Today's Headlines National A major hurricane landfall in Florida could strain leading global reinsurers that have already been buffeted by brutal tornadoes in the ... In a move being applauded by insurance agents, a task force of state insurance regulators has recommended that states support legislation ... A federal magistrate judge has refused to allow the Sierra Club to join a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against BP and other ... MBIA Inc. may pursue a lawsuit accusing Bank of America Corp.'s Countrywide Financial unit of fraudulently misleading it about mortgage ... The Chartis insurers have doubled their capacity for construction projects from the Global Energy Property unit. With this increase in ... Record-breaking tornadoes devastated parts of the United States in April and May, generating substantial losses for insurance companies. ... A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of 'A-' (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of "a-" of Michigan-based ... Demand for cyberinsurance was rising even before the most recent highly-publicized parade of breaches at major corporations and...  East A Maryland jury in Maryland awarded plaintiffs suing Exxon Mobil more than $1.5 billion for a 2006 leak at a gasoline station, the ... Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has signed a change to the state's worker's comp laws that will allow insurers to write coverage for owners ... Maryland-based agency Palumbo Insurance Associates has named Edmund Thomas Palumbo account executive. Palumbo, a licensed insurance ...  Midwest Volunteers can help the Michigan Department of Natural Resources with more activities such as improving wildlife habitat, preserving ... A Missouri River levee failed near Percival in southwest Iowa on June 30, the National Weather Service said. The breach, about a mile ... In the first ruling by a federal appeals court on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a panel in Cincinnati affirmed that ... Ohio is reporting the nation's largest decline in new applications for unemployment benefits, while the government says the number of ... Itasca, Ill.-based international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., announced it has ... American Hardware Mutual Insurance Co. has been renamed Motorists Commercial Mutual Insurance Co. after receiving approval from ...  Southeast The fund oil firm BP set up to deal with compensation claims after last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill is working too slowly, U.S. ... It's round two for Republican state Auditor Stacy Pickering and Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood in a fight over the constitutionality ... A second bond company has reached a settlement in the state auditor's investigation of former Alcorn County Supervisor Danny Crotts. RLI ... Homeowners Choice, a Florida-based provider of homeowners' insurance, has named a familiar executive to be its new chief executive ... Wholesaler Appalachian Underwriters Inc. (AUI) has hired veteran Robert Lowery as a broker for the Carolina region. Lowery brings 30 years ... South Central Hallmark Financial Services Inc., based in Fort Worth, has completed its previously disclosed acquisition of TBIC Holding Corporation, ... Homeowners of America Insurance Co., based in Irving, Texas, has added Heidi Kuchta as sales representative for the Fort Worth area. Kuchta ... Owners of more than 400 homes and businesses in South Texas will be notified that their windstorm insurance reviews were done by a bogus ... West There were 76 Workers' Compensation Board decisions appeals to the Oregon Court of Appeals in 2010 -- one more than in 2009 -- according to ... Bonita, Calif.-based McKenna Insurance Services has changed its name to BasePoint Insurance Services. This change becomes effective on July ... Wildfire is threatening Los Alamos National Laboratory in northern New Mexico, AccuWeather.com has reported. Although an increase in ... The Insurance Educational Association has named Patricia Carlson director of sales. Carlson is well-known in the California insurance ... International Large swathes of central Mexico were hit by torrential rains as Arlene, the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, touched ... The Willis Re's 1st View Renewals Report for June/July 2011, entitled - "Mixed Messages"- estimates that "a string of natural ... The UK's Legal Expenses Insurance Group (LEIG) has taken issue with claims that the rise in lawsuits over automobile accidents are ... Dr. Tim Doggett, principal scientist at AIR Worldwide, has analyzed the possible impact of Tropical Storm Arlene, and its heavy ... The world's largest container firm suspended operations at several Iranian ports on Thursday, potentially disrupting critical food ... 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