Monday, October 21, 2013

Weekly Reader Picks: Monday, October 21, 2013

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October 21, 2013

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.A.M. Best, Fitch Explain Recent Downgrades of Tower Group
Oct. 16, 2013 -- Rating agencies have downgraded Tower Group following the insurer's announcement of loss reserve and goodwill charges in excess of what was ...
2.States Going After Employers Who Misclassify Workers as Independent Contractors
Oct 18, 2013 -- When construction slowed during the recession, some companies hired workers and wrongly designated them as independent contractors to ...
3.Top Excess & Surplus Insurers by Market Share: SNL
Oct 15, 2013 -- Market share of US excess & surplus Insurers ...
4.Rule on Requiring Lenders to Accept Private Flood Insurance Proposed
Oct 15, 2013 -- Five federal regulatory agencies are considering a rule that could boost sales of private flood insurance. The proposal would require ...
5.With Rate Hikes Looming, Florida Weighs Private Flood Insurance Options
Oct 11, 2013 -- With thousands of Florida homeowners facing significant increases in their federal flood insurance premiums, state lawmakers are considering ways to open ...
6.Tower Reviewing 'Strategic Options' After Reserve Shortfall
Oct 8, 2013 -- Tower Group International Ltd. is reviewing a "range of strategic options" after the insurer determined it had to add $365 million ...
7.President Obama Urges Congress Act on Farm, Crop Insurance, Food Stamps Bill
Oct 18, 2013 -- President Barack Obama, in a rebuke to proposals by House Republicans for steep cuts in food stamps for the poor, urged Congress on Thursday ...
8.CPCU Students Gain Earlier Access to Benefits
Oct 17, 2013 -- The CPCU Society has expanded membership opportunities for students actively pursuing the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter ...
9.Forecast for 2014 Commercial P/C Pricing: Willis
Oct 9, 2013 -- Commercial property insurance buyers could see prices fall from 10 to 20 percent on non-catastrophe risks in 2014 thanks to ...
10.Mass. AG Proposes Limiting Amount of Mandatory Flood Insurance for Homeowners
Oct 16, 2013 -- In an effort to assist homeowners facing significant flood insurance increases due to FEMA's updated and expanded flood zone maps ...

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