Daily Headlines: Tuesday, August 16, 2011

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August 16, 2011 News By Region  National  International  East  Midwest  Southeast  South Central  West Video Today's Headlines National Businesses Complain of .xxx Domain Shakedown, Trademark Infringement Risk In preparation for a new triple-x Internet domain that will launch in December, lawyers for the most storied brands in the United States ... Internet Truckstop Adds Carrier Registration Service Internet Truckstop, an Internet-based freight matching service in the transportation industry, has added an enhancement to the ... Drop in Workers’ Compensation Costs Reflects Recession The number of workers covered by workers' compensation dropped by 4.4 percent in 2009, the biggest decrease in two decades. Also, according ... Ironshore Launches Commercial Crime Coverage Through Pembroke Syndicate Ironshore Inc.'s Lloyd's Pembroke Syndicate 4000 has launched a commercial crime unit as an expansion of its financial lines ... AIG Executive Schreiber Assumes Treasurer Role American International Group Inc. (AIG) reported that Brian T. Schreiber, executive vice president, Treasury and Capital Markets, has been ... Exclusive: Unreported Insurance Mergers Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal's Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real ... Safe Driving Habits Pay Off for Consumers with Usage-Based Insurance Programs The driving habits of personal auto consumers are shaping the way carriers price coverage today. Those carriers providing usage-based... More National News East Virginia ‘Guns in Bars’ Study Finds Little Effect on Crime The number of gun crimes at Virginia bars and restaurants declined slightly during the first year of a new state law that allows people ... Vermont Family Seeks Wrongful Death Retrial Against State Police The family of a mentally ill Vermont man shot to death by Vermont State Police troopers is asking a federal appeals court to order a ... Gaeta Joins Pennsylvania’s NSM Insurance Vito Gaeta has joined NSM Insurance Group as director of Construction Programs. Gaeta previously held the position of senior underwriter ... Jury Acquits Boston Bodybuilding Firefighter of Disability Fraud Charges A Boston firefighter who claimed disability benefits due to a back injury but still competed as bodybuilder has been found not guilty of ... New Hampshire Insurance Department Seeks New Logo Design New Hampshire's Insurance Department is seeking proposals for the design of a new logo to be used on a variety of publications and items. ... More East News Midwest Judge Weighs Damages Against Indiana School Over MySpace Photos An Indiana school district violated the First Amendment rights of two teenage girls who were punished for posting sexually suggestive ... New Workers’ Comp Reform Linked to Illinois Trooper Crash A new law inspired by a former Illinois State Police trooper's high-speed freeway wreck that killed two sisters bars state employees ... More Midwest News Southeast Kentucky Officials Mull Buying Flood Victims’ Properties Officials in McCracken County are moving forward with a plan to purchase property from flood victims so that the land won't be built on ... Hampton Joins Florida’s Stahl & Associates Stahl & Associates Insurance in St. Petersburg, Fla. has named Hiram Hampton II as the new vice president of business development. ... More Southeast News South Central La. First-Time Unemployment Claims Increase First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Aug. 6 increased from the previous week's total. The state ... 40 Homes Destroyed in Deadly Okla. Wildfire Residents in Pawnee County, Okla. have started to sift through the ashes following a wildfire that destroyed nearly 40 homes and may have ... More South Central News West Washington Insurance Commissioner Fines Health Insurer Wshington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined Regence BlueShield (Regence) $100,000 for denying contraceptive coverage to ... Scott Joins California’s SullivanCurtisMonroe SullivanCurtisMonroe has named Jacqueline Scott a vice president in its Irvine, California, office. The agency is focused on middle-market ... More West News International Big Insurers May Escape Capital Surcharges Under Global Regulations New rules to ensure no insurance company is too big to fail are set to be drawn up in time for the 2012 meeting of G20 leaders, although ... Sarkozy & Merkel Face ‘Stark Choice’ in Euro Zone Talks The leaders of France and Germany face a stark choice in talks on Tuesday over whether to begin steering the embattled euro zone towards ... Insurance Australia Group to Acquire Stake in China’s Bohai Insurance Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) announced it has agreed to acquire a 20 percent strategic interest in China's Bohai Property ... UK’s Legal & Professional Ins. in Deal with Marsh for Small Firm Coverage The UK's Legal & Professional Insurance has entered into an agreement with Marsh, to provide professional indemnity insurance, ... Legal & Professional Insurance, Marsh to Offer Small Firm Professional Indemnity Legal & Professional Insurance, a professional indemnity specialist for the legal profession, has entered into an agreement with Marsh, ... More International News Insurance Journal Blogs The Multiple Media Marketing Strategy Want to get more mileage from your advertising? Simple. Run your ad in more than one media format (e.g, print, online, mobile, email, etc.) ... More Blogs Join the Insurance Journal Network Insurance Journal TV What's in a Name? Unitrin CEO Southwell Says A Lot A legendary insurance company name is back in the headlines. Unitrin Inc. has taken the Kemper... Watch Now Brokering the Hot Cyber Liability Market With data breaches in the news, cyber liability insurance is gaining recognition. The market... Watch Now Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv New Discussions in the Forums Advice Needed - CA comp market Posted: Tue Aug 16 -- Its pretty hard in the beginning. 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I've been kind of timid about it, especially since they are... dkthebk3000 Go to Forums Reader Comments West Virginia Jury Awards $91.5 Million in Nursing Home Death Posted: Tue Aug 9 -- The award is absurd and should be appealed. Why should the family of an 87 year old woman hit the lottery with TAX FREE money? If they were... Jester S&P Takes Action on Insurance Groups Following U.S. Sovereign Downgrade Posted: Tue Aug 9 -- Thoughtful debate is never in the playbook of the left. As a previous poster shows, they only criticize and offer no solutions, then have... Publius U.S. Court Rules Against Obama Healthcare Mandate Posted: Mon Aug 15 -- How interesting life is... The Individual Mandate i.e. "personal responsibility" was touted far and wide by the Heritage Foundation, Grover... Nan Second Court Allows Damages Suit Against Rumsfeld Over Alleged Torture Posted: Thu Aug 11 -- Thanks, Mr. Rumsfeld, for protecting and saving the lives of many Americans. History will be the judge. Realist Sovereign Debt Pressure Spreads to Insurers' Balance Sheets: A.M. Best Posted: Wed Aug 10 -- LOL... Lets get real, your feeling that the US is too big not to default has the assumption that we will do something different. As Albert... Sarah Go to Popular Comments Subscriber Tools Send this to a friend Subscribe Unsubscribe Submit News Contact Us Current Issue The Insurance Journal Satire Issue! News that never happened. Features you won't forget. Plus reader submissions, fake statistics, made-up mergers and lots more. 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 Account Manager Professional Cyber Liability Broker Claims Adjuster Have a job opening? List it on our Web site. 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