News for November 2012
- Repeated Head Trauma Leads to Newly Recognized Brain Disease
- Judge Allows Civil Suits in Meningitis Outbreak to Proceed
- Hurricane Center Pushes to Improve Storm Surge Warnings
- Can an Italian Court Change the Insurance Landscape in America?
- Fire Suppression Systems Urged in All Cargo Planes
- Deteriorating Performance Expected in Liability Insurance Industry: Conning
- Professional Liability Rates to Increase in Coming Year: Survey
- BP Suspended From New U.S. Government Contracts
- More Businesses Seek Government Flood Insurance After Sandy: Marsh
- Lynch Named Kemper Property & Casualty Group Executive; Schulte Resigns
- Researchers Help Address Software Weaknesses
- White House Expected to Seek Billions in Sandy Disaster Aid
- $44M Paid in Nurse Practitioner Liability Claims Over Past 5 Years: Report
- Sandy Insured Losses Estimated Between $16 and $22B: AIR
- Paul Davis Names Kim Kelley Contents Division Manager
- How to Reduce Out of Network Medical Billing Costs
- Study Reveals Offline Methods Are Top Causes for Identity Fraud Claims
- Sandy-Damaged Vehicles Hit 230,000 Mark
- United Not Liable for Alleged 9/11 Security Lapse
- States Face Problems With New Driver’s Licenses
- Disaster Fraud Concerns After Superstorm Sandy
- Toyota Recalls 160,000 Tacoma Pickups in U.S. and Canada
- Study Finds Alarming Increase in Inflatable Bounce House Injuries Among Kids
- Formula One Chief Will Fight $650M Damages Claim
- Avoid Parking Lot Mishaps During Holiday Frenzy
- Kemper Corporation Announces Superstorm Sandy Loss Estimate
- Cellphone Providers Take Steps to Deter Thefts
- Toyota Prius Hybrid Popular With Consumers, Not With Thieves
- Cellphone While Driving Bans More Effective in Urban Areas
- Travelers, Habitat for Humanity Join Forces to Build Safer Homes in Coastal Regions
- Top 10 Worst Toys of 2012: Consumer Group
- Meningitis Victims Try to Freeze Nearly $500M in Assets
- Thanksgiving Driving Patterns Increase Risk for Fatal Crashes
- More Women Have Driver’s Licenses Than Men
- Death Spurs Recall of 220,000 Infant Travel Beds
- Insurers Offer Disaster Aid Post-Sandy
- More Businesses Seek Flood Insurance After Sandy
- Firms Report Increase in False Histories of Commercial Drivers: LexisNexis
- Less Fortunate Hit Hardest by Extreme Weather
- D&B Releases Free Tool to Identify Businesses Impacted by Sandy
- Claims Execs See Need to Modernize Claims Systems: Survey
- Toyota Recalls 11,153 Scion iQs
- Drug Industry Resists More Oversight Despite Meningitis Outbreak
- Government, Industry Can Better Manage Risks of Rare Catastrophic Events
- Superstorm Sandy Pushes U.S. Jobless Claims to 439K
- Selective Insurance Group Announces Officer Appointments
- After Sandy, Do You Still Want a Beach House?
- NTSB Recommends Advanced Auto Safety Features Be Standard in U.S.
- Cyber Security Bill Dead After Second U.S. Senate Rebuff
- Business Losses From Sandy Expected to Grow
- Hurricane Sandy Damages Over 65,000 Recreational Boats
- Sandy Impact Likely to be Muted: Willis ILS Report
- HSG Provides Natural Disaster Risk Management to Insurance Industry
- Meningitis Outbreak Spurs Calls to Strengthen FDA
- Toyota to Recall 2.8M Vehicles for Steering Glitch
- Sears Moldy Washer Suit Can Proceed as a Class Action
- State Farm Ranks Top States for Thanksgiving Cooking Fire Claims
- Willis Re Damage Survey Identifies Sandy’s Storm Surge Impact on Buildings
- AIG Introduces OSHA Assist to Cover Construction Clients Facing OSHA Investigations
- Theft & Vandalism Claims Have Carriers on Edge in Vacant Property Segment
- ISO Expands Commercial Property Classifications to Include Eco-Friendly Alternatives
- Cross-Claim Data Exchange Product Promises to Cut Claims Overpayments
- Profitability Challenges Persist in Workers’ Comp Sector: Report
- AIG Returns Core Insurance Operations to AIG Brand
- Britax Recalls 55,455 Convertible Car Seats
- Jaguar Recalls 4,195 XF Cars for Potential Fuel Leak
- Nor’easter Complicates Insurance for Sandy-Struck Businesses
- U.S. Weather Forecaster Drops El Niño Watch
- RLI Announces New Security Guard and Alarm Systems Liability Product
- American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel Forms
- Voluntary Recall of Nesquik Chocolate Powder
- Chrysler Announces Recall of 744,822 Jeeps
- CNA Releases Latest Aging Services Claims Analysis
- Almost 90% of Voters Believe ‘Meritless’ Lawsuits are a Serious Problem
- Sandy Might Send More Than 250,000 Cars to Scrap Heap
- Hyundai, Kia Face $775M Lawsuit Over False Fuel Economy Claims
- ABC Raises Nearly $17M for Hurricane Relief
- Risk Retention Groups Grow Despite Underwriting Loss: Demotech
- State Insurance Regulators Move to Protect Consumers After Sandy
- Insurers With the Most Exposure to Sandy
- Survey Finds Majority of Insurance Carriers View Market as Hardening
- Aon Launches New Flood Replacement Coverage Product
- Towing Companies Gouging Sandy Victims: NICB
- National Homeowners’ Insurance Rate Hikes Likely as a Result of Sandy
- All-Terrain Vehicles Increasingly Used at Work
- Damage From Hurricane Sandy Could Help Economy and Auto Industry
- P/C Insurance Editor Sclafane Joins Wells Media Group
- Post-Storm Construction Hiring May Aid U.S. Economy
- Coverage Analysis: Sandy and Contingent Business Income Losses
- Insurance Divides Haves From Have-Nots After Sandy
- Sandy Victims May Wait Weeks for Insurance Adjusters
- Sandy to Test Revamped Federal Flood Insurance Program
- Using Social Media in Claims Investigations
- Concussions Expert Urges Age Limit on Head Blows
- Grant Will Prepare Roads, Bridges for Changing Climate
- Claims Departments Shorted on IT Resources: Report
- Homeowners Dodge Sandy Deductibles, Face Other Costs
- Governors Warn Insurers Not to Charge Hurricane Deductibles
- AMERISAFE, Inc. Names Lead Director
- Reinsurers, NFIP Will Bear Brunt of Sandy Losses
- Sandy’s Hit is Hard to Gauge for Economists
- Pharmacy in Meningitis Outbreak Touted Cleanliness