Monthly Archives: <span>March 2002</span>

FORMER FLA. AGENT SENTENCED

Former Monroe County insurance agent Charles Cafiero was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading to charges he allegedly...

HALLIBURTON LOSES ROUND

As a result of an order issued recently by the Delaware Supreme Court, the Halliburton Company of Dallas will write-off...

2001 WORST YEAR FOR P&C COS

According to a report released by the Insurance Services Office (ISO), U.S. property and casualty insurers paid $24 billion in...

EMERGENCY AIRLINE INS. EXTENDED

With an expiration date of March 20 staring them in the face, the U.S. government is extending emergency insurance for...

AMERICAN NAT’L, AIG SQUARE OFF

Responding to a lawsuit filed against it by American International Group (AIG), American National Insurance Company of Galveston, Texas, asserted...

INSPIRE REQUESTS DELISTING

INSpire Insurance Solutions Inc., a Fort Worth, Texas-based policy and claims administration service provider to the property and casualty industry,...

PETROSURANCE IN RECEIVERSHIP

Oklahoma District Court Judge Dan Owens, acting on a request by state insurance commissioner Carroll Fisher, placed Petrosurance Casualty Corp....

The Real Truth About Credit Scoring

By David Swift
The insurance industry would like the public to believe they have found the holy grail of underwriting: credit scores. Since...