http://businessinsurance.com/section/news http://www.businessinsurance.com en-us Sun, 22 Nov, 2009 06:00:01 EST 10 http://businessinsurance.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911219998 WASHINGTON (Reuters) —A sweeping health care overhaul narrowly cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on Saturday, with Democrats casting 60 party-line votes to open debate on the biggest health care changes in decades. Sat, 21 Nov, 2009 23:01:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20091120/NEWS/911209988 OLDWICK, N.J.—The U.S. life reinsurance segment is stable and reflects life reinsurers’ ability to effectively manage through the recent financial crisis, A.M. Best Co. Inc. says in a special report. Fri, 20 Nov, 2009 16:30:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20091120/NEWS01/911209989 WASHINGTON (Reuters)—One of three wavering U.S. Senate Democrats said Friday that he would vote to start the chamber's health care debate, bolstering the chances for a broad overhaul one day before its first crucial test. Fri, 20 Nov, 2009 15:00:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20091120/NEWS/911209997 COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has sued three national rating agencies, alleging they offered inflated and misleading ratings of mortgage-backed securities and damaged five public employee pension funds that invested in the... Fri, 20 Nov, 2009 10:21:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20091120/NEWS/911209991 ALBANY, N.Y.—New York’s highest court has upheld the state’s recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other states. Fri, 20 Nov, 2009 14:03:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20091120/NEWS/911209992 NEW YORK—Standard & Poor’s Corp. on Friday raised the financial strength rating of Crum & Forster Insurance Co. and its related entities to A- from BBB+. Fri, 20 Nov, 2009 13:58:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20091120/NEWS/911209993 WASHINGTON—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday issued a compliance directive to ensure uniform inspection procedures to identify and minimize or eliminate high- to very high-risk occupational exposures to H1N1 flu among... Fri, 20 Nov, 2009 13:51:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20091120/NEWS01/911209994 ZURICH (Reuters)—Switzerland's insurers need local regulation to be harmonized with international standards and improved access to European Union markets to boost growth, executives said on Friday. Fri, 20 Nov, 2009 11:15:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20091120/NEWS/911209995 DUSSELDORF, Germany—ERGO Insurance Group A.G., the group that makes up most of Munich Reinsurance Co.’s primary insurance operations, is rebranding its operations in Germany and merging some insurers. Fri, 20 Nov, 2009 11:04:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20091120/NEWS/911209996 LONDON—The London P&I Club said Friday that it will impose a general premium increase of 5% for the next policy year and a 20% increase in one claim-riddled class. Fri, 20 Nov, 2009 11:00:00 EST