Today's Headlines National As the Gulf oil spill gushed out of control, BP's financial liabilities seemed big enough to sink the company. No more. Cleanup, government... The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking a top-to-bottom review of the efforts to reform the nation's flood insurance... Reinsurance rates for 2011 are falling at the same or greater pace than traditional insurers and further softening of the market is to come,... Some insurance companies that use computerized systems to process their claims are making unfair, "low-ball" claims offers to people injured... It has been a challenging few years for those in the excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance market. An endless soft market, extreme... The world's top three insurance brokers have joined reinsurer Munich Re to promote a major expansion in risk coverage for deepwater drilling... East A federal judge in Pittsburgh has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a bar patron who claims he and another customer should have been searched for... A Connecticut bar has agreed to pay a $5,000 fine and have its license suspended for 10 days for serving two customers who were killed in a... A Boston private equity firm has acquired a majority interest in New Jersey-based York Risk Services Group. ABRY Partners purchased the... Pennsylvania-based wholesaler USG Insurance Services has named Jason Holloman as property broker specializing in large commercial and... Midwest The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the arrest of two St. Louis, Mo., employers for... Insurance Program Managers Group LLC of St. Charles, Ill., has opened a St. Louis, Mo., location. The office is operating under the name... Southeast A Florida court has thrown out a rule banning public adjusters from soliciting claimants within 48 hours of a disaster or other insurance... Shielding Medicaid providers from lawsuits for negligent acts could cost Florida's taxpayers an estimated $69 million per year in payments... A yearlong investigation targeting insurance fraud has resulted in 11 arrests and three pending arrests connected with four Florida... A girl suspended from a Broward County charter school after she criticized a teacher on Facebook has settled a federal lawsuit against the... Texas / South Central Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co., a Louisiana-based workers' compensation insurer, has added the following individuals to its management... Texas Commissioner of Workers' Compensation Rod Bordelon recently signed an emergency rule adopting amendments to the workers' comp pharmacy... The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (TDI-DWC) has set at 3.8 percent the workers' compensation interest and... West As California's third elected insurance commissioner, Steve Poizner has had a wealth of accomplishments. Among other things, he: reduced the... Wood Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers headquartered in Tustin, Calif., has announced the formation of Silicon Valley Risk and... A New Mexico Court of Appeal has ruled that a Las Cruces city employee who fell off a garbage truck while intoxicated is still eligible to... Wood Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers announced it has completed the acquisition of the assets from Barlocker Insurance Services of... California Insurance Commissioner-Elect has appointed his executive team at the Department of Insurance. The team includes: Chief Deputy... International The military flew out a town's entire population of 300 people by helicopter Wednesday in eastern Australia where waters continued to rise... Home insurance is now the number one target for insurance fraudsters according to the hundreds of fraudulent insurance claims exposed every... Carlyle Group has sold a 2.5 percent stake worth around $860 million in China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co Ltd, sources said, helping the... Lloyd's year-end review shows that, like the rest of the industry it faced a number of challenges in a difficult year. Low interest rates... Munich Re, via its asset manager MEAG, has concluded a significant investment deal involving wind power plants in Germany. It announced that... Insurance Journal Blogs Merry Christmas to all of you. I hope you are blessedwith good health, happiness and the spirit of giving in 2011. David Connolly Join the Insurance Journal Network Insurance Journal TV | Take a bunch of insurance professionals, put them together a room to study marketing... |
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