Monthly Archives: <span>April 2000</span>

METLIFE IPO

In its much ballyhooed initial public offering, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., the number two U.S. insurer, raised $2.88 billion—less than...

SUPERIOR DELISTING

Superior National Insurance Group has voluntarily withdrawn its listing on the Nasdaq National Stock Market. Superior National does not meet...

TDI NETFILES

Consumers seeking information to help them choose or locate insurance companies and HMOs can now get what they need-including complaint...

3,2,1 LIFTOFF

With the successful launch of its new web site, InsureZone began offering business insurance coverage online April 6 at www.InsureZone.com....

INSURANCE OFFICE OPENS

The Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services has formally launched the Office of Financial and Insurance Services. Frank Fitzgerald...

HIGHLANDS SUES

The former insurance unit of Dallas-based Halliburton Co. is suing the energy services, engineering and construction company over 22,000 asbestos...

NEBRASKA DEREG

Nebraska has become the fourth state this year to enact a law deregulating the commercial lines rate and form filing...

DOCS FALSIFY CLAIMS

A recent study suggests that doctors manipulating reimbursement rules so that their patients can receive the care they need is...

PARTNER RE TO SELL SCOR

Bermuda-based PartnerRe has reached an agreement with France’s SCOR Group to sell its U.S. life reinsurance business, PartnerRe Life Insurance...

RESIGNATION CALL

Large investors, angry over the plunging value of Conseco shares, are calling for Chairman Stephen Hilbert’s resignation. Over the last...