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SOLUTION ARC: How companies can ensure they get maximum employee participation in defined contribution plans BENEFITS MANAGEMENT

U.S. regulators see no need for enhanced insurer capital BROKERS & INSURERS

SEC charges 2 with operating medical insurance Ponzi scheme SPECIALTY RISKS

Employers need to offer health cover to keep best employees: Aflac exec BENEFITS MANAGEMENT

Group health plan costs seen rising 5.4% this year: Analysis BENEFITS MANAGEMENT

Canada to make offshore oil producers pay more for spills SPECIALTY RISKS

More employers offer contraceptive, same-sex benefits: SHRM study BENEFITS MANAGEMENT

Chrysler relents, will recall 2.7M Jeeps on fuel tank issue RISK MANAGEMENT

PPACA may cause some midsize, large firms to reduce part-timers' hours MID-MARKET EXECUTIVE

Groups urge more workplace protections for pregnant women SPECIALTY RISKS

Social Security disability applications fall, but payments rise: Survey WORKERS COMP

OFF BEAT: Things heat up for Chef Ramsay in wage-and-hour suit SPECIALTY RISKS

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Health reform law research fee is tax-deductible: IRS BENEFITS MANAGEMENT

Rising indemnity, severity cited in proposed 16.9% N.Y. comp rate plan WORKERS COMP

Buffett officially launches Berkshire's commercial insurance unit BROKERS & INSURERS

Employers up estimated costs of health care reform law: Mercer BENEFITS MANAGEMENT

Brokerage Lockton opens Boston office MID-MARKET EXECUTIVE

California official recommends Anthem units be barred from exchange MID-MARKET EXECUTIVE

Digital Benefit Advisors launches private insurance exchange MID-MARKET EXECUTIVE

Regulators need to work with insurers: Benmosche, other IIS panelist BROKERS & INSURERS

Marsh sets up unit for financial institution credit and political risk BROKERS & INSURERS

Data analytics aid decision-making, cut costs: Bermuda panel RISK MANAGEMENT

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Texas legislature passes bill allowing captives in the state RISK MANAGEMENT

Federal Insurance Office releases first industry report BROKERS & INSURERS

Workers comp is only recourse for granary death despite OSHA violations WORKERS COMP

Bill to separate agent compensation from medical loss ratios introduced BROKERS & INSURERS

Record enrollment in Mass. health insurance exchange BENEFITS MANAGEMENT

Buffett officially launches Berkshire's commercial insurance unit BROKERS & INSURERS

Federal Insurance Office releases first industry report BROKERS & INSURERS

Employers up estimated costs of health care reform law: Mercer BENEFITS MANAGEMENT

Berkshire's Eastwood sees good potential in property/casualty sector BROKERS & INSURERS

Health reform law research fee is tax-deductible: IRS BENEFITS MANAGEMENT

Bill to separate agent compensation from medical loss ratios introduced BROKERS & INSURERS

Fireman's Fund names Andrew Torrance as new CEO BROKERS & INSURERS

GALLERY: Most highly compensated executives at publicly traded brokers BROKERS & INSURERS

California official recommends Anthem units be barred from exchange MID-MARKET EXECUTIVE

Regulators need to work with insurers: Benmosche, other IIS panelist BROKERS & INSURERS

Jury awards $500,000 to woman denied promotion SPECIALTY RISKS

Brokerage Lockton opens Boston office MID-MARKET EXECUTIVE

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Insurance cost for directors of U.S.-listed Chinese firms on the rise GLOBAL FOCUS

Increasing piracy threats in West Africa likely to push up insurance costs GLOBAL FOCUS

Australia: Concerns over reduced transparency from insurance standard GLOBAL FOCUS

Russia: First-quarter 2013 gross premiums up 12.8% to $7.7 billion GLOBAL FOCUS

Croatia: Insurers gross premium rises to $708.1 million for January to May 2013 GLOBAL FOCUS

Withdrawal of Latvian insurer's license forces firms to find replacement GLOBAL FOCUS

Axa plans investment in infrastructure debt GLOBAL FOCUS

Kenya: Insurance Act set for overhaul GLOBAL FOCUS

Alternative capacity to reach 15% of property catastrophe reinsurance: Study GLOBAL FOCUS

Global takaful business likely to hit $20 billion by 2017: Deloitte GLOBAL FOCUS

Turkey: Insurance industry grows 27.3% in first quarter of 2013 GLOBAL FOCUS

Total written premium of insurers in U.A.E. estimated at $7.2 billion in 2012 GLOBAL FOCUS

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SOLUTION ARC: How companies can ensure they get maximum employee participation in defined contribution plans BENEFITS MANAGEMENT

SOLUTION ARC: How employers can glean benefits from social media usage and avoid the related risks SPECIALTY RISKS

SOLUTION ARC: How to contend with emerging risks as the economy continues to recover RISK MANAGEMENT

SOLUTION ARC: How insurers, brokers and risk managers can be better prepared for a natural disaster BROKERS & INSURERS

SOLUTION ARC: How the public and private sectors can guard against cyber risks SPECIALTY RISKS

SOLUTION ARC: How your company can stay current with its RMIS technology RISK MANAGEMENT

SOLUTION ARC: How companies can prevent employees from stealing intellectual property MID-MARKET EXECUTIVE

SOLUTION ARC: How to achieve the most benefits from a captive insurer RISK MANAGEMENT

SOLUTION ARC: Surge in public violence demands sharper focus on risk management and security RISK MANAGEMENT

SOLUTION ARC: How brokerages can develop successful growth strategies BROKERS & INSURERS

SOLUTION ARC: Executive risks SPECIALTY RISKS

SOLUTION ARC: Pension landscape shifts, as employers revamp retirement benefits BENEFITS MANAGEMENT

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CHICAGO — The need for greater insurance policy clarity and certainty was among the key lessons learned from last year's Superstorm Sandy, according to panelists participating in the Harold H. Hines Jr. Memorial Symposium in Chicago.

Chrysler relents, will recall 2.7M Jeeps on fuel tank issue

(Reuters) — Chrysler Group L.L.C. gave in to government pressure and said it would recall 2.7 million older Jeep models, after initially fighting a recall request from U.S. regulators.

SPECIALTY RISKS

Municipalities struggle with cyber security risks affecting data

TAMPA, Fla. — As local cities, counties and municipalities hold vast amounts of personal data, cyber risks pose significant exposures for public entity risk managers.

SEC charges 2 with operating medical insurance Ponzi scheme

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two founders of a medical insurer with operating a Ponzi scheme.

BENEFITS MANAGEMENT

Automatic 401(k) enrollment increases employee participation

For at least a decade, employers offering 401(k) and other defined contribution retirement plans have shared a basic frustration.

SOLUTION ARC: How companies can ensure they get maximum employee participation in defined contribution plans

Business Insurance's latest Solution Arc explores how 401(k) plans became a dominant retirement vehicle, the changing design of these employer sponsored plans and how firms are boosting 401(k) plan enrollment.

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AIG, Prudential to face more regulatory scrutiny

American International Group Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc. could become less competitive as a result of being designated systemically important financial institutions, though industry experts say much about the effect of SIFI status remains…

U.S. regulators see no need for enhanced insurer capital

(Reuters) — Insurers should not be forced to hold extra capital just because of their size, because the extra cost would simply be passed on to consumers, U.S. regulators said Tuesday.

MID-MARKET EXECUTIVE

Benefits brokers ready middle-market employer clients for health care exchanges

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. —Benefits brokers expect most middle-market employers — even those with as few as 20 employees — to continue offering health benefits to their employees after 2014 despite the availability of insurance…

PPACA may cause some midsize, large firms to reduce part-timers' hours

Nearly one in five midsize and large U.S. employers plans to reduce their part-time staffers' hours in order to minimize exposure to coverage mandates under the health care reform law, according to new research.

WORKERS COMP

Rising indemnity, severity cited in proposed 16.9% N.Y. comp rate plan

A proposal to raise New York workers compensation rates by 16.9% is based in part on increasing indemnity and medical claim severity, according to the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board.

Social Security disability applications fall, but payments rise: Survey

While the number of long-term disability claimants fell slightly in 2012, total claim payments among member disability insurers grew for a fifth straight year to $9.4 billion, the Council for Disability Awareness said Tuesday.