November 12, 2001
Insurance Journal West Magazine

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In this Issue

• Features
  New Capital Boosts Bermuda’s Reinsurance Industry
  The reinsurance industry is gearing up to replace a good portion of the ...
• Features
  AMS Services Pulls the Plug on TowerStreet
  In keeping with what has been a challenging year of transition for the ...
• Cover Story
  D&O Liability: Executives Bear the Weight of Success or Failure
  Directors and Officers liability, commonly known as D&O, is a ...
• Features
  Incoming President Duffett to Steer PLUS on a Steady Course
  Michelle Duffett, co-owner of Insight Insurance Services Inc. of ...
• Features
  Financial Keyosk Allows Agents to Tap Into Sales of Financial Services
  Financial Keyosk, a growing online financial services solution ...
• Features
  Employers Realize Proper EPL Coverage is Part of Successful Business Equation
  Employers and employees have more to think about than production, hours ...
• Features
  The View from Up There—Insurers Embrace Space Age Technologies
  The key witness in a recent crop fraud case turned out to be a ...
• Features
  Hardening Market Heralds Rush to Alternatives
  During the last hard market, much of corporate America wasted little ...
• Editor's Note
  Even in Paradise, A Job to Do
  Eating papaya and drinking coffee, we relaxed on the terrace in front ...
• Parting Shots
  Shh! Don’t Tell Anyone, but E-Insurance is Alive and Well
  Progress continues as Internet technologies integrate into sales and ...
• Newsbriefs
  WTC PROPERTY CLAIMS RISING
  Property insurance claims from the Sept. 11 attacks are worth $16.6 ...
• Newsbriefs
  CALIF. W/C RATE HIKE APPROVED
  Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low approved an increase of 10.2 ...
• Newsbriefs
  GREENBERG JOINS ACE
  Bermuda's ACE Limited announced that Evan G. Greenberg will join the ...
• Newsbriefs
  WHITE MTNS. ESTABLISHES REINSURER
  Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group joined the race for new ...
• Newsbriefs
  LLOYD’S AGREES ON FUNDS
  Lloyd's of London reached an agreement with the New York Insurance ...
• Newsbriefs
  NAII PUSHES FOR MODERNIZATION
  The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) is urging the ...
• Newsbriefs
  ACE USA ASKS FOR EXCLUSION
  Philadelphia-based Ace USA is seeking permission from the Washington ...
• Newsbriefs
  ALLIANCE STUDY FINDS EXTRA COSTS
  Rebuilding an automobile from the ground up using car company crash ...
• Newsbriefs
  CALIF. IMPLEMENTS FRAUD SYSTEM
  Commissioner Low announced the implementation of the Fraud Integrated ...
• Newsbriefs
  NAIC ADOPTS RE MODEL ACT
  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners recently adopted ...
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• Newsbriefs
  CALIF. EMPLOYEE DEATHS DECLINE
  The downward trend continued last year: the number of California ...
• Newsbriefs
  A LIMIT TO INVESTORS’ APPETITE
  Standard & Poor's said that investors' appetite for insurance debt is ...
• Ratings
  CGNU Group Members Affirmed
  Standard & Poor's (S&P) affirmed its "AA" counterparty credit and ...
• Ratings
  Swiss Re Affirmed
  A.M. Best Co. affirmed the "A++" FSR of Swiss Reinsurance Co., Zurich. ...
• Ratings
  CNA Lowered, on Negative Watch
  S&P lowered its ratings on CNA Financial Corp., the members of the ...
• Ratings
  General Casualty Gets ‘A++’
  General Casualty Insurance Companies earned an "A++" rating from A.M. ...
• Ratings
  Zenith Assigned ‘A-’
  Fitch assigned an "A-" insurer FSR to Zenith National Insurance Corp.'s ...
• Ratings
  Trenwick Ratings Lowered
  S&P lowered its counterparty credit rating and FSR on Trenwick America ...
• Fraud Roundup
  Suspicious Claims are ‘Pain in the…Neck’
  Debra Rodriguez, 48, was arrested on four felony counts of insurance ...
• Fraud Roundup
  ‘Least Cost’ Equals Least Coverage
  A joint investigation conducted by the CDI Criminal Investigations ...
• Fraud Roundup
  Fire Loss Claim Doesn’t Add Up
  Nestor Alfredo Milon, 54, of Silverlake, surrendered to Los Angeles ...
• Fraud Roundup
  No Wrath Greater Than 2 Women Scorned
  CDI investigators served a search warrant at the resident of Ralph ...
• Fraud Roundup
  Video Reveals ‘Wheeling and Dealing’
  CDI Criminal Investigations Branch's Fraud Division investigators ...
• Fraud Roundup
  Roof Falls in on Alleged Fraud Attempt
  The CDI announced the arrest of David Barthell Sr. of Richmond for ...
• Fraud Roundup
  Lovers Take Low Road over Coveted Car
  CDI criminal investigators arrested Tracy Denise Thorton of Sacramento ...
• Fraud Roundup
  No ‘El Dorado’ for This Fraud Attempt
  James Kolesar of El Dorado County appeared in El Dorado County Court ...
• Features
  Silverstein Claims Pair of Losses in WTC Disaster
  The man who held the master lease on the World Trade Center is standing ...
• Features
  IICF Honors Those ‘Bridging’ the Gap between Industry and Community
  Of the many occasions the insurance industry has been called upon to ...
• Features
  Commentary: Purchasing Insurance for Mexico
  Tourists, property owners and businesspersons who drive, own homes, or ...
• Features
  Are Your Files Defensible’ A Look at E&O Risks for Agents and Brokers
  A short time ago, the Wall Street Journal ran an article on litigation, ...