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GEICO Success Highlights Advertising Dollars vs. Agent Commissions Debate
Direct writer GEICO's success in auto insurance sales is due to spending dollars on effective advertising rather than on agents, according ...
Supreme Court Declines Privacy Claim Against Resale of Driving Records
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether a unit of Thomson Reuters Corp. can obtain and sell information on drivers ...
P/C Insurers' CFOs Point to Hardening Markets: Towers Watson Survey
Chief financial officers with leading North American property/casualty insurers believe both property and casualty insurance markets are in ...
Travelers Posts $864M Q3 Profit, Consistent With Prior Year Quarter
The Travelers Companies Inc. today reported its third-quarter net income of $864 million, unchanged from the same period a year ago. ...
W.R. Berkley Q3 Profit Rises 36% to $137M; Rates on Renewed Policies Up 6.4%
W.R. Berkley Corp. reported $136.97 million net income for its 2013 third quarter, up 36 percent from $100.95 million income posted during ...
Aon Launches Excess Liability Facility for Railroad Business
Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has launched Aon Rail Excess Liability facility. The insurance facility ...
Aon Benfield: U.S. Homeowners Insurance Offers Growth Opportunities
A new report from Aon Benfield, a reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, says U.S. homeowners insurance is showing ...
When Coverage Isn't Enough: Managing Risk a Challenge for Insureds
Companies of all types and sizes are facing increased risks in the current environment but many are not putting adequate programs in place...
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East
Complaints Mounting Over Pennsylvania's Online Workers' Comp System
Complaints are mounting over Pennsylvania's new, online system for filing appeals in workers' compensation cases, with critics saying it ...
NYC Launches Fire Safety Effort in Sandy's Wake
A first-of-its-kind fire-safety push in New York City focuses on homes in areas battered by Superstorm Sandy. The Fire Department announced ...
Top Aide Announces Run for Mass. Attorney General to Succeed Coakley
A former top deputy for Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley on Monday became the first person to formally announce a run for the ...
Schumer: Community Dev. Block Grant Can Cover Unmet Needs for Sandy Victims
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., last Friday urged Sandy-impacted homeowners on Long Island, New York, to apply for Sandy aid under ...
USI Insurance Appoints Senior Vice President in New York Metro Office
USI Insurance Services has appointed Brian Golick as senior vice president. He is based in USI's New York metropolitan office. Golick ...

Midwest
Illinois Bills Call for Stiffer Penalties for Boating DUI
Illinois lawmakers are considering a series of measures aimed at making the state's waterways safer, including a bill that would impose ...
Insurance to Pay Most of $10M Price Tag for Michigan City Hall Repair
The historic city hall in Bay City, Mich., is nearing completion of a more than $10 million renovation three years after it was damaged by ...
Meadowbrook Announces Passing of Director Hugh Greenberg
Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. announced the passing of Hugh W. Greenberg, a member of its board of directors since 1985. Greenberg ...
Southeast
Florida Condo Developer Sues Residents Over Website
The developer of a mold- and water-plagued condominium complex in Manatee County alleges in a lawsuit that a handful of former and current ...
New North Carolina Law on Passing School Buses to Take Effect Dec. 1
North Carolina authorities say the recent death of a Rowan County teen illustrates why tougher penalties are needed in North Carolina for ...
Arkansas Gov. Beebe Signs Teacher Insurance Fixes Into Law
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has signed into law a package of bills intended to limit health insurance premium increases for thousands of ...
University of Alabama Studies Impact of 2011 Tornado on Foreclosures
A University of Alabama study has found that the April 2011 tornado didn't severely impact home foreclosures in the Tuscaloosa area. ...
South Central
Louisiana Legislature Plans Flood Insurance Meeting
The Louisiana Legislature's insurance committees have scheduled an Oct. 23 meeting to discuss what can be done to help residents facing ...
Rating Improves for Cameron Parish Fire District
The fire protection grading in Cameron Parish's Fire District 15 has improved from Class 6 to Class 4, which will reduce fire insurance ...
Dallas Man Charged With Insurance Agency Robberies
Dallas police have arrested a man suspected of more than a dozen robberies at North Texas insurance businesses. Dallas County jail records ...

West
Ex-Montana State Student Sues School Over Sex Assault
A former Montana State University student has filed a lawsuit against the school alleging she and other women were sexually assaulted and ...
Utah Man Who Topples Rock Faces Questions Over Lawsuit
A Utah Boy Scout leader whose toppling of an ancient rock formation in a state park was captured in a viral online video is facing ...
International
Europe a Reinsurance Buyer's Market Says Willis Re; Rates Down 5-10%
In a report from Baden-Baden, Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of Willis Group Holdings plc, notes that "increased capacity, competition and ...
Global Climate Spending Falling Further Behind Target: Report
Global spending to combat climate change fell last year and remains far below the level needed to prevent its most dangerous effects, a ...
Thai Floods Force Closure of 17 Factories in Industrial Zone
Seventeen factories were temporarily shut on Monday in a major Thai industrial zone dominated by foreign companies, after flood waters ...
Integro Acquires UK-Based Broker Doodson
International insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro announced it has acquired Doodson Broking Group, a UK-based ...
ACE Appoints Weirsema to Strengthen Multinational Services in Europe
The ACE Group announced the appointment of Hendrik-Jan Wiersema as Global Client Executive as it continues to invest in its offering to ...

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