FACT CHECK: Plenty to question in GOP debate
BDO Consulting Appoints Head of Insurance Claim Services in D.C.
Rio Hondo College Earns Praise for Campus-Wide Earthquake and Evacuation Drill
California workers comp reform legislation likely in 2012: Employer groups
Tower Group Has $16.4M Q3 Loss, Hurt By CAT Loss From Irene
Tetra Tech Reports Strong Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2011 Results
Report examines if employers will continue to offer health coverage
Roncelli, Inc., of Sterling Heights Receives State Award for Outstanding Safety and Health Record
Investors Want ‘Secrecy’ Lifted in BofA Mortgage Securities Deal
Insurers, Policyholders Clash Over Business Interruption Claims
Wisconsin passes bill to conform tax law on adult child health coverage
4SafeDrivers.com Now Offers DMV Records to Employers, with a One Day Turnaround Time
Kentucky’s Jobless Rate Went to 9.7 Percent in September 2011
XL Appoints Seib as Excess Casualty Team President in New York
VA Life Insurance Program Rated Highest in Customer Satisfaction
Florida’s Citizens Cutting Back on Coverage
GM retirees sue MetLife after life insurance cuts
FEMA, SBA Deadlines Extended for Hurricane Assistance Registration in New Jersey
Fitch Affirms Pan-American Life’s Ratings Following Announcement of MetLife Transaction
Orie’s ex-chief of staff deals with trial fallout [The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
Cost of Car Crashes Per Person: $1,500
MetLife Weighs Sale of Bank Unit
Ratings Roundup: Nonprofits Alliance, Infinity, Partners Mutual
Program Helps People Transition from Public Assistance to Careers at UCSF
Life Insurance Purchasing Habits Changing as One in Four Consumers Now Prefer to Buy Direct
Private Equity Firm Acquires DAVID Corp. of California
New asbestos charges point to reserve woes
Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research Supports UAlbany School of Public Health Study on Home Care for Older Adults
Regulators Publish Surplus Lines ‘Alien’ Insurer Eligibility List
PICO Holdings, Inc. Announces Results for the Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2011
Many Financial Advisors Miss Opportunity to Incorporate Life Insurance into Planning
Prowers County Youth Pheasant Hunting Clinic
Charity provides headstones for children of poor families [The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.]
Lawmakers Hit Lack of State Legislators on Federal Insurance Panel
Public Health Insurance Coverage For Infants Is More Comprehensive And Costs Less
Some in Connecticut Still Without Power
Man Uses Mother’s Car for Alleged Insurance Fraud Scheme
Final Rules Set for Insurers on Spending Ratios
Census Bureau Tip Sheet – TP11-21
Colorado Panel to Examine Pinnacol Privatization Proposal
Health insurance providers told to repay Michigan consumers
State Fund Announces Rate Filings, Incentives for California Farm Bureau
Oak Creek mayor Bolender dies at 68 [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
A Piecemeal Approach to Health Law in States
Wisconsin Appeals Court Favors Media vs. Juneau County, Insurer
RLJ Lodging Trust Reports Third Quarter 2011 Results
Cary Police Safely Collect Unwanted Medications at Biannual Medicine Drop
Helios Insurance Group and Direct Event Insurance Add Oden, Carbrey
Supreme Court TV? Nice Idea, but Still Not Likely
Pleasant Hill Man Elected to Lead Iowa Lottery Board
Baldwin Named President of Huntington Insurance
USA Health Expenditure Costs So Much For So Little
ATVs Are Hot Items for Thieves in Louisiana
Temporary Total Disability Rate for 2012 Will Increase to $1010.50
Troubled study at heart of therapy debate [Chicago Tribune]
Most U.S. insurers met spending limits under law
Increased Penalties for Driving Under the Influence Begin in Oklahoma
DEDO Announces New Hires
Labor Department Seeks Tougher Rules on ‘Multiple-Employer’ Plans
EK Health Adds Medicare Set-Aside Services to Its Workers’s Compensation Managed Care Solutions
Paralyzed Veterans Continues to Support Long-Term Care Plan
Networked Adds California Positions
Agent Tax Lien Program Returns $2M to Ohio and its Citizens
Coverage for gender surgery jumps; More major insurers paying for sex transformation procedures
Employment-Based Health Insurance Coverage Declining: Trends in Coverage and Access, 1995 2010
Michael Branham Named 2012 FPA President-Elect
Doctors back “open market” insurance exchanges
MMIC Group Introduces Data Security Coverage for Physicians, Hospitals
Torus appoints two in Europe
Ironshore Australia Launches Affirmative Defense Cost
IID Starts Rate Review Process on Wellmark Filing
Premiums 13 times average fines, reveals MP
More Americans than not want health law repeal
Revised Ex-Dividend Date Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds
Occupy Nashville Protesters Sue Governor Over Curfew
Supreme Court: Pre-election health care showdown
Insurers can contribute to systemic risk
Florida Commercial Health Plan Enrollment Continues Overall Slide
U.S. Sues Allied Home Mortgage for Lending Fraud
N.Y. health insurers ordered to refund $114.5M to policyholders
Amlin breaches H2 cat budget as losses rise
Ironshore Names Boren Head of U.S. Field Operations
Petersen in California Names Russo Legal Director
Employees pass up health insurance benefits as costs rise
Amlin appoints Sir Alan as non-exec director
Germany Rebuffs France on Euro Zone Solution; Insurance for Bonds an Option
Vermont Mutual Appoints Property Risk Control Manager
Transactor appoints two
Luby’s Reports Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results
Health Law Puts Focus on Limits of Federal Power
D.C. Regulators Say Social Networking Fraud Is A Growing Threat
Oklahoma Court Strikes Down Part of Workers’ Comp Law
Ohio voters reject health insurance mandate
Meeks Insurance Joins ISU Network
U.S. states may seek punitive damages in BP spill
Uncommon December Tornado Hits Louisiana Hospital
Feds give Georgia insurers more time to comply with health care law
U.S. commercial insurance prices rising
Texas House Members Object to Medical Loss Ratio Waiver Request
Merkel Appointed Regional Chief Underwriting Officer at Zurich North America
Lawyer Opposing Health Law Is Familiar Face to the Justices
Theft of data on 4M patients part of wider problem
Kansas Insurance Regulator Rebuffs Proposed Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
DATATRAK International, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results for 2011
NY health firm agrees to disclose data on rates
Reiner Named Underwriting VP at America First Insurance
Republican tax plan at a glance
Internet Business Told to Stop Misrepresenting Kansas Health Exchange
Align Taps Former Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Cos. President
Wal-Mart offers latest sign that employer-based health coverage is failing
2 RI men charged in $25 million investment fraud
Consumer Group Hammers Mercury Rate Increase Filing in California
$1M in Damage Done in Arkansas Storage Fire
Out-of-pocket Medicare costs rise 2.1%
Indiana AG: 64 Claimants Accept State Fair Settlement Offers
Louisiana’s Sen. Landrieu Announces $33.9M for Hurricane Katrina Recovery
7 More Insurers End Objections on Rate Filings
CCA Celebrates Professional Excellence in Customer Contact
Last Chance to Participate in IJ’s Agency E&O Survey
Occupy Activists Fail to Occupy Wall Street
Sex, Dogs and Heads That Rolled Among Top Insurance Journal News Stories in 2011
Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare
Florida tackles car insurance fraud [The Miami Herald]
Esurance Debuts First Ad Campaign Since Being Bought by Allstate
Fitch Affirms California Earthquake Authority’s ‘A’ Ratings
Health reimbursement arrangements rule change gets support in San Francisco
Arch Launches New Stand-Alone EPL Product
2 Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud in Oklahoma; 3rd Pleads Guilty
Feds delay Florida insurance request [The Miami Herald]
Health Overhaul Is Dealt Setback
TD Insurance Appoints Vice President in New York
California’s Temporary Total Disability Rate for 2012 To Increase