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Top 10 Market Conduct Complaints Against P/C Insurers
Failure to handle claims within specified time frames and using unapproved forms and rates are the top two criticisms of property/casualty insurers by market conduct regulators, according to a new ...Morrill Joins Ironshore Board of Directors
Ironshore Inc. announced that Michael E. Morrill has been appointed to its board of cirectors, serving as chairman of the Underwriting and Risk Committee. Morrill is the former deputy chairman of ...
What to Expect in Commercial Lines Pricing in 2014: Willis
Commercial property insurance buyers could see prices fall from 10 to 20 percent on non-catastrophe risks in 2014 thanks to the influx of alternative capital to the insurance industry, insurance and ...NAMIC Names New Federal Affairs Director
John Hair, a veteran lobbyist with nearly eight years of experience, is joining the Washington, D.C., office of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), a trade association ...
Researchers Question Privacy of Usage-Based Auto Insurance
A study by a handful of university professors in Colorado claims user-based insurance tracking programs installed in millions of vehicles can collect data that shows where drivers are going, ...
U.S. Regulator Names Firm That Could Replace Fannie, Freddie
The regulator overseeing major mortgage finance sources Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Monday said it filed legal paperwork to create a common platform for the two firms to issue mortgage-backed ...
U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers Open Despite Shutdown
Despite the federal government's partial government shutdown, Americans have a full team of scientists tracking every possibility for an earthquake-triggered tsunami. The nation's two tsunami warning ...
AIG’s Mortgage Insurer Woos Business Amid FHA Shutdown
American International Group Inc.'s mortgage insurer, whose biggest rival is a U.S. agency, is wooing borrowers with the prospect that they'll avoid delays tied to the partial government shutdown. ...