Today's Headlines National U.S. communications, media, and technology (CMT) companies can expect their insurance market conditions to further deteriorate in 2012, ... The increasing use of electronic systems in automobiles is a challenge for federal safety regulators who often lack the technical expertise ... MJ Insurance has created a product for the golf industry that includes both insurance coverage and risk management. The company's "Golf ... The Independent Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) Big "I" Professional Liability Program and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions have ... A consumer group on Monday issued a study that alleges "disparate treatment" of low-to moderate-income families by auto insurers ... Wellpoint and RLJ Insurace Services have developed a strategic alliance that will enhance and expand Wellpoint's supplier diversity ... They say it's a game, but it's really a lot more than that. For football fans, the Super Bowl is every holiday rolled into one, especially...  East The Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, ruled in favor of Allstate last week. It upheld a previous lower court's ruling ... New Jersey's new attorney general is reorganizing the enforcement arm of the state's Division of Consumer Affairs to crack down on crimes ... Voters in Lowell and Eden are going to vote on whether to request that an abandoned asbestos mine be declared a federal Superfund hazardous ...  Midwest Facing pressure from large dairies and feedlots desperate for workers, Kansas Agriculture Secretary Dale Rodman is seeking a federal waiver ... Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. announced a number of executive level appointments: Barbara Cristea, assistant ... Ohio insurance regulators opened 233 insurance fraud cases last year, handled 1,678 agent misconduct cases, took administrative action ... Southeast Members of Mississippi's wind pool board are in London this week to seek low reinsurance rates — a key factor in the cost of ... Authorities in Florida are trying to determine what caused a horrific highway pileup where vehicles collided one after another on a dark ... A Tennessee state university has apologized to an insurance company after representing that the insurer improperly denied a $20,000 prize ... Since the United States couldn't stop Repsol from drilling for oil off Cuba's coast, it should make the Spanish oil giant pay dearly for ... A.M. Best has downgraded the financial ratings of Peachtree Casualty Insurance Co., citing the insurer's poor underwriting results due in ... South Central The family of an Arkansas teenager who died after being hit by a tractor-trailer in Texas last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit ... Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced a $450,058 workers' compensation dividend to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) ... Communications have been modernized, utility outage response has improved and emergency response officials in north-central Oklahoma are ...  West Cypress-based Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. is recalling nearly 69,000 tires because of a possible kink near the rim area that could cause a crack ... Republicans in the Oregon Senate say they'll fight Gov. John Kitzhaber's proposed overhaul of the Oregon Health Plan unless it includes ... The family of a late Hyde Park woman has sued a pharmaceutical company, claiming it made a faulty pain-relief patch that caused her death. ... Fire investigators have confirmed arcing power lines caused the wind-blown blaze that destroyed dozens of homes in Reno in November. The ... Forest Service officials in southern Arizona are bracing for another bad fire season. Forest Service spokesman Heidi Schewel told the ... Arizona does not have toll roads, but two state lawmakers have introduced legislation that would take the cars of suspected toll road ... Police at the University of California, Santa Barbara say they are looking for an arsonist after a fire that badly damaged a trailer, a ... A painting contractor who had a number of contracts to work on San Francisco city and school projects is facing charges that she cheated ... Former business partners of Nevada developer and lobbyist Harvey Whittemore have sued him, claiming he embezzled and misappropriated more ... Dona Ana County officials are defending how they run their jail following a huge monetary verdict in favor of a former inmate. A federal ... An unusual small claims lawsuit by a Honda hybrid owner took another complicated turn last week with additional arguments that prompted a ... United Fire & Casualty Co. has named Ed Sullivan to West Coast regional manager for its regional office in Rocklin, Calif. In this ... Heffernan Insurance Brokers has hired Karen Albanese office as senior vice president in its Orange County, Calif. office, focusing on ... International In a new industry outlook published today, Moody's Investors Service says that it has changed the outlook for the French property and ... Last year's flooding in Thailand is shaping up to be one of the costliest natural disasters in history, with insured losses alone ... The International Insurance Society's (IIS) annual conclave in June in Rio de Janeiro will see the launch of an initiative in partnership ... MetLife, Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire the life insurance businesses of UK-based Aviva plc in the Czech Republic (Aviva ... Global business processor Xchanging announced that Barnabas Hurst-Bannister will join the Xchanging Ins-Sure Services board as a ... A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to 'A-' (Excellent) from 'B++' (Good) and the issuer credit rating to "a-" ...  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