Yearly Archives: <span>2004</span>

Umbrella and Follow Form Excess

Nuts & Bolts: GE Commercial Insurance has increased capacity to write umbrella and follow form excess coverage. Examples of classes include, agricultural, alarm dealers, installation and service companies, amusement parks, athletic equipment manufacturing, commercial artisan contractors, commercial real estate, component …

Commercial Property, Liability, Crime

Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property insurance protection or a package of property, general liability and …

Specialized Truck Equipment

Nuts & Bolts: With its newly enhanced STEP SPICE policy endorsement, the Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. unveiled new additions to its multiline program for manufacturers, distributors, installers and repairers of specialized truck equipment. The STEP program includes new property …

Stock Throughput and Marine Contractors

Nuts & Bolts: Marine Managers announced the launch of two new programs, the Stock Throughput Program and the Marine Contractors Package Program. Stock Throughput is a combination of ocean and inland cargo (road, truck, rail, air) plus location coverage in …

CORRECTION:

An article in the Feb. 9 issue incorrectly stated that New Jersey carriers have appointed 500,000 new agents since auto insurance reform legislation was enacted last year. Only 500 new agents have been appointed, according to the office of Gov. …

APCAPITAL LOSES $76 MILLION IN 2004:

East Lansing, Mich.-based medical liability insurer American Physicians Capital Inc. announced net income of $102,000, or 1 cent per share for the fourth quarter of 2003. For the year, the company reported a net loss of $76.8 million, or $9.02 …

USDA EXPANDS CROP COVER:

Farmers in 13 states now have the opportunity to reduce the cost of their crop insurance by up to 10 percent, in an innovative program approved recently by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Crop1 Insurance Inc. announced that it …

MICH. LAUNCHES AUTO RATE INQUIRY:

Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) Commissioner Linda A. Watters has launched the second phase of her investigation into rising home and auto rates in Michigan. Commissioner Watters issued a letter of inquiry to insurance companies writing auto …

ILL. AGENTS OUTLINE AGENDA:

Medical malpractice, electronic notification and surplus lines will be some of the hot property/casualty issues in the Illinois General Assembly spring session, according to a newsletter sent recently by the Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (PIIAI). According to PIIAI, …

MO. COMP RATE HIKES ALMOST FLAT:

Insurers are applying the brakes to workers’ compensation rate increases in Missouri, according to the state’s insurance department. After almost one-third of such insurers filed rate changes in January, overall rates increased an average of only 0.7 percent—compared to 14.7 …