August 10, 2001
The Goss Group Inc., Marsh Inc. and the GMAC Insurance Group announced the establishment of a joint venture company, Goss LLC, to serve the specific insurance needs of automotive suppliers and original equipment manufacturers. The Goss Group, an insurance agency …
August 10, 2001
Great American Insurance Company’s Executive Liability Division announced new Employment Practices Liability coverage within its ExecPro® series of products. According to the company, the stand-alone ExecPro® Employment Practices Liability Insurance Policy is a state-of-the-art liability policy with broad language and …
August 10, 2001
Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. reported its second quarter 2001 net income of $21.9 million, an increase of 110.6 percent compared to $10.4 million in the same quarter of the prior year. Catastrophe losses included in the second quarter were within …
August 10, 2001
The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced that it will host a November seminar in Washington to address the emerging issue of mold. The seminar, to be held November 8 and 9, 2001 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C., will …
August 10, 2001
According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), rather than address the rampant no-fault fraud that costs New York consumers over a billion dollars each year, the legislature yesterday allowed several key provisions of insurance law to sunset. Joseph …
August 9, 2001
Victims cannot sue gunmakers when criminals use their products illegally, the California Supreme Court ruled Aug. 6. According to AP Online, the 5-1 decision, which rejects a suit based on the 1993 massacre of eight people in a San Francisco …
August 9, 2001
The federal government is working to reimburse insurance companies for all claims they paid to their customers for damage caused by the Cerro Grande fires in New Mexico last year. Payments are expected to begin in January 2002. The Federal …
August 9, 2001
TowerStreet, a provider of insurance software and services, is offering a free Web Tool Kit containing information, advice, and resources that insurance agencies can use to create and enhance their websites. TowerStreet created the kit with the help of its …
August 9, 2001
The Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) consortium issued renewed above-average projections for the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. The number of tropical storms and hurricanes striking US shores in 2001 are expected to be 20 to 30 percent above the 1991-2000 average. …
August 9, 2001
Bank One Corporation announced on Aug. 6 that it has become a financial holding company. Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, financial holding companies are allowed to engage in a variety of activities, such as merchant banking, direct distribution of mutual funds …