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July 9, 2013 News By Region  National  International  East  Midwest  Southeast  South Central  West Video Today's Headlines National Asiana Could Save Millions Under Provision Limiting Passenger Suits in U.S. Asiana Airlines Inc. could avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements by employing a tactic under international law ... Judges Question BP Over Its Objections to Oil Spill Claims Payouts BP Plc drew tough questions on Monday from U.S. appeals court judges hearing a complaint by the oil company objecting to the payment of ... AIG Reported to Be Lead Insurer for Asiana Crash in San Francisco International Group Inc. was the lead insurer providing coverage for the Asiana Airlines Inc. jet that crashed while landing in San ... Ironshore Promotes White to Senior VP of U.S. Wholesale Distribution Bermuda-based specialty insurer Ironshore Inc. promoted Timothy R. White to senior vice president of U.S. wholesale distribution. He will ... NCCI Taps Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance Exec as Chief Actuary The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), the workers' compensation rating organization, appointed Katherine Antonello to the ... ACE Construction Practice Launches Healthcare Construction Project Services ACE USA has launched new capabilities specifically designed for healthcare industry construction projects through ESIS, Inc., a risk ... Coastal Lawmakers Seek Delays in Flood Insurance Changes, Rate Hikes Just a year after Congress imposed significant changes in the government's oft-criticized flood insurance program, howls of protest from ... Keeping Up with Emerging Risks a Struggle for Insurance Industry For an industry that depends on lots of data to develop products and price them according to risk, the insurance industry finds covering new... Insurer Insolvencies Fuel Director Liability; Board Roles Becoming More Complex Member of boards of directors of insurance companies are increasingly concerned about lawsuits they might face in... More National News East Pennsylvania Insurance Department Gets Dedicated Funding Structure The Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced this week that it now has access to a dedicated funding source, thanks to Gov. Tom ... Connecticut State Police Charge 63 With DUI Over Weekend Connecticut state police say they charged 63 people with driving under the influence and issued nearly 2,500 speeding tickets over the July ... Vermont Waste Facility Sues Insurer to Recover Payouts The Chittenden Solid Waste District that inadvertently sold compost contaminated with herbicides last year is suing its insurance carrier ... McGowan Purchases Assets of Professional Risk Placements in New Jersey The McGowan Companies, based in Fairview Park, Ohio, acquired the assets of Professional Risk Placements LLC in Red Bank, New Jersey. ... Conn.-Based Medical Liability Insurer CMIC Names Director of Loss Prevention CMIC, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based carrier offering medical professional liability insurance in New England, recently promoted Denise Condron ... More East News Midwest Fire Shuts Down Milwaukee County Courthouse The Milwaukee County Courthouse and Public Safety Building has been temporarily closed after a weekend fire that caused more than a ... Missouri Grocer Seeks Dismissal of Security Breach Suits The suburban St. Louis, Mo.-based supermarket chain Schnuck Markets Inc. wants a federal court to dismiss two lawsuits related to a ... South Indiana City Awaits FEMA Ruling on Floodplain Maps A southern Indiana city is awaiting a federal agency's decision on revised floodplain maps that could save more than 400 homeowners ... Lockton Adds Milwaukee Insurance Brokerage Operation Insurance and employee benefits advisor, Lockton, has opened a new operation in Milwaukee, Wis., appointing two veteran employee benefits ... More Midwest News Southeast Black Lung Rules Delayed Until September Action on key federal mine safety and health rules are is lagging, including a rule aimed at lowering exposure to coal dust that causes ... South Carolina Supreme Court Overturns 'Tony Soprano' Verdicts South Carolina's high court has overturned $11 million in verdicts against a Charleston attorney accused of defaming businessmen by ... West Virginia Natural Gas Explosion Injures at Least 5 An explosion over the weekend at a natural gas well site in West Virginia operated by Antero Resources injured at least five people, ... More Southeast News South Central Texas AG: State Not on the Hook for TWIA Unfunded Losses Texas' attorney general says the state is under no obligation to pay outstanding claims for the insurer of last resort for coastal ... Lockton Opens New Commercial Insurance Office in Ft. Worth, Texas Lockton has expanded its commercial insurance operations, opening an office in the central business district of Fort Worth, Texas. The new ... Texas Mutual Insurance Issues $524K in Dividends Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (TAEP) safety group has earned a $398,735 workers' ... More South Central News West Idaho Marks 1-Year Ban On Texting While Driving Idaho State Police say they have issued 66 citations statewide for texting while driving since the texting ban took effect a year ago. The ... USDA Includes 2 New Mexico Counties In Drought Aid Areas Two northern New Mexico counties are included in new federal government designations of primary disaster areas due to damages and losses ... Court: Wyoming Hospital To Pay Woman $2M A federal appeals court has ordered Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Wyoming to pay a Nevada woman $2 million for damages she suffered ... Slow Landing Speed Of San Francisco Jet Probed Investigators have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling "significantly below" the target speed during its approach and ... More West News International Flood Losses Dominate Disaster Count in 1st Half of 2013: Munich Re Floods caused billions of dollars in losses and dominated the natural catastrophe statistics for the first half of 2013, according to a ... Retailers Plan Bangladesh Factory Inspections under Safety Pact A group of mainly European retailers has finalized a plan to conduct coordinated inspections of factories in Bangladesh in an attempt to ... How a Runaway Train Devastated Canadian Town; 13 Dead, 37 Missing The short length of track, nestled in a dark pine and birch forest in Quebec, is a regular overnight stop for freight trains hauling crude ... Latest NHC Analysis of TS Chantal; Storm Warnings, Watches in Effect The National Hurricane Center's most recent bulletin, released at 5:00 AM AST, places Tropical Storm Chantal in the Atlantic Ocean, off the ... UK's ABI Highlights 7 Challenges Facing the Insurance Industry The Association of British Insurers has released a report at its biannual conference In London, entitled "Identifying the Challenges of a ... U.S. EU Launch Free Trade Talks Despite Spying Concerns The United States and the European Union began talks on Monday on a landmark bilateral free trade agreement, despite European concerns ... Run-Off Specialist Enstar Buying Torus Insurance to Expand Into Direct Sales Bermuda-based Enstar Group Ltd., a firm that typically acquires and manages insurance and reinsurance companies in run-off and portfolios ... O'Donohoe Succeeds Tobin as Torus Group CEO Dermot O'Donohoe has been appointed group CEO of the Torus Group, the specialty insurer said. O'Donohoe succeeds Clive Tobin, who is ... Tower Group International Enters Marine and Energy Market Tower Group International, Ltd. has entered into the marine and energy insurance market. Tower's new marine and energy team will be led by ... More International News Sponsored Content Research Shows Impact of Customer Engagement, click here to watch the video now! Sponsored by KBM Group. 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