Today's Headlines National Speaking at an industry conference yesterday, the Federal Insurance Office's top official gave an update on his department's upcoming ... States without fee schedules have higher hospital outpatient costs for common surgeries compared to states with fee schedules, according to ... Some invest their money in stocks, some in bonds, some in real estate. Increasingly, investors are also putting their money into lawsuits, ... Who says looks aren't important? Insurers have found over the last few years that Americans think looks are extremely important. While many...  East Most property/casualty insurance executives believe the worst of the financial crisis is over and that the industry is now in the early ... Vermont added 41 new captive insurance companies last year, bringing the total number of licenses to 952, with 590 active captive insurance ... Heffernan Insurance Brokers hired Victor Fonseca to join its Manhattan, New York, office as vice president of construction practice. ... Midwest The number of traffic stops across Illinois has dropped by nearly 6 percent and the number of ticketed motorists has dipped about 11 ... The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) announced that it recovered more than $25 million on behalf of Michigan consumers ... Illinois is getting more than $7.7 million to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by last year's flooding and ... Southeast Coal company Alpha Natural Resources has reached settlements with all the families of the miners killed in the worst U.S. mining disaster ... In the annual State of the State address opening Florida legislative session, Gov. Rick Scott highlighted automobile insurance while ... State Sen. Joe Negron this week filed legislation designed to crack down on the fraud that leads to more expensive personal injury ... Members of a south Mississippi high school baseball team participated in a hazing ritual that left one teenager hospitalized after being ... A Savannah man has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of killing an insurance agent during a robbery. The Savannah ... A three-time candidate for North Carolina insurance commissioner said he's running again for the job. Republican Mike Causey kicked off his ...  South Central A combination of record drought, epic wildfires, hard economic times and slashed state funding has put added stress on volunteer fire ... National Weather Service teams are surveying parts of the Houston area to determine if tornadoes are responsible for damage to homes and a ... RiskMeter.com, a provider of real-time natural hazard risk reports, has added a Texas wildfire report to its service. This report will ...  West Millbrae, Calif.-based UPA Insurance Brokers has been acquired by Risk Strategies Co., a national insurance brokerage and risk management ... Bend, Ore.-based RiskPoint Insurance Advisors, a commercial insurance agency, has named Matt Davis as director of employee benefits. Based ... UnitedHealthcare and LISI, a San Mateo, Calif.-based medical insurance brokerage, are joining in a partnership to bring health benefits ... The Climate Corp. on Wednesday announced the official opening of its newest office, this one in Seattle, Wash. The Climate Corp. combines ... Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton & Company has acquired Pacific General Insurance Services, an independent insurance agency providing ... The California Department of Insurance recovered more than $54 million for consumers through consumer complaint investigations and market ...  International The latest report from the World Economic Forum highlights the "world's vulnerability to further economic shocks and social upheavals." ... A tropical cyclone bearing down on Western Australia forced the closure of some of the world's largest iron ore ports and several offshore ... Organized crime has tightened its grip on the Italian economy during the economic crisis, making the Mafia the country's biggest "bank" and ... German insurer Allianz is ready to adjust its €750 million [$952 million] non-voting capital stake in Commerzbank to help the German ... XL Group plc's Insurance segment has combined its Property Underwriting and XL Global Asset Protection Services (XL GAPS) engineers to form ... Lloyd's announced the appointment of Charles Franks as a non-executive director on the Lloyd's Franchise Board. The Board, which was ... Lloyd's broker Cooper Gay & Co Ltd has appointed John Sullivan as a Director of its reinsurance division. He joins Cooper Gay from Aon ... A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of 'A-' (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of "a-" to Singapore-based SHC ...  Join the Insurance Journal Network Insurance Journal TV  | Retail and wholesale brokers face the challenge —and opportunity— of redefining their... |  | Insurance technology leader Vertafore serves 15,000 agencies, 1,000 carriers and about 750... |
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