Today's Headlines National More Americans than last year believe the world is warming and the change is likely influenced by the Republican presidential debates, a ... Property/casualty insurance companies plan to invest in technology for underwriting, policy administration, consumer portals, ... The National Mining Association says it's launching a program to get companies collaborating so mine operators with poor safety records can ... President Barack Obama signed into law a patent overhaul bill Friday that backers say will curb frivolous lawsuits and help the U.S. Patent ... Reinsurer Transatlantic Holdings Inc said it received a renewed buyout offer of $52 a share in cash from Warren Buffett's Berkshire ... Miguel A. Barrales has been named president of Universal Insurance Holdings of North America, a multi-regional insurance carrier with 170 ... While data breaches at large companies continue to dominate the headlines, breaches involving smaller businesses are also on the rise. ... Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. (AUI) launches a new commercial lines online rater for independent auto dealers, www.xpressdealerpro.com. ... The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates it will cost more than $2 billion to repair the damage to the nation's levees, dams and ... The size of the U.S. municipal bond market shrank to $2.89 trillion in the second quarter of 2011 from $2.91 trillion in the first quarter, ... Congress is poised to pass yet another short-term extension of the federal flood insurance program, giving it more time ... The construction market is showing hints of improvement, if only slightly, according to insurance specialists for this market. The...  East The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of an insurance company in a closely watched legal case involving global warming ... An eastern Pennsylvania jury has awarded more than $23 million to a woman who lost portions of both legs to infection ... Wells Fargo Insurance Services has acquired Procomp Benefit Resources Inc., an employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm based in ... Midwest Insurance payouts from the May 22 Joplin tornado have exceeded $1 billion, according to the Missouri Department of Insurance. Home, auto ... Sharon A. Poradzisz has been promoted to vice president of personal lines claims and Wade D. Rankin has been promoted to commercial claims ... After months of sustained, historic Midwest flooding and criticism that the government bungled its management of the Missouri River, the ...  Southeast The special legislative session that Gov. Robert Bentley has promised on the affordability and availability of homeowners insurance could ... Churchill Downs Inc. plans to stop paying the trade association representing jockeys to fund riders' off-track needs, such as benefits or ... A federal jury on Friday found that an upscale Atlanta restaurant did not violate the civil rights of an ex-NBA All Star and a friend who ... Jeb Bush, former Florida Governor, has entered into one of the state's for-profit disaster response businesses. Bush has joined O'Brien's ... South Central Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced the addition of it 48th member agency, NTX Insurance Group Inc. Located ... State Auto Insurance's previously announced Austin, Texas, claims facility is now operational, the company reported. The following ... Louisiana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell sharply to 7.2 percent in August from the July rate of 7.6 percent, and private ... West Investigators determined that several spectators were killed on impact at an air race crash in Reno as a 1940s-model plane appeared to lose ... La Puente, Calif. may be on the road to keeping its insurance, according to a statewide insurance authority. The Southern California city ... Metropolitan areas in Colorado and Oklahoma have the distinction of making up more than half the list of top 10 hail-prone areas in the ... International Generally speaking the reinsurance industry is in good shape, certainly better than it was in 2008 and 2009, when even mighty Swiss Re ... Aon Risk Solutions, the risk management business of Aon Corp., has issued its first in depth report analyzing the threat posed by pirates. ... "We need information that can only be gained directly from our clients," said Hans-Joachim Guenther, Chief Underwriting officer of ... A report from catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide notes that "Extratropical Storm Maria made landfall as a minimal Category 1 hurricane ... UK broker Miller announced that it has appointed Gavin Hamilton, previously at Bowring Marsh, to support the company's continued drive for ... 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