Monthly Archives: October 2000

Nation in a World of Hurt

On Sept. 22, investigators from the CDI Investigation Bureau served search warrants and a cease and desist order (C&D) on...

LAW FOR GENOCIDE VICTIMS, HEIRS

Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation that will permit Armernian genocide victims and their heirs to file suits in California against...

FRANKEL’S FRIENDS OR FOES’

Robert Guyer and Robert Todd Bennett, associates of former Greenwich financier Martin Frankel, pleaded guilty on Sept. 18 and Sept....

NATIONAL INSURES THE JACKPOT

Warren Buffett’s National Indemnity is up to the challenge of insuring a $1-billion lottery, the world’s largest ever. Experts say...

SLAVE INSURANCE PROBES LAUNCHED

A new California law passed this session has given Insurance Commissioner Harry Low the authority to ask all insurers in...

SAFECO TAKES ANOTHER HIT

SAFECO will experience higher than expected underwriting losses in its large commercial and homeowners lines, slowing third-quarter profit improvement sharply....

CALIF. FIGHTS DISASTER INSURANCE

Despite efforts by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Senators Christopher Bond of Missouri and James Inhofe of...

High Roller In Today’s ECONOMY

The insurance industry contributes almost $200 billion to the United States’ gross national product each year, approximately 2.4 percent of...

LOW KNOWS BEST

Newly inaugurated Insurance Commissioner Harry Low announced plans to reorganize the California Department of Insurance (CDI). Low, who has been...