Yearly Archives: 2001

EXPENSIVE SPLASHDOWN

Despite five days of round-the-clock efforts to save it, the 40-story oil rig, the world’s largest, owned by the Brazilian...

PERFECT SPLASHDOWN FOR MIR

Everyone from the Russian space team, residents of Japan, Australia and the South Pacific, and certainly the brokers and underwriters...

SKANDIA TO REDUCE U.S. STAFF

Sweden’s Skandia Group announced staff reductions in its U.S. subsidiary, American Skandia. The company will eliminate 150 positions—about 13 percent...

FRANKEL ASSOCIATE PLEADS GUILTY

A Tennessee lawyer pleaded guilty in mid-March to conspiracy and money laundering in an insurance fraud scheme masterminded by Martin...

OPERATOR, GIVE ME PROGRESSIVE

Progressive Corp. customers can now make insurance payments, find local agents and get information about Progressive products by connecting to...

AMWEST HALTS COMM. AUTO

Amwest Insurance Group Inc. announced March 19 that it would immediately cease writing new commercial automobile policies. The decision to...

CSR WEBSITE LAUNCHED

A new site, created by Agency Ideas newsletter, is dedicated to advancing the art and science of the cross-sale. The...