Monday, October 31, 2011

Is Email Shrinking Your Bottom Line?

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October 31, 2011

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.Disability Benefits Get Costlier and More Complicated
Oct 26, 2011 -- Like just about every other workplace benefit, disability insurance is becoming something workers have to manage and pay for, at least partially, themselves. In the current open enrollment season for 2012 benefits, more employers are asking workers ...
2.Home Insurance Rates Do Not Reflect Cost of Risk: Aon Benfield
Oct 24, 2011 -- U.S. insurers' prospective after-tax return on equity for homeowners' insurance is 4.8 percent on average, a decrease from the 6.9 percent of 2010, mainly due to subdued investment returns and higher estimates of non-coastal losses. That calculation ...
3.Top 10 Excuses From Drivers Caught Using Phones
Oct 14, 2011 -- The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, a Canadian auto insurer, released last week a list of top excuses from local motorists when they were caught using handheld cellphones while driving. The insurer compiled the information with help from ...
4.Movie Star Stallone Sued, Accused of Copyright Infringement Over Screenplay
Oct 26, 2011 -- Action movie star Sylvester Stallone is accused in a lawsuit of copying another writer's screenplay to make "The Expendables," a movie about mercenaries hired to defeat a military dictator. The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday ...
5.U.S. Offering Small Businesses Free Cyber Security Tool
Oct 25, 2011 -- The U.S. government is making it easier for small businesses to beef up defenses against cyber criminals through a free, online tool, the top U.S. communications regulator said Monday. The Small Biz Cyber Planner will allow business owners to create ...
6.Florida Man Wins $1M Claim Against South Carolina Lawyer
Oct 25, 2011 -- A federal jury has awarded a Florida man $1 million in punitive damages against his former Charleston lawyer. The Post and Courier reported that a jury in Columbia ruled against attorney Robert Lowe Jr. in the legal malpractice case. The jury also ...
7.In Few Years, Social Network Data May Be Used in Underwriting
Oct 13, 2011 -- The insurance industry is paying increasing attention to what people and businesses post on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Already, scouring Facebook and other social network pages of the insureds is a common practice ...
8.Auto Claims Considered Total Loss Deliver Less Customer Satisfaction: J.D. Power
Oct 27, 2011 -- Auto insurance claimants who incur a total vehicle loss are notably less satisfied with the claims experience than claimants who incur a repairable vehicle claim, a new study reports. Satisfaction averages 811 on a 1,000-point scale among claimants ...
9.West Virginia Judge Affirms $91M Damage Award Against Nursing Home
Oct 24, 2011 -- A Kanawha County, West Virginia judge has affirmed most of a $91.5 million damage award against a Charleston nursing home in a lawsuit that claimed it failed to properly feed and care for an elderly woman who died hours after leaving the facility. ...
10.Accident Fund Will Cover Comp Claim for Joplin Tornado Survivor
Oct 25, 2011 -- Michigan-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America now says it will honor the workers' compensation claims for a man injured during the tornado outbreak in Joplin, Mo., earlier this year. Mark Lindquist, a social worker, nearly gave his life ...

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

An Hour of Email Tips and Tricks

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NOV 16: Getting "Free" and Local Listings in Search Engine Results
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

How Contracts Impact Insurance

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How Contracts Impact Insurance

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Monday, October 24, 2011

Weekly Reader Picks: Monday, October 24, 2011

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October 24, 2011

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.Obama Pulls Plug on Long-Term Care Plan in Healthcare Law
Oct 17, 2011 -- The Obama administration Friday pulled the plug on a major program in the president's signature health overhaul law -- a long-term care insurance plan dogged from the beginning by doubts over its financial solvency. Targeted by congressional ...
2.Top 10 Excuses From Drivers Caught Using Phones
Oct 14, 2011 -- The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, a Canadian auto insurer, released last week a list of top excuses from local motorists when they were caught using handheld cellphones while driving. The insurer compiled the information with help from ...
3.In Few Years, Social Network Data May Be Used in Underwriting
Oct 13, 2011 -- The insurance industry is paying increasing attention to what people and businesses post on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Already, scouring Facebook and other social network pages of the insureds is a common practice ...
4.Massachusetts Jury Returns $20M Verdict in Pool Slide Suit
Oct 18, 2011 -- A Massachusetts jury has ordered Toys `R Us to pay more than $20 million to the family of a woman who was killed when an inflatable pool slide partially collapsed at a 2006 party. The Salem Superior Court verdict, returned last Thursday, Oct. 13, ...
5.Workers’ Compensation Market Outlook Still Grim: A.M. Best
Oct 18, 2011 -- The U.S. workers' compensation insurance segment continued to face competitive pricing, further rate decreases, weak macroeconomic factors, growing medical costs and an uptick in claim frequency during 2010. As a result, premium volume declined ...
6.State Farm: Its Conn. Deductible Decision Grounded in Fairness
Oct 14, 2011 -- State Farm Insurance says U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal's request that the company drop Irene-related hurricane deductibles in Connecticut would actually be unfair to policyholders and introduce all sorts of uncertainty. State Farm -- the largest ...
7.Travelers Launches IntelliDrive Mileage-Based Auto Insurance
Oct 18, 2011 -- Travelers has launched a program to help low-mileage drivers reduce annual vehicle expenses with its mileage-based auto insurance product, IntelliDrive. Travelers IntelliDrive customers may receive an immediate discount of up to five percent at ...
8.Myself, the Car: Aggressive Driving Linked to Personality
Oct 18, 2011 -- Those who view their car as an extension of themselves have stronger aggressive driving tendencies, a new study finds. The study "Aggressive Driving: A Consumption Experience," by a Temple University Fox School of Business professor, is thought ...
9.Inconsistency Is the Norm in Construction Liability Coverage
Oct 17, 2011 -- In construction liability insurance, there is a great deal of inconsistency in determining whether faulty workmanship is an occurrence. The answer is all over the map, according to Finley Harckham, a veteran insurance attorney at the New York law ...
10.Excessive Drinking Costs About $2 per Drink
Oct 19, 2011 -- The toll of excessive drinking works out to about $2 per drink, in terms of medical expenses and other costs to society, according to a new federal research. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study calculated societal costs from binge ...

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Monday, October 17, 2011

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October 17, 2011

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.In Few Years, Social Network Data May Be Used in Underwriting
Oct 13, 2011 -- The insurance industry is paying increasing attention to what people and businesses post on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Already, scouring Facebook and other social network pages of the insureds is a common practice ...
2.FBI Gets Immunity for Wreck of Ferrari in Michigan Insurer Case
Oct 12, 2011 -- A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over the wreck of a $750,000 Ferrari driven by an FBI agent, saying federal law grants immunity if property is being held by law enforcement. The wreck of the rare 1995 F50 sports car was ...
3.Top 10 Excuses From Drivers Caught Using Phones
Oct 14, 2011 -- The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, a Canadian auto insurer, released last week a list of top excuses from local motorists when they were caught using handheld cellphones while driving. The insurer compiled the information with help from ...
4.2,100 Jobs Lost in Insurance Industry in August
Oct 13, 2011 -- The latest U.S. jobs data show the insurance industry lost 2,100 jobs overall in August. The industry employs some 2,211,000 workers according to the latest numbers. The Insurance Information Institute reported that most of the sub-sectors had ...
5.2nd Man Pleads Guilty in Houston in New York Tour Boat Insurance Case
Oct 11, 2011 -- A second man has pleaded guilty in Houston in a case involving the sale of insurance to a New York tour operator whose boat capsized in 2005 killing 20 elderly tourists, federal officials reported. Edmund Hugh Benton, 63, of Scottsdale, Ariz., ...
6.Cyber Threats to Expect in Coming Year
Oct 11, 2011 -- The year ahead will feature new and sophisticated means to capture and exploit user data, as well as escalating battles over the control of online information that threaten to compromise content and erode public trust and privacy. Those are the ...
7.Hartford Is Latest Site of Wall Street Protest
Oct 11, 2011 -- The protest movement that began with anti-corporate greed rallies on Wall Street has made its way to Hartford. The "Occupy Hartford" demonstrators camped out this past weekend at the corner of Broad Street and Farmington Avenue. Several dozen people ...
8.Michigan Court Says Man Can Sue In-Laws Over Fall
Oct 11, 2011 -- This could make the family Thanksgiving a bit uncomfortable. A Detroit-area man is suing his in-laws after falling through their garage attic while hunting for a Christmas wreath. The Michigan appeals court has reversed a decision by an Oakland ...
9.Allstate Closes on $1 Billion Acquisition of Esurance, Answer Financial
Oct 7, 2011 -- The Allstate Corp. said it has obtained all required regulatory approvals and closed its acquisition of Esurance and Answer Financial from White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. The purchase price was approximately $1 billion. The transaction is ...
10.New Jersey Looks to Put a Lid On Its Auto Insurance ‘Pot of Gold’
Oct 13, 2011 -- New Jersey's auto insurance personal injury protection (PIP) regulations are due for an update. The state's law requires that the Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) revisit the rules every two years. The proposed rule changes are drawing a ...

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Weekly Reader Picks: Tuesday, October 11, 2011

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October 11, 2011

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.The Hartford Plans Staff Cuts; Sells Subrogation Services Unit Trumbull
Oct 5, 2011 -- The Hartford Financial Services Group said it is expecting to implement a small staff reduction in coming months as part of its ongoing effort to streamline operations. The company didn't specify exactly how many jobs would be affected, but The ...
2.Chartis to Trim Workforce
Oct 5, 2011 -- American International Group said its property/casualty carrier Chartis will eliminate some jobs, with the reduction affecting less than 1 percent of its workforce, or roughly 400 or fewer positions. "As part of Chartis' review of its personnel ...
3.Boeing Arrest Points to Workplace Drug Problem
Oct 4, 2011 -- The arrest of more than three dozen people on drug charges at a Boeing military aircraft plant highlights the growing problem of prescription drug abuse by U.S. workers, according to experts. Federal authorities last Thursday charged 37 people, all ...
4.2011 Sets New Record for Federal Disaster Declarations
Oct 3, 2011 -- The year 2011 will go down as a record-setting year when it comes to federal disaster declarations, industry analysts say. With another three months left in 2011, and hurricane season continues until November 30, the number of federal disaster ...
5.State Farm to Stop Insuring Churches in Florida
Oct 4, 2011 -- Florida churches are having to seek insurance elsewhere after one of the state's provider of coverage to houses of worship has decided to leave the market. State Farm Florida recently announced it will exit the church market, a move that leaves ...
6.Supreme Court Rejects Internet Music Copyright Case
Oct 3, 2011 -- The Supreme Court let stand Monday a ruling that a traditional Internet download of sound recording does not constitute a public performance of the recorded musical work under federal copyright law. The justices refused to review a ruling by a U.S. ...
7.Nationwide and Harleysville Insurance Agree to Merger; Analysts Respond
Sep 29, 2011 -- Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. and  Harleysville Insurance announced on Thursday, Sept. 29, that they have agreed to a merger. Nationwide Mutual will acquire Harleysville Group for $760 million. Nationwide Mutual will pay $60 a share in cash for ...
8.How One Music Downloader Could Change Copyright Law
Oct 5, 2011 -- In the age of iTunes and an-app-for-everything, Joel Tenenbaum's battle with the music industry over illegal downloading seems as relevant as an eight-track cassette. But it turns out the fight could produce something surprisingly enduring: a change ...
9.Nationwide, Harleysville CEOs Reassure Agents: Merger All About Growth
Sep 30, 2011 -- The merger of insurer Nationwide Mutual with regional carrier Harleysville Mutual is all about growth, not only for the companies but also for their independent agents, according to the CEOs of the two insurers. Harleysville is a "perfect match" for ...
10.Food Illnesses Linked to Multiple Stops Along Food Chain
Oct 3, 2011 -- Outbreaks of listeria and other serious illnesses linked to tainted food are becoming more common, partly because much of what we eat takes a long and winding road from farm to fork. A cantaloupe grown on a Colorado field may make four or five stops ...

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