How Apple Outsmarted Samsung in Patent Dispute August 27, 2012 By Dan Levine and Poornima Gupta In August 2010, just a few months after Samsung Electronics launched its Galaxy smartphone, a team of Apple Inc. lawyers...
Update: Isaac Menaces Gulf States; Forces Evacuations, Closings; Serious Flooding Feared August 27, 2012 By Kathy Finn Tropical Storm Isaac closed in on the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast on Monday, triggering some mandatory evacuation orders and...
Now There’s an App for Workers’ Comp Claims August 27, 2012 There’s an app for just about everything. And although a new workers’ compensation application from the University of Alabama at...
LAST CHANCE: Submit Now to Be a Best Agency to Work For August 24, 2012 Don’t miss your chance to be named one of Insurance Journal’s best independent insurance agencies in the United States to...
P/C Insurers Show Improved Results Mid-Year: Fitch August 24, 2012 U.S. property/casualty insurers’ operating performance improved significantly in the first half of 2012, according to Fitch Ratings. The aggregate combined...
Tropical Storm Isaac Threatens Haiti; Oil Rigs Shut; Southeast Prepares August 24, 2012 By Susana Ferreira Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened on Friday as it took aim at flood-prone Haiti, but it was not expected to become...
ISO Says States OK Optional By-Peril Rating Rules for Homeowners August 24, 2012 ISO says it has received approval of its Risk Analyzer Homeowners by-peril rating rules in 13 states and has filings...
New York Fed Sells Last of Its AIG Assets, Ending Ties with Insurer August 23, 2012 The Federal Reserve Bank of New York brought to a close another chapter in the government’s taxpayer-funded bailouts of 2008...
Gridiron Insurance Releases E-Portal Product August 23, 2012 Gridiron Insurance Underwriters, Inc., a program manager that specializes in writing program business on a regional and national basis through...
Crop Insurers Could Face First Overall Loss in 10 Years: Moody’s August 23, 2012 Record-setting droughts in the U.S. Midwest throughout 2012 are likely to result in substantial gross insured losses for crop insurers...