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December 9, 2010
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National

Treasury to Cut Government Stake in AIG in Big Stock Sale

The U.S. Treasury plans to sell about one-fifth of insurer AIG through a stock offering in the first half of 2011, an important test of the...

Personal Internet Use Becoming Part of Employee Record

Those photos on Facebook showing you palling around with drunks, the raunchy joke you posted on Twitter, and those links to politically...

Wal-Mart Court Order Freezes Class Actions

The class action landscape changed in an instant when the U.S. Supreme Court decided to review a mammoth sex discrimination lawsuit against...

Petersen International Develops Company Protection for Catastrophic Loss

Petersen International Underwriters has launched a new type of insurance known as Corporate Accumulation Death and Disability Insurance....

Chartis Expands Passport Capabilities for Financial Institutions

Chartis has expanded its Passport service platform to include three additional products from its Executive Liability Division that are...

Liberty International Underwriters Launches E&S Property Product

Liberty International Underwriters U.S. (LIU) has launched an Excess and Surplus Lines (E&S) Property product. This product provides...

From MyNewMarkets.com Lexington Focuses on New Products, Creativity, to Get Through Soft Market

Creativity, innovation and product diversification are keys to a company's success in this soft market, says Matthew Powers, vice president...
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East

Insurance, Sports Pros Gather at Tri-State Charitable Foundation Dinner

More than 800 insurance professionals from the tri-state area and two All-Star athletes channeled their competitive energies last night to...

New Jersey Towns Look to Charge Insurers for Fire and First-Aid

Some New Jerseyans might have to pay if they need the fire department or an ambulance. Salem's City Council has adopted an ordinance that...

Brown & Brown Acquires Ladd's Agency

Insurance broker Brown & Brown has acquired the assets of Ladd's Agency, an Upstate New York-based insurance agency owned by Alliance...
Midwest

Court: Missouri Can Lay Off Workers' Comp Judges to Cut Costs

A Missouri appeals court has ruled that the state can lay off three workers' compensation administrative law judges who challenged the...

A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Michigan Insurance Co.

A.M. Best Co. has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and...

Thomas, Wilson Named Senior VPs at Great American Insurance

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group's Property and Inland Marine Division has promoted two insurance executives: Grace...
Southeast

Alabama Jury Awards $5 Million to Arson Victim

Lauderdale County, Ala. jurors have awarded $5 million in damages to a woman who suffered life-threatening injuries in a 2004 arson...

Lawsuit Filed Over Deadly Tennessee Home Blast

A couple who lost a son in a Tennessee home explosion last year has filed a wrongful death suit against the Knoxville Utilities...
Texas / South Central

Report: Louisiana Is Less Healthy than Previously Thought

A report from the United Health Foundation finds Louisiana's national health rankings dropped to 49th in the last year. The ranking puts...

Texas Unemployment Insurance Tax Rates to Rise for 2011

The standard minimum unemployment insurance (UI) tax rate paid by Texas employers in calendar year (CY) 2011 will be 0.78 percent, up from...
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West

Cal/OSHA Implements Updated Heat Safety Regulations

Cal/OSHA has implmented a new standard to protect employees who work with diacetyl, a chemical commonly used to give food flavorings a...

Calif. Assemblyman Villines to Serve on Flood Protection Board

Calif. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed former Assembly minority leader Michael Villines to the Central Valley Flood Protection...

Pinnacol CFO Named to National Wellness Board

Jeff Tetrick, chief financial officer for Pinnacol Assurance, has been appointed as a national board member to the San Francisco-based...

DeHut joins Elliott, Powell, Baden & Baker's Construction Team

Construction insurance specialist Tina DeHut has joined Elliott, Powell, Baden & Baker's Construction Insurance team. DeHut brings with...

Calif. Division of Workers' Comp Names Appointees to Ethics Advisory Committee

California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) acting Administrative Director Carrie Nevans has appointed the Hon. Alice Vilardi as...
International

Panama Canal Traffic Halted Due to Heavy Rains

Traffic in the Panama Canal, a major shipping waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, has been suspended temporarily due to...

PartnerRe Repurchases App. 1.7% of Common Shares Outstanding

Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced the repurchase of 1,283,336 common shares in a privately negotiated transaction with an institutional...

Byrne to Retire from Flagstone Re Board

Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A., announced that Mark Byrne, Flagstone's co-founder and former Executive Chairman, has decided to retire...

Tunnicliffe Rejoins Marsh to Head UK Risk Consulting

More musical chairs in London as Marsh announced that Andrew Tunnicliffe is to rejoin the firm as UK Head of Marsh Risk Consulting. He was...

Kofi-Sikah to Join TER as Sr. Financial Lines Underwriter

London-based underwriting agency Torus Executive Risks (TER), the joint venture between global specialty insurer Torus and Nexus...
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