July 9, 2001
Young Agents from across the U.S. will gather in Hawaii to enjoy the tropical beaches, breathtaking views and the Independent Insurance Agents of America’s (IIAA) 26th Annual Young Agents Leadership Conference. The conference will be held October 26-28 at the …
July 9, 2001
Beverly Enterprises Inc., the nation’s largest operator of nursing homes, will pay $1.2 million to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit, according to an Associated Press story. Nine former workers claimed that black employees were harassed and subjected to discrimination and …
July 9, 2001
The Missouri Insurance Department has adopted an emergency consumer privacy regulation containing a third party claimant provision but excluding health and workers’ compensation insurance. National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) Counsel Ann Weber commended the Missouri department commended for taking …
July 9, 2001
CGNU, Britain’s largest insurer, is in talks with the French group Mutuelles du Mans Assurances aimed at establishing a partnership arrangement which would strengthen its position in the French life and pension market, and bolster MMA’s and its subsidiary MAAF’s, …
July 9, 2001
Singapore Aviation and General Insurance Company has filed two lawsuits, one in New York, and the other in Los Angeles, seeking some $55 million in damages from Boeing and several aircraft component manufacturers related to the crash of a SilkAir …
July 9, 2001
Newspaper reports indicate that Britain’s Royal & Sun Alliance is on the verge of completing a £2 billion ($2.8 billion) deal to sell its life and pension units, but different potential buyers are named, and so far the company has …
July 9, 2001
Eric V. Thomas, a New Jersey Dentist, has dropped his suit against the Ford Motor Company following revelations which put in question the cause of his wife’s death in an auto accident in 1997, and established that he had significantly …
July 9, 2001
Boston-based OneBeacon Insurance Group, a subsidiary of Bermuda’s White Mountains Insurance Group, which recently purchased the U.S. property/casualty business of Britain’s CGNU, has appointed four new members to its senior management team as follows: Larry Haefner has been named managing …
July 9, 2001
Rhode Island’s Medical Disciplinary Board has revoked Chiropractor Andrew J. Lombardi’s license to practice in the State following an indictment in Massachusetts alleging that that he had submitted 39 fraudulent claims to insurance companies for medical services he never performed. …
July 6, 2001
The California Department of Insurance (CDI) filed a request to be a part of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Midwest Zone Continuing Education Reciprocity Project. The CDI stated that it wants to join the Project to help improve …