Daily Headlines: Wednesday, June 8, 2011

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June 8, 2011 News By Region  National  International  East  Midwest  Southeast  South Central  West Video Today's Headlines National U.S. Court in Georgia to Hear States’ Healthcare Law Challenge Today A U.S. appeals court in Atlanta will hear a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reforms signed into law ... Percent of U.S. Workers with Disability Coverage Declines More than half of U.S. workers have no disability coverage and that percentage is dropping, an insurance company survey shows. According to ... Real Estate E&O Players Prepped and Ready for Market Turnaround Insurers are beginning to see some flickers of confidence in the real estate industry, which means the market for real estate E&O... More National News East Two More Massachusetts Motorcycle Insurers Send Settlement Checks Insurers USAA and NGM Insurance Co. will return a combined $3.4 Million to Massachusetts motorcycle policyholders as part of a settlement ... $3.75M Settlement Reached over Pennsylvania Coal Discharges A power company will pay $3.75 million as part of a settlement for fouling a western Pennsylvania river with metal discharges from a ... Anderson Joins Gendelman Insurance The Bruce Gendelman Insurance Co. has hired Linda Anderson as a commercial lines account advisor. She will focus on the agency's Defense ... More East News How Do You Differentiate Your Insurance Agency? Join us for a free conference call this Friday June 10. This free call will fill up fast, so sign up today. Midwest Report: Locking Prison Cells Didn’t Injure Guards in Illinois A newspaper's ongoing investigation has found an expert report, commissioned by the state of Illinois, showed that locking and unlocking ... Ohio: More than 2,000 Agents, Agencies Owe $21.7 Million in Tax Liens The Ohio Department of Insurance Fraud, Enforcement and License Division, with help from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's office, has ... Missouri: 17,000 Insurance Claims Filed So Far From Joplin Tornado The major insurance companies serving consumers in the Joplin area have received nearly 17,000 claims so far from residents and business ... More Midwest News Southeast Tennesseean Sues, Says Police Mistook Medical Condition for Drunkenness A Lenoir City, Tenn.,  man has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Loudon County sheriff after he said he was mistakenly ... More Southeast News South Central Louisiana Insurance Investigators Allegedly Killed by Agent Two investigators with the Louisiana Department of Insurance were shot and killed on June 7 while attempting to collect case information ... Louisiana Group Benefits Chief Resigns The chief executive officer of the health insurance office for state employees and retirees, hired by the Jindal administration in April, ... Foundation Financial Group Expanding in North Texas Foundation Financial Group announced it is adding new jobs to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The group is opening a new location at 1903 ... More South Central News West Calif. Agents Group Seeks Auto Insurance Persistency Discount The American Agents Alliance announced it has submitted for title and summary an automobile insurance discount initiative that would allow ... Insurer Seeks to Void Policy for Jackson Shows The insurer of Michael Jackson's planned series of comeback concerts is asking a Los Angeles judge to nullify a non-appearance policy ... Oregon Senate Passes Car Sharing Bill In a seeming effort to encourage green behavior, Oregon senators have approved a bill that would remove some of the barriers to developing ... Golden Gate Underwriters Society Names New Officers The Golden Gate Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society has named its 2011-2012 officers. They are: President ... Bozzuto & Associates Insurance Names Poitevan Bond Manager Bozzuto & Associates Insurance Services Inc. of San Jose, Calif., has named Bruce Poitevan bond manager. Poitevan was formally with ... Arizona Underwriters Society Names New Officers The Arizona Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society has named its new officers and directors for the 2011-12 term. ... RMIS Picks Tobin To Lead Workers’ Comp Division Fullerton, Calif.-based RMIS has added a new worker's compensation insurance market through Tower Select, and has added Monica Tobin to ... Insurance Professionals of Orange County Install New Officers The Insurance Professionals of Orange County,Calif., (IPOC), a local representative of the National Association of Insurance Women ... More West News International New Aon Terrorist Risk Map Includes Mideast, No. Africa Unrest Aon's annual publication of its Terrorist Risk Map has been expanded. Aon said this year's version features areas where "political ... Finance Industry Warns of Transatlantic Discord over Derivative Rules Transatlantic sniping by top policymakers could make it harder to agree new rules to crack down on derivatives, derivatives market ... Sea Transport Firm May Drop Dutch Flag over Piracy Rules Dual Dutch-Norwegian listed ocean transport company Dockwise has warned the Netherlands it will sail its vessels under a different flag ... AXIS Capital Announces Leadership Change at AXIS Re Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced that William A. Fischer, the CEO of AXIS Re, will leave that position, but will ... Bowden joins Lloyd’s Marketform as D&O Underwriter Lloyd's insurer Marketform announced that Directors' and Officers' liability underwriter Alexis Bowden has joined the company. He ... S&P Raises Allied World’s Ratings Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its ratings on Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings AG and its operating ... More International News Sponsored Content Sherrie A. Chambers, CIC joins the Atlantic Specialty Lines, Inc. Corporate Personal Lines team Richmond, VA, 6/8/11 – Atlantic Specialty Lines, Inc. Sherrie joins the ASL of FL office and corporate personal lines team bringing ... More Sponsored Content Join the Insurance Journal Network Insurance Journal TV Markets in Motion: Medi-Spa The anti-aging market has become more sophisticated, more profitable and more risky. From... Watch Now Agents Battle MLR Rules The sweeping federal health care reform law enacted last year is having a major bottom line... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv New Discussions in the Forums ..a complicate package prospect question!.. Posted: Tue Jun 7 -- Hi D's Insurance Store: Thank you so much for your suggestion. 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Posted: Wed Jun 1 -- Somewhere in the program is a transaction file. Find the approximate date the file was deleted, it will be shown in the transaction file. To... CSP Healthcare Reform Posted: Sat May 28 -- There's always a buzz on Health care reform. Recently, Obama made changes on Medicare and then signed the CLASS Act to lessen the dependence... carefree Go to Forums Reader Comments New Jersey Court: Drunk Driver Can Sue Bar that Served Him Posted: Fri Jun 3 -- Another absurd rendering by the NJ courts. It's time to start holding individuals accountable for their own poor judgment and social... Jester Pennsylvania Woman's Lawsuit Claims Dunkin' Brew is Too Sweet Posted: Tue Jun 7 -- Speaking as a diabetic, this case makes me ill. A sugar packet contains about 2-4 grams of carbohydrate. Say they put in 2 packets of sugar... Mad Cell Phone Cancer Report Comes As Supreme Court Weighs Lawsuits Posted: Thu Jun 2 -- If I have had the same job for the last 10 years, and if my only cell phone has been my work issued cell phone, is my brain cancer a work... Producer #1 Go to Popular Comments Subscriber Tools Send this to a friend Subscribe Unsubscribe Submit News Contact Us Current Issue Program Directory Vol. I - The Agent's Favorite Program Placement Resource ,The Florida Issue 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 Senior Consultant AVP Casualty Risk Underwriting Manager Sr. Product Development Manager Have a job opening? List it on our Web site. 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