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National
The Agency Manager-Employee Operations Gap and E&O Risk: Survey
Agency managers tend to have a rosier view of agency operations than their employees do, according to a survey that also suggests this gap ...
Surplus of Capital Continues to Temper Property Rates: Marsh
The surplus of capital among insurers and reinsurers continued to have an overall softening effect in the U.S. property insurance market ...
Judge Allows Investors' Class Action Against Facebook, Underwriters Over IPO
Facebook Inc. and the underwriters of its May 2012 initial public offering must face a class-action lawsuit by investors claiming the ...
Toyota Camry Improves in Insurance Safety Test
Toyota Motor Corp.'s Camry, headed for its 12th consecutive year as the best-selling car in the U.S., returned to Consumer Reports' ...
Agents Say Getting More Carriers to Offer 'Real Time' Is Among Top Tech Priorities
The industry should place its highest priority on "getting additional carriers to offer real-time capabilities," according to a survey of ...
AmWINS CEO DeCarlo Named 2014 Honoree of City of Hope Charity
The City of Hope and the National Insurance Industry Council said M. Steven DeCarlo, CEO of Charlotte, North Carolina-based AmWINS Group ...
The PIA Partnership Launches Growth Tool For Agency Members
The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) and its agency-company council, The PIA Partnership, have designed a new ...
Not Just Hiring's, Headlines & Hoopla: Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Emerges from 2013 a Serious Player
2013 has been quite a year for Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) - or half of a year, anyway. Since opening its doors for...
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East
New York to Provide $4M Grant Funding to Fight Auto Theft, Insurance Fraud
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the state will provide nearly $4 million in grant funding to 29 local police departments, district ...
Financial Services Firm Cantor Fitzgerald Announces $135M Sept. 11 Settlement
Financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, which lost nearly two-thirds of its employees in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks against the U.S., ...
Vermont Already Preparing for the Next Big Storm
Vermont and federal officials Monday highlighted the state's ongoing efforts to prepare for what is expected to be increasingly severe ...
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies Names New President/CEO
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies announced Michael W. Nobles was elected to become the new president and chief executive officer of Union ...
N.Y. Approves Esurance Program Aimed at Preventing Teen Texting and Driving
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration announced it has approved Esurance's new telematics program designed to help prevent teens from ...
Midwest
Amid Criticism, Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange Chief Resigns
The chief of Minnesota's health insurance marketplace resigned Dec. 17 after facing criticism over the troubled rollout and a questionably ...
Another Missouri Appeals Court Questions Red Light Cameras
For the third time in a month, a Missouri appeals court ruling has raised concerns about red light cameras. The Eastern District of the ...
Over $9.4M in Safety Rebates Awarded by Ohio Workers' Comp Bureau
The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) announced that thousands of Ohio employers are receiving more than $9.4 million in savings ...
Tyson Foods Fined $147K for Safety Violations at Kansas Plant
Tyson Foods Inc. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for four workplace safety ...
Southeast
Florida Lawmakers Unveil Plan to Encourage Private Market for Flood Insurance
With the chances of a federal solution to rising flood insurance rates waning by the day, Florida lawmakers are pressing forward with a ...
Report Casts Light on High Cost of Homeowners Insurance in Florida
Floridians are paying the highest homeowner insurance rates in the nation even though the state has not been hit by a hurricane in nearly a ...
NICB: Florida Posts 23% Spike in Questionable Insurance Claims
Florida's questionable claims rose 23 percent from 2010 to 2012, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau's (NICB) 2010-2012 ...
South Central
Texas Tries Again to Put Drunk-Driving Teen Behind Bars
Texas prosecutors are trying a second time to imprison a teen who was sentenced to 10 years' probation for drunkenly driving his truck into ...
LeBreton Joins Specialty Risk Associates in Louisiana
Shreveport, La.-based Specialty Risk Associates Inc. announced that Sue LeBreton joined the firm as a commercial lines underwriter. Prior ...
Gentry to Retire from Insurance Council of Texas
Rick Gentry, executive director of the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) since 1997, has announced that he will retire from the association ...
Questionable Insurance Claims on the Rise in Texas: Report
Questionable insurance claims rose by 38 percent in Texas from 2010 through 2012, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports. ...
West
Farmers Sues Radiological Corporations for $3 Million
Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Exchange filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California against two radiological corporations ...
Tougher Drunk Driving Laws on Way in Colorado
Colorado drunk driving laws are about to get tougher in 2014. Starting on Jan. 1, any Colorado driver who refuses a sobriety test will be ...
California's $1.1B Paint Ruling Could Prompt More Suits
Paint makers could face a surge of lawsuits after a California state court judge ordered three companies to pay $1.1 billion to help ...
Rate Hikes in California Workers' Comp: SNL Financial
AmTrust Financial Services Inc. hiked rates by 15 percent on its California workers' compensation business in 2013, and it is not alone. ...
Utah, Chevron Agree On $5.35M Fuel Spill Settlement
Utah officials say they've come to a tentative $5.35 million settlement with Chevron after a pipeline leaked about 20,000 gallons of diesel ...
International
Liberty Mutual Group to Buy Rest of Irish Unit from IBRC
Liberty Mutual Group Inc. said it will buy the 49 percent stake in the former Quinn Insurance Ltd. in Ireland that it doesn't already own ...
Willis Appoints Owens as CEO of New Global Captive Management Unit
Willis Group Holdings announced the appointment of Paul Owens as CEO of the newly formed Willis Global Captive Management business, ...
Torus Appoints Milne to Accident & Health Team
Torus, the global specialty insurer, announced that John Milne has joined the company as Accident & Health Underwriter. The bulletin said ...
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