Yearly Archives: <span>2001</span>

Young Agents Head to Hawaii for IIAA Leadership Conference

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 …

Lawsuit Alleging Race Discrimination in Nursing Home Settled for $1.2M

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 …

Mo. Adopts NAIC Privacy Model Without Health, Workers’ Comp Provisions

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 …

CGNU in Partnership Talks with France’s MMA

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, …

SilkAir Insurers Sue Over 1997 Crash

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 …

RSA Set to Sell Life Business, But To Whom’

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 …

NJ Man Drops Airbag Lawsuit, as Revelations Raise Questions

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 …

OneBeacon Appoints Four Senior Managers

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 …

RI Chiropractor Loses License For Insurance Fraud

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. …

CDI to Join NAIC Midwest Zone Continuing Education Reciprocity Project

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 …