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Kemper Auto and Home Certifies IBQ Systems for Real-time XML Rating
Apr 8 2003 // Kemper Auto and Home (KAH) announced the certification of IBQ Systems for real-time XML rating of its products. KAH agents can now get quotes and apply for policies through IBQ’s SEMCI interface. The certification...
INSURANCE BUREAU OF CANADA SAYS INDUSTRY REACHED A ‘NEW LOW’ IN 2002
Apr 7 2003 // Borrowing a phrase from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth the Insurance Bureau of Canada labeled the year 2002 an “Anni horribiles” as it reported that the financial results for the country’s P/C insurers...
Long Negotiates Auto Rate Settlement in N.C.
Apr 4 2003 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced a settlement in the 2003 auto insurance rate case that could save consumers nearly $500 million in premiums from current rates. The agreement, reached between the...
Nationwide Mutual Purchases Non-Standard Auto Business From Prudential
Mar 31 2003 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has agreed to purchase THI Holdings Inc. — the domestic, non-standard auto business of Prudential Financial Inc. that is marketed under the Titan Insurance Co. and Victoria Insurance Group...
NYSID Announces Arrest of Camillus Man for Fraudulent Auto Theft Claim
Mar 24 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that an investigation into a suspected fraudulent motor vehicle theft insurance claim has resulted in the arrest of Steven P. Oslica, of Camillus, New...
Does the economy drive sub-standard automobile insurance in California’
Mar 24 2003 // Have we finally arrived at the point where the economy is a critical factor in personal automobile insurance? Not quite but it is my opinion that we are closing in. Although insurance company annual statements do not...
Is the Economy Driving the Sub-Standard Auto Market in Texas’
Mar 24 2003 // Have we finally arrived at the point where the economy is a critical factor in personal automobile insurance? Not quite, but it is my opinion that we are closing in. Although insurance company annual statements do not...
AUTO INSURANCE, WORKERS’ COMP EMERGE
Mar 24 2003 // New state laws concerning workers’ compensation and automobile insurance make up the majority of the property/casualty-related insurance laws enacted by state legislatures last year, according to an analysis of...
Coalition, Alliance Hail Senate Passage of NJ Auto Reform Bill, Now Look to Assembly for Action
Mar 21 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers and the Coalition for Auto Insurance Competition both hailed the passage by the full New Jersey Senate, by a vote of 30-4-7, of legislation aimed at reforming what the Alliance called...
AIA Commends NJ Senate on Passage of Auto Insurance Reform Bill
Mar 20 2003 // The American Insurance Association commended the New Jersey Senate Commerce Committee “for its leadership and bipartisan action in passing historic legislation (Senate Committee Substitute/Senate 63) aimed at...
N.J. Senate Commerce Committee Unanimously Passes Auto Reform Bill
Mar 19 2003 // All that lobbying and demonstrating has apparently begun to pay off for New Jersey’s insurance community (See IJ Website Mar.18), as the state’s Senate Commerce Committee unanimously passed an amended version...
Big Day for NJ Auto Reform Supporters
Mar 18 2003 // St. Patrick’s Day in Trenton NJ took on a decidedly political character as supporters of proposals to change the state’s restrictive automobile insurance regulations gathered at the state capital both inside...
NAII Says Calif. Law Treats Service Contracts, Express Warranties Separately
Mar 17 2003 // DaimlerChrysler Corporation and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) are urging the California Supreme Court to keep separate the treatment of vehicle service contracts and automobile express warranties...
Ohio February Winter Storm Losses Less Than Expected
Mar 17 2003 // Preliminary estimates from February’s snow and ice storms that hammered 16 states from the Mid-Atlantic to New England caused less than $20 million in insured losses in Ohio, according to the Ohio Insurance Institute...
PIACT Urges CT General Assembly to Oppose Reduced Benefit Auto Insurance Program
Mar 17 2003 // Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut President James Pascarella, urged the Insurance & Real Estate Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly to oppose Raised Senate Bill No. 1084 during a public hearing on...
PIANJ Issues Open Letter Urging St. Patrick’s Day Demonstrations for Auto Reform
Mar 13 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. has joined with the Coalition for Auto Insurance Competition to urge its members to attend a rally in Trenton next Monday, March 17, and to let legislators know their...
NAII Leads Effort for ‘Best Practices’ List on Personal Lines Auto
Mar 12 2003 // With some regulators reportedly intent on removing personal lines regulatory modernization from their agenda, the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) offered to lead an industry effort to review personal...
Insurance Bureau of Canada Says Industry Reached a “New Low” in 2002
Mar 12 2003 // Borrowing a phrase from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth the Insurance Bureau of Canada labeled the year 2002 an “Anni horribiles” as it reported that the financial results for the country’s P/C insurers...
NYSID Announces Top 10 ‘Rotten Apples’ for 2002
Mar 12 2003 // Gregory V. Serio, the Superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department, has announced the “Top 10 list of worst cases of insurance fraud in New York State during 2002.” The “winners” were...
Motorcycle, ATV
Mar 12 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: American Reliable Insurance Company is launching a competitive market for both standard and non-standard motorcycle risks. The program will be marketed through select General Agencies, and Independent...
