battles Industry Fund over Stanford Victims’ Claims
- Bernanke Excused from Testifying in Greenberg’s Suit Over AIG Bailout for Now
- AIG Launches Product Recall Estimate Service, Raises Contaminated Product Limits
- A.M. Best, Fitch Explain Recent Downgrades of Tower Group
- Supreme Court Tackles Suits Against Firms for Human Rights Violations Abroad
- Rural Groups Push Back on Crop Insurance Cuts
- Great American, Landy Agency to Offer Professional Liability Insurance
- State Regulators Warn on Misleading Health Insurance Websites
- Top Excess & Surplus Insurers by Market Share: SNL
- Rule on Requiring Lenders to Accept Private Flood Insurance Proposed
- House Backs Limiting Crop Insurance Subsidies for Wealthiest Growers
- What’s Happening in Agency E&O? Take This Survey to Find Out
- Defective Drywall: Chinese Maker Questions Ruling
- Time Running Out to Fix Obamacare Glitches: Experts
- Environmental Group Slams Federal Crop Insurance ‘Windfall’ Option
- Norman-Spencer Agency Expands Crane Program
- AIG Sued by Small Businesses Over Workers’ Compensation Reporting
- Sanders to Succeed Latham as President of Markel Wholesale
- D&O Liability Insurance Rates Fell in Q2: Marsh
- Financial Stability Regulators Discuss Debt Limit, Government Shutdown
- Progressive: Investment Income Slips; Premiums and Auto Policies Up
- P/C Stock Valuations Unlikely to Improve Much in Near Term: Conning
- JC Flowers, Apollo to Bid on Hartford’s Japan Unit: Reuters
- Zurich Launches Side A D&O Coverage for Corporate Leaders in the U.S. and Abroad
- Top 10 Market Conduct Complaints by Regulators Against P/C Insurers
- Forecast for 2014 Commercial P/C Pricing: Willis
- Shutdown Sidelines Safety Inspectors of Workplaces, Mines, Nursing Homes and More
- LIU, PGI Commercial Partner to Offer Environmental Coverage
- Marketing, Not Medicine, Boosts Robotic Surgery, Misrepesents Safety
- Hanover Insurance Taps Hartford Exec to Lead Professional Liability Unit
- NAMIC Names Hair New Federal Affairs Director
- BP, Government Spar Over How Much Oil Spilled Into Gulf
- Tower Reviewing ‘Strategic Options’ After Reserve Shortfall
- Supreme Court Shows Interest in Medical Device Liability Laws
- Insurers Worried About Data From Federal Health Exchange
- Toyota Must Face Trial in Federal Sudden-Acceleration Case
- Berkshire Specialty Introduces Business Crisis Event Cost Coverage
- Travelers Launches Online Cyber Risk Resources for Business Owners
- Commercial Rates Up 5% in September: MarketScout
- Miklus Named President of American Institute of Marine Underwriters
- Tropical Storm Karen Downgraded Before Landfall
- Obamacare Day 3: High Demand, Enrollment Glitches Persist
- Is There Coverage for Losses Stemming From Government Shutdown or Default?
- Confie Seguros Buys 2 Agencies in New York, 1 in Texas
- Civil Court Cases Face Possible Delays Due to Government Shutdown
- All Risks Launches Workers Comp Product for Agriculture Risks
- Gulf Coast Braces for Flooding from Tropical Storm Karen
- What to Know About NARAB or National Producer Licensing: Bissett of Big ‘I’
- U.S. Risk, Western World Launch Private D&O, EPL, Fiduciary Liability Program
- Underwriting, Investment Gains Boosted P/C Insurers’ Bottom Line in First Half 2013
- Tropical Storm Karen Forms in Gulf; Hurricane Watch in Effect
- Improving Meadowbrook Ends Reinsurance Deal with Swiss Re
- Court Grants BP Review of Disputed Claims Paid to Gulf Oil Spill Victims
- Insurer, Cargo Firm Sue FAA Over Payments for Military Crash in Afghanistan
- Michael Jackson Wrongful Death Case to Change Tune for Entertainment Insurance
- Researchers Question Privacy of Usage-Based Auto Insurance
- Guy Carpenter Launches Specialty Practice for Excess and Surplus Lines Carriers
- Bill to Delay Flood Insurance Rate Hikes Stymied by Shutdown Politics
- Monsanto to Buy Weather Data Modeler, Farm Insurer Climate Corp. for $930 Million
- Toyota Claims Plaintiffs Fabricated Fatal Acceleration Theory
- National PIA Installs New Officers; Virginia’s Lee Takes Helm as President
- Supeme Court to Hear Patent Suits Fee Award Cases
- Obamacare Day 1: Exchanges Struggled With High Demand; Fixes Promised
- Swett & Crawford Forms Construction Industry Group Headed by Mastrolia
- CNA Said Looking to Sell Annuities Unit to Focus on P/C
- Judge Again Refuses to Exit New York AG’s Suit Against Greenberg
- Federal Oversight of Financial Markets to Continue During Shutdown
- Clash at Trial: Did BP Lie About Size of Gulf Oil Spill?
- Poll: 72% Oppose Government Shutdown Linked to Health Care
- Obamacare Exchanges Open for Business Today; Some Glitches Expected
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