Today's Headlines National The United States is lagging behind nearly every other high-income country in reducing annual traffic fatalities, said a report released... The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is asking for better disclosure from companies on potential costs of lawsuits and other... For those who question the intelligence of insurance companies, here's a new industry development that should answer those questions once... Soft U.S. commercial insurance market conditions are expected to persist through the fourth quarter of 2010, according to preliminary rate... As the deadline to implement the surplus lines insurance modernization bill — or the Nonadmitted & Reinsurance Reform Act (NRRA)... Mistakes and unavoidable problems kill an estimated 15,000 elderly U.S. patients every month in hospitals, U.S. government investigators... Chartis has expanded its NextGen Protection, a suite of environmental insurance products, to additional industries. The additional industry... Rockwood Reduces Premiums for Its Life Agent E&O Product Rockwood Programs, Inc. has implemented premium reductions of about 20 percent... While the rest of the insurance market struggles to come out of what seems to be a never-ending soft market, pricing for political risk...  East The Hartford announced plans to invest $7 million over five years to help redevelop the Asylum Hill section of Hartford, Connecticut,... The National Transportation Safety Board is faulting Massachusetts for not doing enough to combat what they call "hardcore'' drunken... New Jersey's largest auto insurer is issuing dividend checks averaging $107 to its policyholders. New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company... Philadelphia-based program administrator NSM Insurance Group has acquired IDEAL Marine Insurance. IDEAL, based in Chicago, is a program...  Midwest A federal jury in Des Moines has ruled that an Iowa hotel chain unlawfully fired an employee because of her "tomboy" appearance. The jury... The Michigan Chamber of Commerce announced that Kevin Kaplan has joined the statewide business organization as senior director of Insurance... Southeast A government audit of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) has found that the agency has managed to reduce costs and... Paul Halter has joined workers' compensation specialist Patriot National Insurance Group as regional vice president of the newly created... A pioneering black political leader in Charlotte has died. Long & Son Mortuary Service said Rowe Motley died last Friday at age 84.... Texas / South Central For many years it has been generally understood by agents, insurers and insureds that Certificates of Insurance are very limited in their... Travis County, Texas, District Judge Suzanne Covington issued a permanent injunction on Nov. 15 barring SideCars Inc. of Joplin, Mo., from... DeRidder, La.-based Amerisafe Inc., a specialty writer of hazardous workers' compensation insurance, announced it plans to acquire the... MetLife Auto & Home has announced it will be supplementing its product line in Texas by introducing GrandProtect, a personal lines...  West Managing multiple leaves of absence and the return-to-work process may require navigating a maze of complementary and conflicting... Employers dodging workers' compensation premiums in Washington can expect to face significant new consequences from the state's Department... Jocosa McKinnie of Colorado Casualty Co. of Phoenix has competed in and won the Arizona Confidence While Communicating Speak-Off. Confidence...  International Even though Ireland's financial crisis continues to make headlines, it's not by any means a national meltdown, and it doesn't appear to pose... Aon Benfield has issued a briefing on uncommon European winter storm tracks in conjunction with the University of Cologne. The research... Lloyd's of London notes that "after almost a decade of development regulators are now putting the finishing touches to Solvency II, new... France's AXA Group held its Autumn Investor Seminar in Paris on Monday, at which members of the insurer's management team presented an... Zurich Financial Services Group announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell back to Spanish insurer Unnim its 50... Boston-based AIR Worldwide announced that UIB Asia Reinsurance Brokers Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of UIB International/UIB Holdings UK Ltd, has... The AIA Group has lost a key official less than three weeks after its parent American International Group raised $20.5 billion in an initial... Willis Group Holdings announced the appointment of Mike Lack as an Executive Director of its London-based downstream energy team, effective... Insurance Journal Blogs Recently, I have been working with a client on branding. When you think about creating a brand, where do you begin? 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