Yearly Archives: <span>2006</span>

Texas Mutual Launches Workers’ Comp Health Care Network

Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Texas Department of Insurance certified its Texas Star Network option on March 29, 2006. The company will begin offering the network option to eligible workers’ compensation policyholders with operations in network service areas …

Construction, Insurance, Banking Industries To Meet and Develop Moisture Management Standards

The PIA Western Alliance will be holding its second Moisture Management Summit in Irvine, Calif., with the goal of writing a public policy based on moisture management standards that have already been developed. The PIA’s goal is to take that …

Survey Finds Private Companies Acting More Like Public Companies; At Increased Risk of a Liability Lawsuit

“Many private companies are planning activities that may increase their exposure to management liability risks,” said Lisa McGee, vice president, Chubb & Son, during the Inc. 500 Conference. According to the 2005 Chubb Private Company Risk Survey, 67 percent of …

Actuaries Estimate Cost of Terrorist Attacks on Cities; N.Y. at $778 Billion; D.C. at $196.8 Billion

The American Academy of Actuaries disclosed that a future large terrorist attack in New York City could result in $778 billion in insured losses. Speaking at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners public hearing on “Terrorism Insurance Matters,” Michael McCarter, …

Granata to Discuss Resolving Conflict in the Workplace

Resolving conflict in the workplace will be the topic presented by Susan Granata, president of the Florida SunCoast Chapter of the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters during the group’s April 17 meeting in Tampa, Fla. Granata, who is director of …

Pa. Court Upholds $7.9M Bad Faith Award Against Medical Insurer

A Pennsylvania federal court has upheld a $7.9 million award against an insurer for its bad faith in failing to offer plaintiffs the full limits of the policy and for assigning one lawyer to represent two of its insureds in …

Crawford Integrated Services Appoints Three Account Reps

Three new national account representatives Michael Behan, William Schmidt and Mark have joined Crawford Integrated Services in Atlanta. Behan joined Crawford in 2003 as a workers’ compensation adjuster in Kenner, La. Prior to joining Crawford, Behan was the chief executive …

Liberty Mutual CEO Advocates Long-Term Terrorism Insurance Plan

Declaring the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) “an essential policyholder protection,” Edmund F. (Ted) Kelly, Liberty Mutual Group chairman, president and CEO, this week urged the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets to …

PIP Bill Moves on to Florida Senate Healthcare Committee

After revising a bill to extend the Florida no-fault auto insurance system to remove a proposed medical fee schedule, the Senate has passed it on to the Healthcare Committee for further consideration. Members of the Florida Independent Insurance Agents attending …

S&P Stresses Importance of ‘Financial Flexibility’ for Reinsurers

An article published in Standard & Poor’s Ratings Direct stresses that “financial flexibility continues to be an extremely important rating factor.” The publication, entitled “More Frequent Catastrophes Could Undermine Reinsurers’ Access To The Capital Markets,” notes that “financial flexibility is …