News for April 2011
- Texas Insurance Veteran Sees Opportunity in Growing Hispanic Market
- K&K Insurance to Offer Higher Limits Via E-commerce Websites
- A Third of Large U.S. Firms Show Business Interruption From Japan Disaster
- American Collectors Enhances Collector Vehicle Coverage
- EPIC Honored as ‘Best Place to Work’
- Wind and Rain Lash Indiana as Flood Threat Looms
- Fentanyl Often Prescribed in Calif. Workers’ Comp
- Florida Senate Passes Property Insurance Overhaul
- Louisiana Insurance Agent Gets Prison in Fraud Case
- Ohio Program Finds Lost Life Insurance for Hundreds
- Judge Rejects Plea in Indiana Doctor’s Malpractice Case
- The Future of the Independent Agency (Has Nothing to Do with Age)
- Judge Tosses New York Mets Fan’s Broken-Bat Suit
- New York Agents Want Say in State Health Exchange
- Officials, Insurers Begin Tallying Damages from Deadly Storm
- More to Explore for Doha World Trade Deal, EU Says
- Florida Insurer Closing its Doors
- Murray Named Top Exec at Saucon Mutual
- Lloyd’s Market Association Questions Aspects of FSA Regulatory Reform
- Cássio dos Santos Appointed CEO of Zurich’s LatAm General Insurance
- Lloyd’s on Coverage for Royal Wedding Celebratory ‘Street Parties’
- Tornadoes, Storms Rip South, at Least 228 Dead
- PPIB Launches Medical Director Program
- Markel Programs, Burns & Wilcox Partner to Offer Real Estate E&O Program
- Northern New York Hit by Severe Flooding, Road Washouts
- Young Agents Survey Shows Strong Family Ties
- Dragging Death Prompts Colo. Tow-Truck Bill
- Both Sides Lobby Missouri Gov. on Workplace Discrimination Bill
- Credit Card Data Breached in PlayStation Outage
- Levees Strain in Midwest; Volunteers Keep Fighting
- HCC Insurance Holdings Appoints Williams as President
- Brodbeck Named Trusted Choice Hometown Hero in Texas
- North Dakota Becomes 31st State to Ban Texting While Driving
- SIA of Northern Ohio Adds 40th Insurance Agency
- Lawmakers Question Louisiana Governor’s Insurance Privatization Plan
- Illinois Insurance Dept. Issues Warning on Adjusters; Urges Flood Coverage
- Best Affirms AEGON USA Group’s Ratings
- AIG Files Lawsuit Against Two Money Management Firms
- Study: High Gas Prices Lead to Fewer Auto Accidents
- Towers Watson Names Osean as VP, Property Insurance
- Fire Deaths Prompt New York to Eye Illegal Subdivisions
- Fire Risk Prompts Florida to Restrict Everglades Access
- Tennessee Lawsuit Damages Bill Advances in Senate
- Vermont Mutual Hires Liberty
- Heffernan Hires Mauro to Lead New Manhattan Office
- First Quarter Earnings Reports: Montpelier Re, Everest Re
- Best Affirms SCOR and Subs Ratings after Transamerica Re Deal
- Cooke to Head Lloyd’s Marketform Marine Cargo Underwriting
- Asbestos: Japan Tsunami’s other Hidden Danger
- Lockton Dubai Names Dawes Specialist Financial Lines Broker
- Tosti Appointed CEO of Willis Facultative London
- Calif. Bill Proposes Consolidating Insurance Disclosure Notices
- Capax Management & Insurance Services Announces Promotions
- Risk Placement Services Adds Two in San Francisco
- Calif. Commissioner Jones to Attend Insurance Charity Dinner
- U.S. Regulators Define Swaps, What Falls Under Dodd-Frank
- Major Florida PIP Reform Effort Dies in Committee
- Employers Promotes Dix to VP of Customer Support
- Peerless Insurance Adds 40-Plus Business Classes to Small Commercial Program
- Gallagher Higher Education, InsureMyTrip Launch Trip Cancellation Program
- Nevada Assembly Approves Low-Cost Auto Insurance Program
- Boys Drive Excavator at Pennsylvania Mine, Smash Bulldozer
- XS Brokers Hires Finneran
- Spring Flooding Renews Concerns over Flood Program
- With Oracle’s Ellison as Foreman, Calif. Jury OKs $470K in Slip & Fall
- New York City Fire Building Cited for Violations
- Hylant Group Promotes Kranz, Bryant in Environmental Practice Group
- Missouri Governor Condemns Discrimination Law Changes
- Storms Leave 5 Dead in Arkansas, All But Wipe Out Town
- New Orleans Construction Product Supplier Settles in Chinese Drywall Suit
- Electric Cars Get Top Insurance Safety Rating
- Marsh Agrees: Soft Pricing Persisted Despite Catastrophe Losses in Q1
- Florida’s Lykes Insurance Appoints 3 Risk Consultants
- Mississippi River Nears Highest Levels Since 1937
- Supreme Court Hears Securities Fraud Loss Causation Arguments
- Strate Insurance Becomes Keystone Insurer Partner in Tennessee
- First Quarter Earnings Reports: Arch Capital, RenaissanceRe
- Five Japan Life Insurers Eye Unhedged Foreign Bonds; See Weaker Yen
- S&P: Japan’s Rating Outlook Now Negative on Quake Costs; Affirms Debt Ratings
- Weather Forecasters Agree on Active 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season
- EPIC Names Reidy Principal in San Francisco
- IronPro Introduces Kidnap & Ransom Coverage
- NFIB, EMPLOYERS Expand Work Comp Program to Additional States
- Washington Special Legislative Session to Address Workers’ Comp
- Extended Auto Warranty Company Settles Missouri Lawsuit for $125K
- Crump Hires Landry in Cincinnati, Expands National Property Practice
- Hail Storm Slams Abilene, Brings Some Relief to Wildfire Area
- Baudouin Appointed CEO of Aon Global Client Network
- Scott Joins Florida’s Corporate Insurance Advisors
- Crone Joins McCart Group in Georgia
- RIMS, Chartis Launch Hall of Fame for Risk Managers
- Jury in Virginia Hearing $20M Suit Against Botox Maker
- New York Neighbor Sues Chef over Eatery’s Trash
- Judge Tosses Worker’s Suit over NYC Office Bedbugs
- Overcapacity in P/C Insurance Keeping Commercial Prices Down
- Wyoming Lawyer Disappointed in Public Censure
- Arab Political Shocks Demand Risk Rating Rethink
- South Carolina Nixed Insurance for Train Victims Over Liability Fear
- McLaren Group Selects Aon as Global Broker
- Global Reinsurers at ‘Critical’ Point, Says Best’s Report
- SCOR to Buy Aegon’s Transamerica Reinsurance Unit for $913 Million
- Tennessee Insurance Agents Win Investigation Protections, Lower Fines
- Lockton Adds Employee Benefits Consultants in San Jose
- Alabama Boosts Tax Break for Small Businesses Buying Health Insurance
- CEO of Florida’s Homeowners Choice Resigns for Personal Reasons
- SEC: Mid-Size Firms Should Follow Sarbanes Oxley Internal Control
- Top Judge on Delaware Business Court to Leave
- Supreme Court Denies Fast Track for Healthcare Law Challenge
- Officials Say Oklahoma Tornado Causing Financial Woes
- Oregon Sees 4 Workplace Fatalities in Q1 2011
- Oregon Permanent Disability Awards Decline 57%
- Marsh Launches Dodd-Frank/FDIC Receivership Endorsement
- Ohio Plans May 5 Switch to Electronic Licensing System
- High Water Takes Toll on North Dakota Dams
- Mercury Insurance to Announce Q1 Earnings on May 2
- Cincinnati Financial Corp. Announces Leadership Changes
- San Francisco Women’s Insurance Group Elects New Officers
- More Colorado Residents Opt to Prepare for Disasters
- Firefighters in Texas Continue Battle, Worry About Weather
- St. Louis Cleaning Up After Tornado Hits Airport, Local Communities
- 2nd Wash. House Workers Comp Floor Motion Fails
- Tornadoes Confirmed in Oklahoma, Arkansas
- Anonymous Donor Buys Insurance for Oklahoma Kangaroo
- P/C Premium Growth Not Enough for Market Turnaround: Conning
- Georgia Passes Bill Regulating Insurance Certificates
- High Stakes in Today’s Supreme Court Case on Securities Fraud Suits
- Insurers Receive Hundreds of Tornado Claims in Virginia
- Feds Charge 16 in Pennsylvania Identity Theft Scheme
- Rhode Island Town Council Ex-President to Admit to Fraud
- North Carolina Businesses, Injured Workers Square Off Over Benefits
- Military’s Medical Malpractice Shield Law Could Face Key Test
- Is Buffett’s Teflon Finally Wearing Off? Annual Meeting Coming Up
- 5 Former Volunteer Firefighters in West Virginia Face Arson Charges
- Somali Pirates Release Greek-owned Ship; Ransom Paid
- Japan to Launch Massive Search for Quake Victims Bodies
- Beazley Remains Confident, Despite Q1 Catastrophes
- Allianz Confirms Cat Bond Commitment with $40 Million U.S. Placement
- Sequioa to Offer Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance in California
- Barney & Barney Adds Borsenberger in Commercial Division
- Hartford Steam Boiler Introduces Green Equipment Breakdown Coverage
- The Hartford Introduces Marine Policy For Modern Warehouse Logistics Operations
- Automotive Group Earns $211K Texas Mutual Dividend
- Fort Worth CPCU Scholarships Benefit Univ. of N. Texas Students
- Ohio Supreme Court Allows Emotional Distress Claim in Malpractice Lawsuit
- Austin Attorney Receives ‘Insurance Legend’ Award
- Midwest Tornadoes, High Winds Damage Homes, Businesses
- Chicago Area CPCU Society Chapter Honors CNA Insurance
- Sturgis, S.D., City Manager Convicted of Grand Theft in Insurance Scheme
- Missouri Black Caucus Urges Nixon to Veto Workplace Discrimination Bill
- Shutdown of Wells Extended in Arkansas Quake Study
- Arizona Court: OK to Use Bill Reveiwer to Determine Workers’ Comp Award
- Northeast Insurers Say Winter Storms Hurt Q1 Profits
- S. Martinelli & Co. Tries to Salvage Merchandise in Calif. Fire
- Florida Agents Group Names Ray Communications Director
- Virginia Regulators Add Translation Service
- Claims Rep Steals $45K from Insurance Settlement
- Ratings Recap: American Road, DHC, National Lloyds
- Ratings: Wilton Re, London General, Cattolica, Arab Re
- Celent Expands Asian Financial Services Group
- Aon Benfield Says Q1 Cat Losses Expected to Raise Facultative Rates
- UIB Places Commercial Payloads Coverage for Space Shuttle
- North Carolina Relaxes ATV Helmet Safety Rule for Adults
- Best Comments on Chaucer and Lloyd’s Syndicate 1084 Ratings
- Newly Elected Officials Must Learn Hurricane Response: FEMA
- Cooper Gay Restructures Latin American Operations into Regions
- WTO Faces Tough Choices after Latest Doha Round Setback
- Lawsuits Fly in BP Gulf Oil Spill Blame Game
- Lockton Launches ‘Enterprise Disruption Contingency’ Insurance
- Top 10 U.S. Excess/Surplus Insurers
- Calif. Places Majestic Insurance into Conservatorship
- Florida Supreme Court Rejects Vicarious Liability for Car Rental Firms
- Wildfires Continue in Texas; More than 1.8M Acres Burned This Year
- Calif. Businesses, Residents Urged to Consider Flood Insurance
- 9% of Californians Talk or Text While Driving
- Prosecutors: Pennsylvania Garage Modified Forklift For Insurance Fraud
- Employers Holdings Q1 Earnings to Be Announced May 5
- Lightning Possible Cause of Fire at New York Condos
- Travelers Profits Up
- Ohio Work Comp Bureau Offering Safety Grants to Wholesale, Retail Employers
- Cattle, Crops at Risk From North Dakota Floods, Snow
- Third Hailstorm in Two Weeks Pounds North Texas Area
- Oklahoma Officials Favor Exemption for Pet Kangaroo
- Florida Jury Hits Insolvent Insurer’s Owners with $76 Million Verdict
- Iowa Man Accused of Beating up Boss, an Insurance Agency Owner
- FEMA Approves $22 Million for Mississippi Homeowners’ Storm Mitigation
- New York Increases Requirements for Excess Line Insurers
- North Carolina Offers Mediation for Storm Claims
- As Tennessee Debates Limits, Verdict Winners Say Money’s Not the Issue
- Across Country, 1 in 7 Drivers Uninsured; In Some States, 1 in 4
- Advisory Group AAIS Elects Preferred Mutual’s Taft Chairman
- W.R. Berkley Names Kamford to New Role; Welt as Senior VP
- One Year After BP Oil Spill, Optimism on Gulf Coast
- Feinberg: BP Gulf Claims Fund ‘Working As Intended’
- BP Sues Halliburton for $42 Billion Over Gulf Spill
- PCI Names Bell Senior Counsel
- Bolton & Co. Names Lang Senior VP
- BP Sues Rig Owner Transocean and Maker of Blowout Preventer
- Aon Benfield Estimates Reinsurers’ Capital at $470 Billion
- Hopkins to Retire from Zurich Executive Posts; Farmers Chairman
- Best Removes Brit Insurance from Under Review; Affirms Ratings
- Munich Re Ups Dividend, Comments on Impact of 2011 Disasters
- Doha Round Trade Talks Deadlock Puts a Price on Free Trade
- UK’s Voyager Lists ‘Top 10’ Reasons for Wedding Cancellation Insurance Claims
- UK Probes Banks over Prudential’s Failed AIA Bid Say Sources
- ACE Appoints Cote Continental Europe Financial Lines Manager
- Marsh & McLennan Changes Top Management Team
- Exploding Drum Injures Upstate New York Worker
- America First Expands Small Commercial Appetite to 60 More Business Classes
- Ironshore Environmental Enhances Pollution Program for Education Sector
- Statewide Insurance Expands Contractors Insurance to Oregon
- MetLife Auto & Home Enhances Personal Lines Policy for North Carolina Residents
- Oklahoma Governor Seeks Federal Declaration for Atoka Tornado
- The Hanover to Pay $510M for UK Insurer Chaucer
- Ohio Non-Insured Property Exclusion Case Sent Back to Lower Court
- Calif. To Provide Workers’ Comp E-Billing
- Calif. Workers’ Comp Insurers’ Net Worth Declining
- Tremblor Shakes SF on Anniversary of 1906 Quake
- Woman Admits She Embezzled $490K from Employee Benefits Fund
- Money, Insurance May Stop Oklahoma Woman from Keeping Pet Kangaroo
- Missouri Insurers Say 15,000 Cars Stolen in 2010
- Texas Science Panel Adopts Arson Recommendations
- How P/C Insurance Industry Fared Financially in 2010
- Sweeney Named Vice President for TD Insurance
- Termini Joins Markel in Virginia
- Blair Joins International Practice of J. Smith Lanier in Georgia
- P/C Insurers Keeping an Eye on Congress
- Chartis to Shift Asbestos Liabilities to Berkshire’s National Indemnity
- Florida Journalist Wins Pulitzer for Property Insurance Report
- Rising Sea Levels Trigger Disasters in China Says Xinhua News Agency
- Alterra Announces Reinsurance Role Changes and Promotions
- Treasury Defends Dodd-Frank Reforms; Promises Insurance Expert Soon
- McDonald’s Not Smiling Over Happy Meals Lawsuit
- Aspen Risk Management Adds Flute as Sales Rep
- Berkshire, Buffett Sued Over Sokol’s Trades
- Calif. Women’s Insurance Group Names Award-Winners
- Fitch Affirms ACE Limited’s and Subs Ratings; Outlook Stable
- Catlin Estimates Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami Losses at $200 Million
- EDHEC-Risk Institute, Russell Investments to Design Solvency II ‘Benchmarks’
- Lockton Adds Faughnan in Denver Benefits Group
- Lloyd’s Insurer Chaucer Endorses The Hanover’s Takeover Bid
- ABI Warns of Potential Duplication in Regulatory Reform
- 8 Experts: Happy Birthday Workers’ Compensation – Now What?
- Securities Litigation On Track to Set New Record in 2011: Advisen
- Opinion: Separating Myths from Facts on Florida’s Citizens Insurance
- Kansas Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Reform Bill
- Motorcycle Deaths Decline 2%, But Helmet Use Declining
- Garber Named Chief Legal Counsel at Ohio Insurance Department
- Storm Losses Largest in North Carolina and Virginia
- Missouri Insurance Dept. Returns More than $2M to Consumers in Q1 2011
- Civil Service Employees Insurance Group Offers Up $12,000 in Student Scholarships
- Arizona Bans Accident Response Fees
- Columbia Lloyds Names Dunn Chairman, Appoints Mann as President
- JW Wrobel & Associates Adds Innocent as Senior Underwriter
- Austin, Texas, Fire Contained; 18 Homes Damaged
- Record River Crest Looms in Valley City, N.D.
- Lockton Launches Risk Management Tool to Address Uninsurable Risks
- Notre Dame Used Old Weather Info When Student Died in Lift Accident
- Allied World Forms New Inland Marine Division
- Wash. Businesses Must Fix Hazards During Citation Appeal
- Belly Dancing Sinks New York Woman’s Disability Claim
- NYC Insurance Salesman Mistakenly Gets 643 Summonses
- Supreme Court Denies Insurance Fraud Inmate’s Bid to Cut Sentence
- Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Insurers Must File Safety Plans
- Ratings: Syndicate 1225 (Aegis), Pacific Int’l., Int’l. Energy, Flagstone Re (Africa)
- Hannover Re Acquires Reinsurance Portfolio from Scottish Re
- Keystone Group Adds Four Tennessee Agencies
- KMRD Adds Rosta, Seserko
- Georgia Lawmakers Approve Insurance Sales Across State Lines
- Will $1.6 Billion Bank of America Settlement Embolden Others?
- SCF Arizona Names Williams Underwriting VP
- PrideMark-Everest Names Sincock VP
- HDI-Gerling Expands UK Operations with New Birmingham Office
- CORRECTION: S&P RMS Cat Bond CreditWatch
- Lloyd’s Insurer Sportscover Expands; Blunt to Underwrite Bloodstock
- Willis Report Warns of Potential Political Violence Coverage Gaps
- Summary of Re/Insurers’ Loss Estimates from Japan’s Earthquake, Tsunami
- Japan’s Meiji Life Says Confidence in U.S. Bonds ‘Unshaken’
- Insurance Incorporated opens New California Office
- Majestic Insurance To Be Placed Into Conservatorship
- Fremont Michigan to Be Acquired by Auto Club Insurance
- Golden Eagle Expands Small Business BOP Product
- Gobble Named Top Exec at Prepared Insurance
- Electrical Contractors’ Insurance Services, SELECT Form Partnership
- Wisconsin Officials Up April 10 Tornado Count to 12
- South Central States Assess Damage from Recent Storms
- Hagerty Marine Announces Broker Program in Canada
- SullivanCurtisMonroe Adds Two Account Executives
- North Carolina Officials Say I-95 Trailer Fire Kills 6 Horses
- Low-Cost Auto Insurance Program Promoted at Calif. Colleges
- S&P Puts 17 Cat Bonds on CreditWatch/Negative Due to RMS Model Change
- State Farm Plans Chicago Retail Venture
- Clinton Selected as Michigan Insurance Regulator
- South Carolina Church with 6 People Inside Collapses in Storm
- Indiana Tornado Siren Spooks Horses, Spurs Lawsuit
- Illinois Senate Rejects Workers’ Compensation Changes
- Delaware Emergency Services Get More Insurance Funds
- Louisiana Lawmaker Fined Over Legal Work for State-Backed Insurer
- Bolton & Co. Names Schulz Assistant VP
- Top Aide to Maine Governor Resigns
- Seeking to Privatize, Louisiana Ousts Chief of Group Benefits Office
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