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April 15, 2013
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National

Report: U.S. Making Progress Against 'Too-Big-to-Fail' Bailouts

For the past year, a special team of U.S. bank regulators has been on a quiet mission to end the belief on Wall Street that large banks are ...

Bankrupt Meningitis Pharmacy Battles States Over Insurance

The bankruptcy estate of the pharmacy linked to a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak plans to battle nearly 30 states to preserve its right to ...

Supreme Court Will Not Hear Drugmaker's Appeal of Insurer's Medicare Reimbursement Claim

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether private insurers can sue giant drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc over health ...

Atlantic Casualty Names Strickland President, Chief Operating Officer

Bret Strickland has been named president and chief operating officer of Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co., replacing William G. Reynolds, who ...

Supreme Court Asked to Decide If Human Genes Are Patentable

Soon after learning that his son had autism, Hollywood producer Jon Shestack ("Air Force One") tried to get researchers investigating the ...

ACE Expands PL Insurance Products to Address Hospital, Physician Integration

ACE USA's Medical Risk Group has introduced a range of physician professional liability insurance products and coverage options in support ...

Agency Principals, Producers, CSRs, All Employees: Which Operations Most Affect Profits?

Agency and brokerage principals and CSRs and all other employees: You are invited to participate in a unique Agency Operations & Profit ...

ACE Launches Agriculture P&C Business

The ACE Group has formed ACE Agribusiness, an agriculture property and casualty insurance business. ACE Agribusiness is comprised of Penn ...

From MyNewMarkets.com As Gun Sales Soar, Insurance Sales Follow Suit

Proposed federal and state gun legislation is having an unintended effect on growth in the gun insurance market across the country. Experts...
Carrier Management

Powerful Predictions: Finding the Best Prospects

Large financial services firms like Morgan Stanley are focusing on predictive analytics to accelerate growth among...
Explaining Work Comp Combinability to Your Clients - new webcast available from Academy of Insurance
East

Delaware Workers Compensation Panel Continues Work

A state panel looking at soaring workers compensation rates in Delaware is considering whether injured workers should be paid total ...

Feds Give Sandy Victims Up to 1 Year Break on Mortgage Payments

Federal mortgage payment relief has been extended up to one year for more than 200,000 homeowners whose houses were damaged by Superstorm ...

Pennsylvania Senate Renews Bid to Limit Abortion Coverage

State senators are renewing an effort to ban coverage of elective abortions by insurance policies that are offered in Pennsylvania's health ...
Midwest

Losses from Ohio Summer Storms Higher than Initial Estimate

Updated data indicates insured losses from storms that socked Ohio in late June and early July totaled $845 million in the state, or nearly ...

Feds Probing Indiana's Workplace Safety Agency

The federal government's workplace safety agency is investigating its Indiana counterpart - a department that documents indicate is trying ...

Concealed Weapons Fuel Debate on Driver's Licenses in Missouri

Republican lawmakers' concerns about new driver's license procedures in Missouri are being exacerbated by the state's unique system for ...

Michigan Insurance, Medical Groups: Reinstate Helmet Law

Members of Michigan's insurance and medical industries as well as some rider groups are calling on lawmakers and Gov. Rick Snyder to ...
Southeast

Tennessee House Approves Workers' Comp Claims Panels Along Party Lines

After defeating several attempts by Democrats to dial back the proposal, the Tennessee House last Thursday approved Republican Gov. Bill ...

Florida Senate Passes Bill on Medical Malpractice Expert Witnesses

The Florida Senate is making it harder to pursue medical malpractice claims. The Senate last week voted 27-12 for the bill and sent it to ...

West Virginia Advances Limit on Nursing Home Liability

The West Virginia legislature has moved to limit the liability that nursing homes can face in potential lawsuits. The bill passed ...

Court Upholds Mississippi Attorney Scruggs' Corruption Conviction

A federal appeals court panel has upheld the conviction of Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, one of Mississippi's most prominent attorneys before ...

Judge Nixes Insurer Lawsuit After Juror Conducts Online Research

A federal judge in Louisville has dismissed an entire jury pool in a civil case because one of the jurors did online research about the ...
South Central

Oklahoma Safety Bills to Change Little for Schools

The highly touted package of school security bills that have passed the Oklahoma Legislature and now wait only for Gov. Mary Fallin's ...

Analysis: Private Health Plan Option Tough Sell for Arkansas GOP Voters

For Arkansas Republicans elected on a vow to defeat the federal health care overhaul, a proposal to expand subsidized insurance relying on ...

Louisiana Town Wants to Toughen Law on Pit Bulls

City officials in Westwego, La., want to make it more difficult for residents to own pit bulls in a crackdown following a near-fatal attack ...

Texas Mutual: 3rd Provider Sentenced in Fraud Scheme

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Michael T. Douglas of Denton, Texas, pleaded guilty to charges of perjury in a workers' ...
West

San Francisco Cable Car Accidents Costs Millions

In this city of innumerable tourist attractions, the clanging, hill-conquering cable cars stand out as a top draw. The quaint conveyances ...

New Mexico Judge To Decide $14 Million 'Lizard Man' Suit

A federal judge says he will render a verdict as soon as possible in the $14 million wrongful death suit filed by the family of a samurai ...

Former NFL Player Charged With Insurance Fraud in California

A former National Football League linebacker is facing charges for what prosecutors say was a $1.5 million scheme to defraud a Sacramento ...

5 Killed In Idaho Home Fire After Electrical Short

An extension cord hooked to an electric grill on a porch shorted out and started a house fire that killed five people Saturday morning, a ...

Scottsdale in Arizona Names Davis Vice President

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Scottsdale Insurance Co. named Karen Davis vice president of agency management and business development. Davis will ...

Leavitt Pacific Taps Groff as a Producer in California

Leavitt Pacific Insurance named Susan Groff as a commercial lines producer in Northern California. Groff has more than 16 years of ...
International

UN Report Finds World Climate Change Goal at Risk as Emissions Surge

A global goal for limiting climate change is slipping out of reach and governments may have to find ways to artificially suck greenhouse ...

Investigators Probe Lion Air Crash in Bali

Indonesian investigators on Sunday began working to determine what caused a new Lion Air passenger jet to miss a runway while landing on ...

Willis Re Finds Reinsurance Market Changes Favoring Mutual Insurers

Mutual insurers have found themselves in a prime position to capitalize on changes in the traditional reinsurance market, according to ...

Banco do Brasil Insurance Unit IPO Suspended for 30 Days

Brazil's securities regulator CVM on Monday suspended the initial public offering of Banco do Brasil SA's insurance unit BB Seguridade for ...

Ascot Appoints Taylor to Board of Directors

Ascot Underwriting Ltd. announced the appointment of Paul Taylor as its new Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of Ascot's Risk ...

Best Affirms Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Company of Europe Ratings

A.M. Best Europe - Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating of 'A' (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of "a" of ...

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Gun Liability Insurance Bills Aren't the Answer, Says Insurance Industry
Posted: Wed Apr 10 -- besides my normal amazement at the ignorance of most people about firearms, now I am amazed by the accompanying vote (see sidebar) about... bob
As Gun Sales Soar, Insurance Sales Follow Suit
Posted: Thu Apr 11 -- I would imagine that companies covering Firearms MFG/Sales will collect some big audit additional premiums if it is based on sales.... Agent
Hurricane Center Learns Lesson from Sandy; Changes Warnings
Posted: Mon Apr 8 -- Didn't the storm, storm surge, et al come together as predicted? It was forecast for days ahead, no one should have been caught off guard.... insurance mom
University Of Idaho Student Sues After Fraternity Fall
Posted: Tue Apr 9 -- This is the second lawsuit in about five years concerning an imbibing female student allegedly falling out of a fraternity window at the... Fair Playing Field
Judge: Chicago Firm Can Sue Facebook over 'Timeline'
Posted: Mon Apr 8 -- I'm with you. I invented watering my grass early in the morning while still in my boxers. If anyone else is doing this, they had better pay... uct

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