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January 31, 2011 Breaking News Alert Federal Judge in Florida Rules Federal Healthcare Law Must Be Voided A judge in Florida Monday became the second U.S. judge to declare President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law unconstitutional, in the biggest legal challenge yet to federal authority to enact the law. Read the full story Send to a Friend Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Send to a Friend | Contact Us Insurance Journal 3570 Camino del Rio North, Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92108 (800) 897-9965 Copyright © 2011 by Wells Publishing, Inc.

Daily Headlines: Monday, January 31, 2011

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January 31, 2011 News By Region  National  International  East  Midwest  Southeast  South Central  West Video Today's Headlines National Poll: Public Opposes Crash Taxes Three out of four adults (76 percent) believe their taxes cover the time and services provided by emergency response providers following a ... Donovan Named CEO at Beecher Carlson Dan Donovan has bee named the new chief executive officer at Atlanta-based broker Beecher Carlson. Tom Golub will step down as CEO and will ... Marsh Sees Soft Commercial Insurance Market Continuing Another report indicates that soft commercial insurance market conditions that persisted throughout the U.S. in 2010 will continue into ... Chartis Umbrella Covers Salary Reimbursement Chartis has introduced a salary reimbursement endorsement, developed by its Excess Casualty division as a supplementary benefit to its ... Aon Merges M&A Advisory Teams Aon Corp. has united its merger and acquisition practices to form Aon M&A Solutions, which will provide M&A risk and human capital ... ASI Environmental Enhances EnviroStar Policy Form American Safety Insurance has launched an enhanced version of its EnviroStar policy, which combines common coverages for environmental ... Texas Jury Orders J&J to Pay $482M in Patent Lawsuit A federal jury in Texas on Jan. 28 ordered Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary to pay $482 million in damages to an inventor who claimed ... CNA Adds Enhancement to Printing, Graphic Imaging Program CNA has added an enhancement to its current coverages for printers and publishers. The  insurer has broadened the scope of coverage ... The Top Ten D&O Stories of 2010 - Conclusion Below is the conclusion of the Top Ten D&O Stories of 2010: 7. Assessing Coverage for "Bump Up" Claims: As noted above, a significant... More National News East Massachusetts Attorney General Wants Tougher Workers’ Comp Penalties Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley wants more severe criminal penalties for businesses that go without workers' compensation ... Nearly 200 Animals Die in Upstate New York Barn Fire A woman who lost about 200 farm animals in an upstate New York barn fire blames the disaster on a propane heater she had set up to protect ... More East News Midwest Wisconsin Assembly Committee Sends Auto Insurance Bill to Full Chamber A Republican-controlled Assembly committee has approved a bill that would repeal minimum automobile coverage levels, sending the bill to ... Missouri Insurance Department Returns $10M to Consumers Enforcement by the Missouri Department of Insurance resulted in consumers receiving $10.5 million from their insurance companies in 2010, ... More Midwest News Southeast Medvidofsky Named Audit Vice President by Main Street America The Jacksonville, Florida-based Main Street America Group has promoted David Medvidofsky to vice president and head of its audit unit. ... Florida Businessman Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud Florida officials have charged a Duval County man with allegedly creating a fake company and fake name as part of a workers' compensation ... Florida Stops 4 Firms Selling Motor Vehicle Service Agreements Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has issued a cease and desist order shutting down a number of insurers for the unauthorized ... More Southeast News South Central Insurance License Fees Tied to Credit Cards Rejected in Louisiana Lawmakers rejected plans for the Louisiana Department of Insurance to allow credit card payments for licenses, because they objected to the ... Judge Defends Spill Decision That Upset Louisiana AG A federal judge said Jan. 28 that he wasn't trying to deprive states of their rights when he appointed Alabama's newly elected attorney ... More South Central News West New Mexico Considers Stricter Regs for Older Drivers New Mexico's Legislature is considering a bill that would impose stricter monitoring and license renewal standards on older drivers. In ... Washington Approves 12% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Washington's Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has approved an increase to the state's workers' compensation premium rates by ... Wyoming Roads Deadliest in U.S. in 2009 A national survey says Wyoming led the nation with the highest number of traffic deaths per capita in 2009. The study conducted by the ... More West News International Suez Shipping Operating Normally Despite Egypt Unrest: Marine Insurers No direct threat to ships passing through the strategic Suez Canal waterway exists at the moment, despite unrest in Egypt, a senior ... Investors Face Rising Risks However Egypt Plays Out If President Hosni Mubarak clings to power, investors will re-price Egyptian and regional assets to brace for weeks, months or possibly ... EU Says Giant ‘Motherships’ Give Somali Pirates New Reach Somali pirates are increasingly using hijacked merchant vessels with hostage crews as giant motherships to attack deeper into the Indian ... UK’s Amlin to Acquire Lead Yacht Underwriters UK-based specialist insurer Amlin plc announced that a wholly owned subsidiary has entered into an agreement to acquire Lead Yacht ... Perryman Appointed Sales and Marketing Director of Willis UK & Ireland Martyn Perryman has been appointed Sales and Marketing Director for Willis UK & Ireland (WUKI), effective immediately. 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Daily Headlines: Friday, January 28, 2011

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January 28, 2011 News By Region  National  International  East  Midwest  Southeast  South Central  West Video Today's Headlines National Chubb Reports Q4, 2010 Results; Expects Australia Flood Losses The Chubb Corp. reported that net income in the fourth quarter of 2010 was $620 million, compared to $695 million in the fourth quarter of ... What Did One Car Say to the Other Car? "Hey, Honda Civic, my friend, stay in your lane. This is a friendly message from the Ford Focus to your right." "Well hello there, Ms. ... Report Adds Details on AIG Payments to Goldman Insurer American International Group Inc. paid Goldman Sachs Group Inc. $2.9 billion for the investment bank's own account, a report said ... Courts Allowing Private Facebook Posts As Evidence in Lawsuits It's the latest litigation tactic in the online age: U.S. lawyers are trying to mine the private zones of Facebook and other social-media ... The Top Ten D&O Stories of 2010 - Conclusion Below is the conclusion of the Top Ten D&O Stories of 2010: 7. Assessing Coverage for "Bump Up" Claims: As noted above, a significant... More National News East Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Fighters Say Media Campaign Helping An advertising and public relations campaign by the Pennsylvania agency that coordinates insurance fraud prevention activities is ... Massachusetts Allows for Terrorism Exclusion in Commercial Insurance Commercial property insurers in Massachusetts will be allowed to exclude terrorism coverage from commercial fire insurance policies under a ... Peerless Promotes Rooney, Canales Peerless Insurance has appointed Robert M. Rooney Jr. to regional vice president, New Hampshire-Vermont region. Rooney will oversee growth ... More East News Midwest Kansas Insurance Commissioner Names Birdsall Chief Actuary Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger appointed Mark Birdsall, a veteran life insurance actuary, as the chief actuary for the Kansas ... OneBeacon Technology Insurance Adds Fisk-Bieker to Management Team OneBeacon Technology Insurance, a member of the OneBeacon Insurance Group, appointed Mary Fisk-Bieker as vice president and Central and ... Westfield Names Rosenberg Group Administration Leader Ohio-based property and casualty insurance provider, Westfield Group, appointed Stuart Rosenberg as its new Group Administration leader. ... More Midwest News Southeast Mississippi Commissioner Chaney to Run for Reelection Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has officially announced his intention to seek a second term. 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Aon Adds to Technology Practice Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corp., announced that Shawn Ram has been promoted to national Technology ... More West News International Insurance Council of Australia Takes New Initiatives in Wake of Floods The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has reacted quickly to the disastrous flooding in the State of Queensland earlier this month with ... Pulsar Re Files Suit against Lehman to Recover $450 million Lehman Brothers Holdings has been sued by a reinsurer that wants control of $450 million it said it pledged to secure various obligations, ... S&P Japan Ratings Downgrade Hits Insurers Yesterday Standard & Poor's Ratings Services announced that it had lowered its sovereign rating on Japan to 'AA-' from 'AA'. The rating ... PartnerRe Provides January 2011 Non-Life Renewal Data Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that during the January 1, 2011 treaty renewal season it "expects to write and bind approximately ... XL Insurance Names Báez-Safa Chief U/W Officer, Professional Lines Commercial Risk XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of the XL Group, announced the appointment of Cristiana Báez-Safa as Chief Underwriting ... More International News Sponsored Content New K-12 Accident Medical Program Offers Options for Public Schools and Students Fort Wayne, Ind. - January 28 2011 - K&K Insurance, a division of Aon Underwriting Managers and a managing general underwriter offering ... More Sponsored Content Insurance Journal Blogs Best Practices – Standards When an agency talks to me about working with them on their best practices, they often think this only about how to do their work with ... More Blogs Join the Insurance Journal Network Insurance Journal TV How November Elections Changed Insurance Power in Washington The November elections brought change to Washington as Republicans took control of the House... 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Daily Headlines: Thursday, January 27, 2011

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January 27, 2011 News By Region  National  International  East  Midwest  Southeast  South Central  West Video Today's Headlines National What the Financial Crisis Commission Concluded About AIG’s Failure The taxpayer bailout of giant American International Group (AIG) became necessary largely because of AIG's poor risk management of its ... P/C Insurers Like Some of Obama’s State of Union Promises Property/casualty insurers found things to like in President Obama's State of the Union speech that was largely focused on the economy ... Divided Financial Crisis Panel Spreads the Blame A deeply divided U.S. investigative panel issued a scathing critique of the culture of deregulation championed by Former Federal Reserve ... Democrats Vow to Pursue Oil Spill Liability Bill U.S. Democrats Wednesday pressed for new legislation aimed at preventing a repeat of last year's massive BP oil spill, as Republicans ... The Top D&O Stories of 2010 - Part 2 Below are stories four through seven from the "Top 10 D&O Stories of 2010" list. 4. Credit Crisis Lawsuit Settlements: The Dog that... More National News East OSHA Fines New Hampshire Paper Company in Worker Death A federal agency is fining a New Hampshire paper company for intentional safety violations in the death of a 34-year-old worker who was ... Bollinger Acquires Charles G. Treloar Agency New Jersey-based broker Bollinger has acquired Charles G. Treloar Agency Inc. of Kenvil, New Jersey. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ... Pasquale Named Top Exec at Oryx New York-based program administrator Oryx Insurance has appointed Thomas A. Pasquale as president and CEO. Pasquale will oversee the ... More East News Midwest Iowa Employment Agency Owner Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Indictment The owner of a Des Moines, Iowa, employment agency has pleaded not guilty to federal fraud charges. Dinesh "Dan" Sethi is accused of ... Iowa Football Players Hospitalized After Strenuous Workouts The University of Iowa says 12 football players have been hospitalized for symptoms likely related to offseason workouts. The school has ... More Midwest News Southeast Mississippi AG Wants Judge to Take Over BP Oil Spill Claims Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is asking for the federal judge in charge of the litigation surrounding the BP oil spill to take over ... Atlantic Casualty Names New Vice President of Claims The Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co., a member of the Strickland Insurance Group, has tapped Lawrence F. (Larry) McAuliffe to serve as the ... Mississippi Supreme Court Asked to Rule on State’s Limit on Damages A federal appeals panel is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court if state law that limits non-economic damages to $1 million in civil cases ... Judge Permits Mississippi Whistleblower Case Against Insurer U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. has declined to dismiss a whistleblower lawsuit filed against State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. State ... More Southeast News South Central Oklahoma Lawmaker, Manufactured Housing Assoc. Tackling Tornado Safety Oklahoma State Rep. Pat Ownbey and the Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma Board of Directors' are seeking to develop sample ... Louisiana Gained 26,300 Non-Farm Jobs in 2010 Louisiana added 26,300 non-farm jobs in 2010 as it continued to plow through a slow economic recovery, state labor officials said. The ... Arkansas Panel Votes Down Bill Attacking Federal Health Insurance Overhaul A legislative committee in Arkansas has blocked an attempt to reject a key portion of the federal health care overhaul, while another group ... More South Central News West Sacramento Approves ‘Crash Tax’ The Sacramento City Council has adopted a city ordinance approving a "crash tax" on out of town automobile drivers. The "fire recovery ... Lawson-Hawks Acquires Christopher Lee Insurance Services Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates Inc., a regional independent insurance broker based in Mountain View, Calif., announced it has acquired ... More West News International Ironshore Expands Political Risk Division for European Platform in Dublin Ironshore Inc. has named P. Donald Harkey to head the Political Risk unit for Ironshore Europe Limited, based in Dublin.  In addition, ... Davos Leaders Warn on Food Inflation, Speculation amid Mideast Unrest World leaders warned on Thursday that soaring food prices risked stoking unrest and even war, but top executives meeting in the Swiss ... Swiss Re Calls for Increased Role for Public-private Partnerships in Disaster Relief Swiss Re notes that the "increasing severity and frequency of natural catastrophes are driving up the cost of disaster relief, especially ... Australia Imposes New Tax to Fund Flood Recovery Australia's minority Labor government imposed a reconstruction tax and cut environmental spending on Thursday to help fund the recovery ... UK’s Managing General Agents Take Further Steps to Create Association The next step in the launch of the UK's Managing General Agents' Association (MGAA) was successfully achieved this week, following the ... RMS Analyzes Terrorist Attack at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport Risk Management Solutions has analyzed the circumstances pertaining to the bombing at Domodedovo airport in Moscow on Monday, which killed ... ACE Group Appoints Hager to Head Japan P&C, A&H Business The ACE Group announced that Jeffery Hager has been appointed Regional President, ACE Far East, responsible for ACE's property and ... Huber Named as New Project Coordinator for FERMA Team The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has expanded its office team with the appointment of Silke Huber as project ... Manley to Join Zurich’s Board Zurich Financial Services Group announced the appointment of Patrick Manley (49, Irish citizen) to its Group Management Board, subject to ... More International News Join the Insurance Journal Network Insurance Journal TV How November Elections Changed Insurance Power in Washington The November elections brought change to Washington as Republicans took control of the House... Watch Now Medical Marijuana Retailer High on Insurance Sara Jane Sinclair is the CEO of Sara Jane Inc., a medical marijuana dispensary located in... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv New Discussions in the Forums Auto Salvage / Wrecking Yard Posted: Thu Jan 27 -- This is more of a surplus lines product. We have a farmers guy in our office and he looked at the appetite guide and it does not look like... JAM Pizza Delivery Work Comp Posted: Thu Jan 27 -- I'm not familiar with the PEO model. Can you explain further. JAM FSC Pipeline anyone? Posted: Thu Jan 27 -- Has anyone tried FSC Pipeline and would like to share their impression? Thanks. KPIA MGAs Posted: Wed Jan 26 -- Hi, I'm new to your forum. I use MGA's and wholesalers. MGAs that have programs and have the pen are important if you have a specific class.... kiswest Open Office Next to Geico Posted: Tue Jan 25 -- This looks like something that they (the GEICO agent) would have potential damages from the Landlord since you're not a party to their... gregcw How can a new agent obtain appointments? Posted: Tue Jan 25 -- You could also look in to providers such as insurance noodle, secure access etc... there are also wholesalers out there, like appalachian... briand Go to Forums Subscriber Tools Send this to a friend Subscribe Unsubscribe Submit News Contact Us Current Issue 2011 Market Fact Book and Buyer's Guide; (including all 2010 Surveys in one convenient place!) More Newsletters Choose Newsletters Daily Headlines Weekly Reader Picks Magazine Update Insurance Journal TV Classifieds Breaking News MyNewMarkets Daily Claims Daily Enter Your E-mail Market Directories Excess & Surplus Markets Programs Workers' Comp Markets New Insurance Jobs Broker's Assistant Process Improvement Specialist Commercial Transportation Underwriter Have a job opening? List it on our Web site. How to Advertise For information about advertising on this newsletter and Insurance Journal magazines, contact Julie Tinney at (800) 897-9965 x148. View our Media Kit for advertising options in our magazines and online properties. Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Send to a Friend | Contact Us Insurance Journal 3570 Camino del Rio North, Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92108 (800) 897-9965 Copyright © 2011 by Wells Publishing, Inc.