Monthly Archives: January 2001

Amwest Downgraded

Following the release of third-quarter earnings and a formal review of the financial position through September 2000 of the Amwest...

A BUDDING RELATIONSHIP

An agreement between the Insurance Educational Association and The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has resulted in a...

SPEEDING UP THE PROCESS

Washington Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn issued a final report on the international effort to recover Holocaust Era insurance policies, urging...

BIG 2 LAUNCH ONLINE RE

The world’s two largest reinsurers, Munich Re and Swiss Re, whose combined premiums total more than $25 billion, teamed up...

INSURANCENOODLE OFF & RUNNING

Kemper Insurance Cos., headquartered in Long Grove, Ill., signed an agreement with InsuranceNoodle to expand its initiative of products designed...

ONLINE AUTO PLAN NIXED

Priceline.com and insurer W.R. Berkley Corp. dropped their combined plan to create a new company to sell auto insurance online,...

FAILURES ON THE RISE

In the face of a slowing economy and stiff competition, 35 insurance companies failed in 2000, a 30 percent increase...

CENTURY FACES CLASS ACTION

On Jan. 2, a class action lawsuit was filed against 21st Century Insurance Co. on behalf of policyholders who filed...

PROP. 103 PROVISIONS NULL

A California appeals court ruled Dec. 29 that auto insurers can calculate premiums based on where a customer lives, a...