National News for July 2001 Reinsurance Group of America Reports 2Q Earnings InsuranceNoodle Joins with Woolard Gioia Blundell Associates to Develop Products NAIC Objects to Antifraud Bill’s GAO Audit Provision IIAA Urges OSHA Not to Interfere with State Workers’ Compensation AIG Reports Rise in 2Q 2001 Income to $1.66 Billion American Bankers Association, Dearborn Form Financial Learning Alliance Financial Keyosk Signs 10 Major Financial Services Partners New Livestock Insurance Could Spare Repercussions of an Unexpected Loss Insurance Fraud Bureaus: Convictions Double, But Gains are Fragile Ingraham and Begala to be Featured at IIAA SAFECO Credit Unit Bought by GE Capital MMC Reports Increased 2Q, Six Months Results Bridgestone/Firestone Settles Almost 40% of Personal Injury Suits The St. Paul Companies Reports Second-Quarter Results BELFOR Takes Over Largest U.S. Fire and Water Damage Repair Company First-Ever Independent U.S. Brokers Access Lloyd’s Allstate Approved to Establish Full-Service Bank American Insurance Association Unveils Stephen Lilienthal Joins CNA as President Nationwide Placed on CreditWatch Negative Insurers Throw a Lifeline to Reality TV Producers NAMIC Comments on AIA’s Optional Federal Charter Proposal IIAA Calls for Flood Insurance Program Reforms AIG Comments on California Appeals Court Ruling St. Paul Shares Take Major Fall Trade Associations React to AIA’s Move Toward Federal Chartering Fireman’s Fund Liberalizes Scheduled Valuable Possessions as Convenience to Vacationing Shoppers Arthur J. Gallagher, Specific Software Solutions Sign Enterprise Agreement Cross-Selling Needs Know-How, Baetis Study Reveals NCOIL Adopts Modernization Act in Effort to Modernize Personal Lines Regulation AIA Board of Directors Endorses Optional Federal Chartering Plan Keane Inc. Signs Deal with Great American Insurance Co. NAII Gives ‘Thumbs Up’ to ‘HHS’ Privacy Guidance Document Fiserv Renames FREEDOM Insurance Division Insurance.com Announces Online Marketing Partnerships INSTEC, Infinity Web Systems Form Strategic Partnership TRADEPAQ, CNA Partner to Expedite Global Trade Transactions For Ocean Shipping Study Says Eight Insurers Command 65% Market Share in Hurricane-Prone States Farmers Issues Statement in Response to The St. Paul Implements OneSource Business Browser Study Disagrees With Global Warming Notion Marsh, AT&T Unveil E-Business Risk Solution NAII Encourages Flexible Approach to NAMIC Urges State Legislators to Introduce Insurance Compliance Self-Evaluative Privilege Model Act S&P Revises Outlook on U.S. Personal Lines P/C Industry to Negative AIA Says Insurer Interests Not Addressed in HHS Privacy Materials AIG eBusiness Risk Solutions to Offer Antivirus, Internet Security Resources Tropical Storm Allison Rains on Chubb Profits Kemper, UnumProvident Form Strategic Alliance Coverage Initiated on Willis by J.P. Morgan Conning & Co. Report Says Shortage of Claims Professionals a Growing Crisis for Industry July 10, 2 Lawsuit Alleging Race Discrimination in Nursing Home Settled for $1.2M Young Agents Head to Hawaii for IIAA Leadership Conference ILF to Hold Hearing On National Flood Insurance A.M. Best Affirms Lloyd’s Rating Application Development Trends Honors Fireman’s Fund for WebSphere CNA Offers New Online Quoting, Work Management Functionality Cover-All Technologies Announces $1.8M Convertible Debentures Financing and Full Settlement of $3M D ProAssurance Corp. Formed by Merger of Medical Assurance and Professionals Group A.M. Best Study Reports P/C Premiums Show Strong Growth, Earnings Remain Depressed During 1Q 2001 J ebix.com to Continue NASDAQ Listing Council of Insurance Agents + Brokers , AIA comment on Passage of Antifraud Act A.M. Best Offers New Analytical Model NAII Warns: Political Games over NAFTA Funding May Prove ‘Deadly Serious’ “E-insurance: Creating a Competitive Advantage” Excerpted from a report written in co-operation with AIA Says Lack of Uniformity in State Laws Hampers e-Commerce Growth BRiT and ebix.com Consummate $4.2M Equity Investment The Weather Risk Management Association Releases Results of Industrywide Survey Frontier Insurance Group Announces OTC Bulletin Board Suspended Trading of Frontier’s Common Stock NICB Reports Efforts to Fund Models for Street/Drag Racing Can Lead to Fraud Genesys Conferencing Announces Strategic Relationship with PLRB, Claimsgate.com State Farm Study Tabs Funniest Intersection Names National News Archives