Yearly Archives: 2006

NAICO Downgraded

A.M. Best Co. downgraded the financial strength rating to “B+” (very good) from “B++” (very good) of National American Insurance...

The right time to begin

Nearly five years ago, a group of program specialists gathered in Tempe, Ariz., for the first summit meeting of a...

St. Paul Travelers’ Quick Quote

St. Paul Travelers launched “Quick Quote,” an online rating tool that provides quoting and binding capabilities for standalone equipment breakdown...

What Lines Program Insurers Like, Dislike

Insurers’ appetite for targeted insurance programs still favors larger deals and shuns workers’ compensation risks, according to one expert’s analysis...

Lawyers Overseeing Layers

No country has as many lawyers as the United States — more than 152,000 in California alone — three times...

News Currents

Three insurers sue to recover claims paid in ’02 wildfire Three insurance companies filed a federal lawsuit to recover $7.04...

COLORADO WILDFIRES

Fraud on the Farm: USDA needs to control crop insurance program Artisan Contractors: Artful eye toward marketing pays off