http://businessinsurance.com/section/news http://www.businessinsurance.com en-us Tue, 9 Feb, 2010 08:59:59 EST 10 http://businessinsurance.com/article/20100208/NEWS01/100209924 TORONTO (Reuters)—Ontario pensioners of Nortel Networks Corp. said Monday they can rest easier after the provincial government pledged to provide funds that will help top up their modest payouts from the failed telecoms equipment giant. Mon, 8 Feb, 2010 17:45:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20100208/NEWS01/100209925 HARTFORD, Conn. (Reuters)—Hartford Financial Services Group posted a fourth-quarter profit, helped by better results in its life insurance and property/casualty insurance businesses. Mon, 8 Feb, 2010 16:45:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20100208/NEWS/100209926 WASHINGTON—Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Monday asked the president of Anthem Blue Cross in California to justify an expected 39% rate hike. Mon, 8 Feb, 2010 16:32:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20100208/NEWS/100209927 MIDDLETOWN, Conn.—The fatal Feb. 7 explosion and fire at a Connecticut power plant being constructed by Kleen Energy Systems L.L.C. Mon, 8 Feb, 2010 16:09:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20100208/NEWS/100209930 PASADENA, Calif.—Karen Cutts, founder, managing editor and publisher of the Risk Retention Reporter, died last week after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Mon, 8 Feb, 2010 14:48:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20100208/NEWS/100209931 WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama says he wants to convene a half-day, televised bipartisan session at the White House later this month in an attempt to break the political stalemate on health care reform legislation. Mon, 8 Feb, 2010 14:31:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20100208/NEWS01/100209937 NEW YORK (Reuters)—American International Group Inc. on Monday named a KeyCorp vice chairman and financial services veteran to a newly created post overseeing finance, risk and investments. Mon, 8 Feb, 2010 10:30:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20100208/NEWS01/100209932 NEW YORK (Reuters)—U.S. regulators are investigating whether the mortgage insurance market was improperly distressed in 2008 because of payment demands that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and other banks made on American International Group Inc. Mon, 8 Feb, 2010 12:00:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20100208/NEWS/100209933 OLDWICK, N.J.—A.M. Best Co. Inc. on Monday upgraded its outlook of CNA Insurance Cos. and its members to stable from negative and affirmed its financial strength rating of A. Mon, 8 Feb, 2010 12:01:00 EST http://businessinsurance.com/article/20100208/NEWS/100209935 LONDON—Lloyd’s of London said Monday that its strategy over the next three years is to maintain its market position while preparing for challenges from an evolving regulatory landscape. Mon, 8 Feb, 2010 11:22:00 EST