Today's Headlines National Owners of thousands of U.S. homes tainted with foul-smelling Chinese drywall agreed to a legal settlement on Thursday with a German ... Using a cell phone while driving is not the only distraction leading to automobile crashes today, says a group of insurance carriers. While ... A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to "a+" from "a" and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of 'A' ... Following its rating actions on the UK-based Aviva plc, A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with negative implications the financial ... U.S. healthcare reforms have enabled 2.5 million young adults to join or remain in their parents' health insurance plans, the U.S. ... The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced winning vehicles for this year's Top Safety Pick. Good news for drivers: at 115, the ... A major group for risk management professionals sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department, asking for a bigger federal role in ... Many people are planning year-end holiday festivities. But a report says there are many dangers lurking at these events. And people aren't ... The economy appears to showing some slight signs of improvement, which spells good news for insurers, especially those that insure some of...  East Supporters of tougher laws against distracted driving said Wednesday they hoped the National Transportation Safety Board's call for an ... The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) New York/Northeast division awarded a record number of grants at its 2011 benefit ... Zurich received the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation's (IICF) "Double I" award this week. The award recognizes Zurich's influence ... The City of Brotherly Love isn't so lovely when it comes to the civil justice system, at least according to a national tort reform advocacy ... A New Hampshire man admits he committed insurance application fraud for reinstating his policy and then filing a claim for a fire-damaged ... Midwest Itasca, Ill.-based Euclid Insurance Services Inc. (Euclid) has hired Daniel Aronowitz and four other nationally recognized specialty ... A judge who was assigned to hear all of the asbestos cases in her southwestern Illinois county was stripped of those cases after it was ... Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation that will eliminate some extra fees that are imposed on drivers for certain traffic ... Southeast Regulators and consumer groups in Alabama are awaiting the results of a data call from insurers to see if they are quickly handling claims ... South Central State Farm Insurance has asked an appeals court to throw out an order requiring the company to refund about $350 million to Texas ... The Federal Emergency Management Agency has expanded its wildfires disaster declaration area for Texas to include 119 counties. Gov. Rick ... Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is requesting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reconsider its denial ... West The parent company of managing general agent San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. has entered into an agreement ... The board of directors of the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) re-elected Alaska Insurance Director Linda Hall as NIPR president ... A "classic Santa Ana wind event is taking shape for Southern California" on Friday, the National Weather Service was reporting on Thursday ... The U.S. government should pay $56 million to a family that lost four members when a military jet crashed into their San Diego home in ... Thousands of motorists were stuck on a 10-mile stretch of freeway near Los Angeles after a big-rig tanker truck burst into flames ... International The world economic outlook is "quite gloomy" and will require action by all countries, starting with those in Europe, to head off an ... Russia was admitted into the World Trade Organization on Friday after 18 years of negotiation, finally binding it into the global economy ... Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) announced it had entered into an agreement to purchase the AMI insurance business for NZ$380 ... A $10.6 billion lawsuit against U.S. oil company Chevron and rig contractor Transocean could further cool an increasingly chilly investment ... French reinsurer SCOR Group has estimated its losses from the floods in Thailand at €140 million [$185 million] net of retrocession and ... Following its announcements, made earlier this week, A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited is continuing to take rating actions on a ... A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with negative implications the financial strength rating (FSR) of 'A '(Excellent) and issuer credit ... Join the Insurance Journal Network Insurance Journal TV  | Swiss Re's chief economist Kurt Karl discusses the challenges the insurance industry faces,... |  | The medical liability market continues to perform well even as the nation struggles to... |
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