- Feds Offer Safety Plan for Rail Tank Cars with Hazardous Materials
- Industry Lines Up ‘Pro and Con’ on Bush Plan for Federal Insurance Regulator
- Banks Saddled with Costs to Replace Cards Compromised by Security Breach
- Many Small Business Owners Lack Insurance Savvy
- Ratings Recap: Allied World Re, Computer, FGIC
- Insurance Journal Sponsoring Survey on Agent-Carrier Relations
- SEC Official Says More Subprime Fraud Could Surface
- Riskier Drugs Tied to Faster U.S. Approval, Industry Financing
- Feds to Increase Workers in Bank-Failure Division
- Ratings Recap: Farmers Home, Grain Dealers, Affirmative, CAPCO, Cincinnati Companies
- AIG Sues Former CEO Greenberg and 6 Ex-Directors
- Citigroup to Pay $1.66 Billion to Settle Enron Creditors’ Claims
- NOAA: Major U.S. Flooding A Sign Of Things To Come
- S&P Sees Improved Insurer Enterprise Risk Management in 2008
- Trial Lawyers Say Recent Study Proves Tort Reform Doesn’t Work
- Ratings Recap: Financial Guaranty, American Physicians, United National, Centene, Great Western
- Commerce Department to Consider West Coast Salmon Disaster
- Market Share Report: Top 25 Property/Casualty Insurers
- Urban Sprawl Poses Extra Risk for Teen Drivers, Virginia Study Finds
- Food Makers Say They Won’t Overreact to Safety Scares
- SCA Defends XL’s Terminating Merrill Lynch Guarantee Contracts
- Grocer Hannaford Hit with Class Action Suit over Data Breach
- Feds Propose Changes to Flood Insurance Q&A for Lenders
- Google to Make Hurricane Flood Threat Data Available to Public
- Grocery Chain’s Data Breach Shows Even Protected Systems Vulnerable
- South Can Expect Warmer Weather through June, Say U.S. Forecasters
- Conducting the Claims Orchestra
- Regulators Release Updated Top 25 P/C Insurers’ Market Share Report
- Ratings Recap: Celtic, Farmers Home, Conemaugh, Allegany Co-Op, Housing Authority, Monroe, CAPCO, MGIC
- U.S. Class Action King Weiss Agrees to Plead Guilty
- 2.4 Million Magnetic Toys Recalled
- For W.R. Berkley, Exiting Personal Lines Proved ‘Great’ Decision
- Ratings Recap: Travelers, Am. Capital, Fairmont, Univ. American, Fireman’s Fund (Mo.), ACE (Ill.) CIGNA, Conseco
- Merrill Lynch Files Suit Against Security Capital’s XL
- Insurers Settle Lawsuits over Philippines Crash for $165M
- Credit Card Data Stolen from U.S. Supermarket Chain
- Firm Estimates $11B in Mortgage Applications Misrepresented Income
- USGS Offers Earthquake Research Grants
- Best Affirms GEICO’s ‘A++’ Ratings
- Max Cap to Buy U.S. Admitted Insurer
- Study Finds Using Airbags without Seatbelts Increases Injury Risk
- Craigslist Web Site Not Liable for Illegal Ads, Federal Court Says
- GM Recalls Buick Regals, Pontiac Grand Prixs
- Ratings Roundup: COUNTRY, Proformance, Palisades Group
- Stunned Bear Stearns Investors Eye Legal Claims
- U.S. Court Rules Against Bear Stearns in Insurance Case
- 2008 State Rankings: Sinners and Saints Among Tort Systems
- Lawyer: New Questions Raised About Toxins in Katrina Trailers
- S&P: U.S. Workers’ Comp Insurers Face Weakening Rates
- Ratings Recap: KFB, Combined, Ambac, Countrywide, Echelon Property
- Population Growth, Part-Time Practices Contribute to Physician Shortage
- AIG Shares Fall Sharply on Concerns Over Possible Bigger Credit Losses
- Federal Judge Seeks More Studies on How to Deal With Mercury Pollution
- Federal Agency Says Housekeeping Could Have Prevented Georgia Refinery Blast
- Ratings Roundup: Motor Club, CIFG, Nationwide, Medical Savings
- Gates Joins The Leavitt Group as Senior Executive
- Last Call for Young Agents: What Are YOU Thinking? 40-and-Under Survey Wants to Know
- Climate Change No. 1 in Top 10 Risks Facing the Insurance Industry
- S&P Revises Cunningham Lindsey Outlook to Stable; Affirms ‘B-‘ Rating
- Best Affirms Nationwide’s ‘A+’ Ratings
- Best Affirms Nationwide Financial’s Ratings; Comments on Acquisition
- House AG Chair: Growers and Farmers Could Pay for Proposed Disaster Fund
- N.Y. Gov. Spitzer Resigns; Paterson to Assume Post
- FBI Probes How Herbal Pills Got in Recalled Fish Fillets
- U.S. Judge Tosses $2.5 Million Punitive Damages in Dole Pesticide Case
- EQECAT, ABS Update U.S. Offshore Energy Model
- Truckers to Review Snow-Removal Ideas in Wake of Connecticut Concerns
- AIG Expands Hurricane Service for High Net Worth Clients
- Ratings Recap: CIFG, Tall Pines, Conn. Medical, Nationwide, Wolverine
- W.R. Berkley: Running a $5 Billion ‘Family’ Business
- Wall Street Relishes ‘Sheriff’ Spitzer’s Fall from Grace
- PIA National Honors Texan Markwell as Customer Service Rep of Year
- iCrime Wave? Researchers Suggest iPods Linked to Rise in Robberies
- Senate Confronts Product Safety
- S&P Lowers Alleghany Ratings to ‘BBB’; An ‘Arbitrary’ Decision Says CEO
- Best Affirms Liberty Mutual’s ‘A’ Rating; Outlook Stable
- House Committee Expected to Subpoena Head of Recalled-Beef Plant
- Arbitration Resolves Record $2B in Inter-Insurance Company Disputes
- CDC Official: Reaction to Formaldehyde in Emergency Trailers Too Slow
- Study: Traffic Crashes Cost American Drivers $1,051 per Person
- Job Bias Claims Against Employers Up 9%– Biggest Rise in Years
- 1 Minute Please: Insurance Journal Newsletter Ideas Wanted
- Storms’ Intensity Remains Tough to Predict, Says U.S. Hurricane Chief
- S.C. Manufacturer Recalls 67,000 Car Seats for Safety Reasons
- Train Accidents Fell 14% in 2007; Hazmat Incidents Rose
- As Actors Strike Looms, Insurance for Studios Assumes Lead Role
- Hurricane Forecaster Predicts Above Average Season
- Senate Tentatively Backs Higher Cap in Some Malpractice Suits
- Wake-Up Call: One-Third of American Workers Sleeping on the Job
- Study: Car Crash Deaths Increase Starting at Age 12
- Cricket Lighter Company to Pay $200,000 to End 12-Year-Old Suit
- Merck Says 44,000 Could Qualify for Vioxx Settlement
- Ratings: Northwind/Tailwind, Meadowbrook, Hartford, Farm & City, AIG
- Feds Toughen Limit on Asbestos Exposure in Nation’s Mines
- States Urged to Lower Drinking Age to Reduce ‘Underground’ Drinking
- Gorton’s Recalls Frozen Fish After Woman Reported Finding Pills
- Firefighters Say Ionization and Photoelectric Smoke Detectors are Safer Together
