News for September 2012
- Old Claims Follow Hawker Beechcraft in Bankruptcy
- Oklahoma Refinery Explosion Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Injured
- Insurer Must Pay Missouri Firm $11M in Supply Chain Interruption Case
- Repairs to Indiana Covered Bridge Could Cost $300K
- PIA in Glenmont, N.Y., Names Deputy Director
- N.Y.-Based Claims Management Company Invision Names Randazzo President
- Calif.’s Brown Record ‘Solid’ on Insurance Legislation
- Dodd-Frank Council to Proceed with Picking ‘Systemic’ Nonbank Firms
- DEP Sets Aside Funds for Northern New Jersey Flood Buyouts
- Louisiana Seeks to Use Hurricane Recovery Money for Pre-K Program
- Grange Insurance Names Lin as New Chief Actuary
- South Dakota Will Not Run its Own Health Insurance Exchange
- Aetna to Pay $1.5M in Settlement with Missouri
- Oklahoma Legislator Criticizes Insurer Premium Tax Credits
- 100 Yosemite Workers Tested For Hantavirus
- EPA Fines Idaho Gas Companies For Clean Air Violations
- MPG Adds Brokerage Division, Expands Western Facilities
- EU Insurers’ Capital Charges May be Cut to Boost Loans
- Florida Approves State Farm 6.4% Homeowners Rate Increase
- Employer Costs for Employees Lowest in South, Highest in Northeast
- Best Affirms Donegal Group’s Members, Affiliates Ratings; Outlook Stable
- Few Drivers in Alabama Ticketed Under New Texting Ban
- Mississippi Offers Smartphone App for Driver’s Test
- Rental Firms Agree Not to Rent Recalled Cars
- Prudential to Pay $615 Million for Hartford’s Life Insurance Unit
- Badal Joins Marketform as Chief Risk Officer
- Best Affirms Colonial Group and Subs Ratings; Outlook Stable
- ICC Proposes Measures to Stimulate Global Economy
- UK Seeks to Mend ‘Broken’ Libor Interest Rate Setting, Not Scrap It
- UK Competition Comm. to Investigate Auto Insurance; ABI Welcomes Move
- AAIS Releases New Policy Forms for Insuring Infrastructure
- Yates Adds Whitehouse and Lopes in Southern California
- Virginia’s Markel Names 2 Executives in Product Line Leadership Group
- Maryland Law for Moped Riders Goes Into Effect Oct. 1
- NYC to Taxi Riders: Look for Bikes Near Your Door
- D.C. Man Stages Burglary for False Claims, Gets Turned In by Roommate
- TAPCO Underwriters Names Marketing Representative in Northeast Region
- NTSB: Pilot Caused Houston Ship Channel Collision
- Poll: Majority of N.J. Voters Support Requiring Pet Seat Belt Use
- Texas Mutual Adds Osmond as Claims Manager in Dallas
- Kansas Governor Asked to Set Health Exchange ‘Benchmark’
- 291 Died in NYC Traffic Accidents Last Fiscal Year: Mayor’s Report
- Tejas American General Launches TAGA Program Managers
- Report on Chicago Airport Highlights Air-Traffic Control Problems
- American Family Acquiring Permanent General, Lumbermens Casualty
- Utah Worker Claims Wrongful Firing After Cat’s Survival
- New Mexico Plant Shut After Peanut Butter Recall
- Foster Joins Barney & Barney in Northern California
- Bundlers of Joy: Satisfaction with Home Insurers at 12-Year High
- Prudential Close to Deal to Buy Hartford Life Insurance Unit: WSJ
- Drivers May Be Unaware of Texting Habit: Study
- Aon Hewitt to Begin Enrolling Employees in Private Benefits Exchange
- Assurant Solutions Taps Marcotte as International Operations Head
- South Carolina Erotic Dancer Not Covered by Workers’ Compensation
- Americans Do Not Expect Total Repeal of Health Care Law: Poll
- Ameriprise in Talks to Buy ING’s Asian Asset Management Arm – Report
- Catalonia Shows Euro’s Weak Links: Commentary by James Saft
- Alaska Railroad: Flood Damage, Lost Revenue May Top $1M
- ‘Innocence of Muslims’ Actress Files Bigger Federal Lawsuit
- Finding Superior Production Talent
- Vermont Captive Insurance Leader Discusses Emerging Areas, Challenges
- Texas Brine Blames Tremors for Louisiana Sinkhole
- XL Group Launches New Builders Risk Property Protection Program
- Louisiana City Parish Pays Settlement in Junked Vehicle Lawsuit
- Lawsuit Filed In Death of Colorado Man Over 911 Call
- ACE USA, GMG Underwriters to Offer Enhanced K&R Coverage
- Brokerage Ames & Gough Names P/C Operations Manager in Virginia
- Calif. Governor Green Lights Driverless Cars
- Report: Ohio Nurse Didn’t Realize She Took Kidney
- Indiana Workplace Deaths Up 3% Last Year
- Maine Motorcycle Death Total Up; 20 Fatalities So Far This Year
- Celebrity Chef Batali’s NYC Eatery Del Posto Settles With Workers
- 3,000 Cited in Va.’s ‘Operation Air, Land and Speed’ Traffic Crackdown
- Fabian Joins Integro’s Chicago Office as VP, Management Risk
- CDI Settles Enforcement Action Over Wildfire Claims
- Medvidofsky Elected President of CPCU Society
- Service to Retail Agencies Is Aim of Texas Wholesale Insurance Group
- Court Reverses Landmark Katrina Ruling on Army Corps Liability
- ‘We’re an Attractive Place to do Business:’ Lloyds CEO Richard Ward
- Employers Weighing Exchanges for Individual Retiree Health Plans: Aon
- Buried Alive Pooch Captures 2012 Unusual Pet Insurance Claim Award
- Give Insurance CIOs An Extra $5 Million and What Would They Buy?
- Homeowners Insurance Claims Cost Rising Rapidly: Study
- Funds Withheld for 5 West Virginia Fire Departments
- Former FDIC Chair Bair Reveals Financial Bailout Details in Book
- Court Certifies Gender Bias Class Action Against Costco
- Court Revives Ex-Chrysler Executives’ Age Bias Claims
- Best Reports on MENA Insurance Market; Regulatory Change Coming
- Hub International Expands in Caribbean with Puerto Rico Broker Buy
- Catlin Sponsored ‘Seaview Survey’ Launched to Study Coral Reefs
- Lloyd’s 1st Half Profits at $2.4 Billion; CEO Cites ‘Disciplined Underwriting’
- Super Typhoon Jelawat Roils the Pacific; No Present Threat to Land
- SoCal Fire is Reminder Worst Could be Ahead
- Massachusetts Court Rules on Scope of Independent Contractor Exclusion
- EPIC Expands into Vintage Auto, Racing Industry
- Landrieu: Homeowners, Not Lenders, Entitled to Insurance Money
- USI Completes Acquisition of TD Bank’s U.S. Insurance Subsidiary
- Analysts Express Comfort in Marsh & McLennan’s Succession Plan
- Zurich Names CEO of Global Corporate in North America
- M&A Inks Partnership Deal With Maestro Specialty in N.Y.
- Work-Related Fatalities in Louisiana Decline
- Planned USD Student Center Upgrade Sparks Copyright Lawsuit
- Deadline for Cheap North Dakota Flood Rebuilding Loans Looms
- Certified Professional Insurance Agent Classes Return to Indiana
- Penn. Doc Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Overprescribing Drugs
- Colorado Officials Take Sides in Fracking Dispute
- Union Study Recommends Changes at N.M. Fire Agencies
- Monsoon Ends After Dismal Rain Year For N.M.
- Florida’s Citizens Defends Proposed 11.2% Rate Increase at Hearing
- BB&T Taps Robinson as Agency Operations Manager in Calif.
- Georgia Food Manufacturers Not Following ‘Red Flag’ Reporting Law: Audit
- WMO Expects El Nino Development in Sept-Oct
- Alabama Prepares Crackdown on Uninsured Motorists
- Insurers Begin Providing Health Plan Buying Guides
- White House Readies Executive Order on Cybersecurity
- ABI Issues Guidance for Impending ‘Gender-neutral’ Insurance Pricing
- New SARS-like Virus Detected in Middle East
- W. R. Berkley Names Jiménez to Top Spanish Post as Esteban Steps Down
- Poms & Associates Names Boore VP in Northern California
- South Dakota’s Northern Plains Insurance Declared Insolvent
- National Interstate Adds Workers’ Comp to Passenger Program
- EEOC Sues Colorado Company for Axing Employee with Bipolar Disorder
- N.Y. Court Grants Injunction in Aon, Alliant Employee Poaching Case
- Company Cited for Safety/Health Violations at Louisiana Facility
- NAS Insurance Covers Lost Revenue From Cyber Breaches
- Ohio Insurance Agent Sentenced for $39K Theft
- Scherer Named Chief Insurance Officer at The Cincinnati Insurance Co.
- New Jersey Tells Drivers: No Smiles Allowed in License Photos
- Louisiana’s McNeese State Offering Insurance Licensing Course
- Bank Files Foreclosure Suit Against Arkansas Lieutenant Governor
- 2 Univ. of Akron Employees Resign after Harassment Claim
- Met P&C to Pay $345K in Restitution to Massachusetts Consumers
- Rate Hikes Lead to Less Insurance Coverage for Louisiana Parish Schools
- LAPD Chief Seeks Appeal Of $5.7M Jury Award
- Kinder Morgan to Pay $316,000 Over 2 Wyoming Plants
- Wyoming Agency Seeks $60,000 From Sinclair After Fire
- Asbestos Found In N.M. State Office Building
- New York Inmates Sue for Dental Floss and $500 Million
- Tax Penalty to Hit 6 Million Who Don’t Buy Health Insurance by 2016
- Drivers Disapprove of Non-Driving Insurance Factors, Says Consumer Group
- Florida Rep. Hits Citizens for ‘Rushing’ Surplus Loan Proposal
- Alabama Law on Car Locking Devices in DUI Cases Goes Into Effect
- Republicans Opposing 3 Florida Justices
- Insurer Ordered to Pay in North Carolina Parasailing Deaths
- Delaware Court Allows Blockbuster $305 Million Attorneys’ Fee
- Judge Lets Wal-Mart Discrimination Case Proceed
- Ratings Recap: Casiopea Re, FM (UK), Jamaica Int’l., Salama, BEST RE
- Best Affirms AXIS Specialty and Subs ‘A’ Ratings; Outlook Positive
- Best Affirms/Withdraws Ratings of RSA’s Main UK Operating Subs
- Catalina Acquires Runoff Vehicle KX Re from Tawa
- China Eases Access to Insurance, Travel industries
- Retrial Ordered in Florida Condo Association Suit Against QBE Insurance
- 3 States Join Lawsuit Challenging Dodd-Frank Law
- Workplace Injuries Less Likely Where Employers Provide Paid Sick Leave
- Fatal Work Injuries Decline
- Ex-Maine Cheerleader Sues School for Injury Suffered During Practice
- Brandmovers Launches Promotional Risk Management Insurance Co.
- New Jersey Holds Its First Captive Insurance Summit
- Chartis Private Client Group Expands, Enhances Wildfire Protection Unit
- Oklahoma Joins Suit Challenging Dodd-Frank Financial Overhaul
- No Surprise, I-35 Tops List of Texas’ 100 Most Congested Roadways
- Former Hackensack, N.J., Police Chief Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
- Mississippi Insurance Losses from Isaac Under $25 Million
- Best Affirms Factory Mutual and Subs ‘A+’ Ratings; Outlook Stable
- Montana Legal Group Gets $1.2M From Settlement Over Insurance Fees
- Coloradoan Wins $7 Million In Popcorn Lung Lawsuit
- Argo Group Names Betz President of U.S. Surety Operation
- Penn State to Bring in Victim Fund Veteran Feinberg
- Chrysler Factory Employee Kills Co-Worker, Self in Detroit
- Civil Lawsuit Filed in Tulsa Skyscraper Death
- Ex-Cadets Seek Sanctions Against Kansas Military School
- Drought Area Expands in Northern U.S., Eases in South
- Man Sues Nebraska Claiming Gender Discrimination
- Digital Insurance Buys North Carolina’s Strategic Benefit Solutions
- Marsh & McLennan’s Duperreault to Retire; COO Glaser to Become New CEO
- Florida Appeals Denial of Federal Disaster Aid for Isaac Damage
- Lawsuit Over NFL Concussions Filed in Mississippi
- Insurers Face Tougher Times as Somali Piracy Drops
- Facebook IPO Lawsuits Likely to Be Heard by New York Judge
- ACE Appoints Ashley, Henderson, Cassidy to Bermuda Reinsurance Unit
- Ageas to Acquire Groupama Insurance (UK)
- Boisseau Named to AXIS Capital Board; Charman Resigns Seat
- WTO Cuts 2012 Global Trade Growth Forecast to 2.5%
- Alabama Eases Senior Driver Discount Rules
- Calif. Workers’ Comp Reform Law at ‘Halftime’
- Report Points to Insurance Industry’s Vulnerability to Climate Change
- Poms Names Windom VP of Risk Management in Southern California
- Q&A: Valuing Sexual Abuse Claims Not Simple
- Maryland Issues Consumer Advisory on ‘Lender-Placed’ Insurance
- Oklahoma Prosecutor: Charges Expected In Creek Co. Wildfire
- Corpus Christi Leaders Approve Settlement in Police Hiring Case
- Meemic Insurance Services Now Available to Wisconsin Educators
- XL Group Opens New Insurance Office in Lyon France
- Vermont Sheriff Gets Education Grant for Young Drivers
- Iowa Judge: Texas Firm Must Pay Disabled Workers $1.4M
- Former Arkansas Agency Owner, Standridge, Pleads Not Guilty in Fraud Cases
- Maine State Worker Guilty of Workers Comp Fraud
- McPherson Joins The Horton Group as Sales Consultant
- Agents Cite Advance in Fight Against Medical Loss Ratio
- Marsh Names Cameron, Ott in West
- Gunshot Claim Not Barred by Workers’ Comp Settlement: Georgia Supreme Court
- Willis Opens New Office in Malta
- Fall Season Reminder: Heating Causes 14% of Home Fires
- Mississippi Court Hears Challenge to Death Certificate As Evidence in Accident
- Pawlenty to Head Financial Services Roundtable
- Pentagon Warns Private Computer Networks on Vulnerability to Cyber Attacks
- John Hancock, Law Firm Face Tax Shelter Racketeering Lawsuit
- Gates, Buffett Still Top of Forbes List of Richest Americans
- Ratings Recap: Emirates, Sorford, BF&M, Unity Re
- Bank Group Warns of Heightened Risk of Cyber Attacks
- U.S., Trade Allies Push for International Services Talks
- Industry Faces Cyber Risks in Shift from Tangible to Intangible Property
- Calif. Workers’ Comp Reform Dominates Conference
- Goddard Joins Yates
- Virginia Woman Sentenced for Health Care Fraud
- Isaac Costs Entergy at Least $400M
- IIABNY Launches Hydrofracking Task Force
- US Fidelis Co-Owner Gets 40 Months in Prison
- Missouri Licenses 25th Captive Insurer
- Hanover Insurance Group Advises Dog Owners to Take Protective Measures
- Willis Launches Pizza Delivery Program
- Aon Construction Services Exec Moves to Sterling & Sterling in N.Y.
- Louisiana Senator Vitter Named a NAMIC Federal Legislator of the Year
- IPISC Launches Abatement Insurance Program for Intellectual Property Risks
- US Bank: Lawsuit in Iowa Fraud Scandal ‘Without Merit’
- Health Groups Sue Over Louisiana’s Post-Isaac Insurance Rule
- Heightened Regulation Forcing Insurers to Focus on Modeling Risks: Conning
- Is Long-Term Care Insurance Dying?
- Flood Insurer Fidelity National Indemnity to Change Name to Wright Flood
- Study: More Than 2 Million California Homes Exposed To High Wildfire Danger
- How Agents and Carriers Can Find Gold in Personal Lines
- Towers Watson Inks Joint Venture with Broker MDS for Portugal Benefits
- AmWINS Forms Managing General Underwriter with Former Rockhill Execs
- Willis Intelligence Specialist Warns of Continued Somali Pirate Threat
- West Virginia Business Court to Headquarter in Martinsburg
- Tennessee Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing Premiums
- North Carolina Farm Bureau’s Credit Rating Lowered
- Aon Outlines Risk Management Approach for Emerging Economies
- Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford – Looking Forward, Not Back
- Explosion, Fire at Mexico Pemex Gas Facility Kills 26
- ACE Acquires 80% of Indonesia Insurer Asuransi Jaya Proteksi
- Heffernan in Oregon Names Nielsen SVP, Branch Manager
- IUMI Conference: Unpredictable Time for Marine Insurance
- Brown Signs Calif. Workers’ Comp Bill
- Liberty Mutual Inducted Into NAMIC’s ‘Century Club’
- Dad of Rhode Island Club Fire Victim Wants Memorial at Site
- Angry Over Denial for Disaster Aid, Louisiana Man Pulls Assault Rifle
- AssuredPartners Acquires North Carolina’s Moore & Johnson Agency
- McCombs Risk Advisors Opens for Business in Austin, Texas
- The Insurance Place Expands Coverage to Military Service Members in San Diego
- Feds Appeal Ruling That Would Free Peregrine CEO
- Cantaloupes Distributed In Colo. Could Be Tainted
- U.S. Risk Names Troester VP, Manager of New Oregon Branch
- Former Montana Mill Eyed As Possible Superfund Site
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa Sets Record for Construction Projects
- M3’s Tirschman Wins 2012 National Outstanding CSR of the Year
- Copper Thieves Cause $750K in Damage in Wichita, Kan.
- McClure Named Managing Director at Wells Fargo Insurance Southwest
- Ryan Specialty to Buy Direct Group in UK
- Aon Benfield Launches Updated Financial Analysis Tool – ReMetrica v6
- How Low Interest Rates Challenge Insurers and Affect Pricing
- Top 10 Car Technologies For Mature Drivers
- Hurricane Isaac Washed Away Alabama’s Sand Island
- Mississippi Challenge to Health Insurance Mandate Dismissed
- Aon Hewitt Opens New Office in Indonesia
- Typhoon Sanba Makes Landfall in South Korea: AIR Analysis
- Willis Germany to Present Photovoltaic Cover at Solar Energy Conference
- Capital Markets: A Threat or a Complement for Reinsurers?
- Alabama Officials Mull How to Share Oil Spill Penalty Money
- Crop Insurance Losses Mount in Midwest
- Court Orders Rehabilitation for Home Value Insurance Co.
- SIAA Adds Agencies in Pennsylvania, New York
- Mass. Woman Charged With 46 Counts of Motor Vehicle Insurance Fraud
- Real Estate Matters Top List of Legal Malpractice Claims: Survey
- Klonk Named CEO of Oswald Companies
- Insurer Group PCI Names Wienecke as Senior VP for Government Relations
- The MEMIC Group Appoints Safety Management Consultant in N.H.
- New Hampshire Officials Highlight Importance of Emergency Preparedness
- Despite Fees Paid, Fewer Inspections for Dallas Restaurants
- Connecticut Attracts Its Second Captive Insurer
- North Dakota Yanks Insurance Agent’s License over Alleged Forgery
- SIAA Adds Midwest Agencies
- Wyoming Lower Court to Reconsider Errant Golf Ball Lawsuit
- Judge Fines Las Vegas Sands Corp. $25,000 in Termination Lawsuit
- Former N.J. School Chief Sentenced for Insurance Kickback Scheme
- Louisiana Citizens: More than 13,000 Claims from Isaac so Far
- Louisiana Citizens Pays $61M to Settle Katrina, Rita Claims
- Swett & Crawford Announces Senior Management Changes
- More Employers Offering Consumer-Driven Health Plans: Survey
- Top 5 Reasons Employees Leave and Stay
- Employees Staying Put Even If Unhappy: Talent Survey
- Mississippi Trial Set for Kmart Complaint Against FEMA Flood Mapping
- Second Man Pleads Guilty in Grisly South Carolina Insurance Fraud
- Mississippi Workers’ Comp Drug Testing, Benefits Changes Go Into Effect
- Zerkovich Joins P/C Insurance Advisory Organization AAIS
- US Brokers’ Employees Attend London’s Beazley Broker Academy at Lloyd’s
- FDIC Director Says U.S. Should Reject Basel III Pact
- US Renews Waivers of Iran Sanctions for Japan, EU Nations
- Re/insurers Increasingly Less Relevant to Global Economy: XL CEO McGavick
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