March 8, 2004
As the lawsuit over the amount of the recovery from destruction of World Trade Center’s twin towers plays out in Judge Michael Mukasey’s federal courtroom, Standard & Poor’s came up with another kind of verdict. The rating agency doesn’t anticipate …
March 8, 2004
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, the American Insurance Association and other professional groups have lauded a decision by New Jersey Supreme Court ordering reversal of an appellate court decision and upholding a state law that bars the right …
March 8, 2004
While most attention has been focused on reforming this state’s private passenger auto insurance residual market, progress is slowly being made in another area agents say is critical: the commercial auto residual market. By Jan. 1, 2005, agents and some …
March 8, 2004
A Superior Court judge has upheld Vermont regulations governing the use of private information by insurance companies chartered to do business in the state. The regulations prohibit insurance companies from selling or sharing personal customer information unless a customer approves. …
March 8, 2004
The people who drive city and town snowplows in New Hampshire say they are being treated unfairly by a state law which states that if someone hits them as they clear snow, the incident goes on their personal driving record, …
March 8, 2004
Travelers Property Casualty Corp. and The St. Paul Cos., which are planning to merge, have promised to increase charitable giving in Connecticut by more than $800,000 this year. Hartford-based Travelers and Minnesota’s St. Paul Cos. gave $2.7 million to Connecticut …
March 8, 2004
Fire marshals across the nation scurried to review inspections of nightclubs after sparks from a rock band’s pyrotechnics set fire to a Rhode Island club, killing 100 people and injuring scores of others a year ago. At least 15 states …
March 8, 2004
Pennsylvania lawmakers have taken a major step toward clarifying how insurer insolvencies should be handled in passing a bill, which if applied in the liquidation of Reliance Insurance Co., promises to save the state’s guaranty fund and ultimately Pennsylvania consumers …
March 8, 2004
The homes are among the most desirable on the East Coast. Their wealthy owners have maintenance staffs and landscapers to keep the properties in shape. They install the latest fire prevention and security features and, as one agent says, they …
March 8, 2004
Kay Johnson’s western Massachusetts Big Brothers Big Sisters agency has never been hit with a claim of child sexual abuse. Yet its cost for insurance to cover such claims has more than tripled in the past year, forcing Johnson to …