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February 3, 2012
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National
- NICB: Questionable claims jumped 16 percent in 2012
- New TRIA bill would extend law for 10 years
- Compromise sought on bill to delay NFIP rate hikes
- PIA members report significant underwriting changes in HO insurance market
- CMS explains role of agents, brokers in health exchanges
- Fitch: Higher premiums if terror insurance act not renewed
- NAPCO market report focuses on cat models adjustment after Sandy
- Auto, home insureds look online but prefer buying from agent
- NCCI releases its 2013 Issues Report
- Survey: Lack of flood coverage persists despite consumer awareness
- FIO calls for input ahead of natural catastrophe report
- J.D. Power: Auto claims satisfaction declines, expenses rise
- Boston bombings raise questions about TRIA
- Study: Fatigue a leading cause of auto accidents
- HHS opens applications for ObamaCare 'navigators'
- Weather service changes warning system after Sandy
- Small firms' offer of plan choices under health law delayed
- Health insurers warn brokers of increasing premiums
- Life insurance sales see steady upswing in 2012
- FEMA head says cost of federal flood insurance going up
- USCIS revises Form I-9, effective March 8
- MSN Money article cautions consumers about buying cheap car insurance
- NAIC testifies to streamline insurance producer licensing
- Federal Insurance Office report expected in July
- Agent licensing bill NARAB II introduced in House and Senate
- Four points that should be on p/c insurers' agendas
- Study: Improving economy, prices should favor insurers in 2013
- Report: Insurers unready for disasters related to climate change
- Use of predictive models up for workers' comp underwriting
- States debating mandatory insurance for gun owners
- U.S. sets final rule for health insurance exchange coverage
- What the cybersecurity executive orders mean for insurers
- U.S. DOL delays exchange notice to employees
- HHS seeks input on plan to register agents for health exchange
- PIA wins association leadership award for Storm Info Central
- NICB: Questionable claims increased 26.7 percent in 2012
- PIA’s Winter Storm Info Central helps agencies prepare
- Reps. introduce Terrorism Risk Insurance Act reauthorization bill
- Study predicts increasing property/casualty prices this year
- President Obama signs $50 billion Sandy relief bill
- Senate approves bill on Sandy aid; president expected to sign it soon
- Senate to vote tonight on Sandy aid
- PIA’s convenient Webinars cover disaster protection and preparedness
- PIA tool kit keeps agents current as market changes
- Ben Nelson named NAIC CEO
- House passes $50.5 billion in Sandy aid
- FDIC announces expiration of temporary unlimited coverage for noninterest-bearing transaction accounts
- NFIP offering post-flood webinar for agents Jan. 16
- U.S. Treasury, IRS propose employer health-care requirements
- Obama signs $9.7B short-term funding bill for NFIP
- PIA lauds congressional action to raise borrowing limit of NFIP
- $9.7B Sandy aid bill passes House, expected to become law
- Sandy victims could see insurance payouts soon through $9.7B congress bill
- Boehner agrees to Sandy aid vote on Friday
- FEMA says NFIP will be broke by next week without new aid bill
- House adjourns without voting on Sandy aid
- Congress agrees not to require insurance booklet for car dealers
- Lawsuit filed over definition of 'basement'
- Fiscal cliff talks may bury Sandy aid
- Usage-based auto insurance programs growing, impacting industry
- HHS proposes broker compensation rules for health exchanges
- Study: Health insurance reform will raise taxes on consumers
- White House $60 billion Sandy relief request includes NFIP funding
- PIA supports call to raise the borrowing authority of the NFIP
- PIA National's new tool: Closing the Gap--Growth and Profit
- White House: Sandy aid to be about $50 billion
- Draft bill would allow tax-deferred catastrophe reserves
- Losses from Sandy have tax implications
- Report examines personal cost of health-care coverage mandate
- Cost of coastal living to climb under new flood rules post-Sandy
- Report: Sandy damaged about 230,000 vehicles
- FEMA to host Sandy webinars on flood insurance
