Latest Carriers Headlines
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McCarran repeal: Beware of negative unintended consequences
Mar 26 2007 // The McCarran-Ferguson Act enacted in 1945 provides for the continued regulation of insurance by the states and a narrow exemption from the general federal antitrust laws. The exemption is limited to activities that...
Top 10 myths of D&O liability insurance
Mar 26 2007 // Squelching frequent misconceptions of this valuable protection. In today’s soft directors and officers market, the importance of a long term approach can often be lost in the process of securing coverage. However,...
McCarran repeal: Beware of negative unintended consequences
Mar 26 2007 // The McCarran-Ferguson Act enacted in 1945 provides for the continued regulation of insurance by the states and a narrow exemption from the general federal antitrust laws. The exemption is limited to activities that...
Tank containers and the inland marine market
Mar 26 2007 // Specialty niche offers multi-modal transport and multi-insurance coverage concerns They’re more difficult to handle, but the cargo carriers are aware of the risks,” said Ben Armistead, chairman of Greenwich...
McCarran repeal: Beware of negative unintended consequences
Mar 26 2007 // The McCarran-Ferguson Act enacted in 1945 provides for the continued regulation of insurance by the states and a narrow exemption from the general federal antitrust laws. The exemption is limited to activities that...
Texas orders homeowners carriers to justify rates
Mar 26 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance said on Mar. 9, 2007, it will require homeowner insurance carriers to file and justify their current rates in the coming months. The department said 2006 loss ratios, recent changes in the...
La. lawmakers support overhaul of Citizens Insurance Company
Mar 26 2007 // Two Louisiana lawmakers said they support a plan to overhaul the state-backed insurance company by opening much of its business to bidding among private firms. Sen. James David Cain, chairman of the Senate Insurance...
Top 10 myths of D&O liability insurance
Mar 26 2007 // In today’s soft directors and officers market, the importance of a long term approach can often be lost in the process of securing coverage. However, history has proven in the past 15-plus years that the D&O...
La. Commissioner Wants $100M Fund to Entice Insurers to State
Mar 26 2007 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon wants to use $100 million in state money as financial incentives for insurers, hoping the lure will make companies more likely to write homeowners policies in coastal...
Cracker Barrel Restaurant Chain Sues Insurers Over Harassment Claims
Mar 26 2007 // Restaurant chain Cracker Barrel is suing two of its insurance carriers, claiming they did not reimburse the company after it settled sexual and racial harassment claims for $2 million. The lawsuit filed last week in U.S....
Okla. Commissioner: Faith-based benefit firm considered an insurer
Mar 26 2007 // TITLE: Okla. Commissioner: Faith-based benefit firm considered an insurer A Tulsa, Okla.-based Christian organization that pools member money to pay medical bills, but says it isn’t an insurance company, is still...
Top 10 ways for California surplus line brokers to avoid E&O exposures
Mar 26 2007 // Editor’s note: Although this article is geared toward California surplus line brokers, with small variations the same advice may be of help to surplus line and retail brokers in other states. Surplus line brokers...
New insurer caters PUREly to Florida’s wealthiest residents
Mar 26 2007 // Florida’s wealthy residents have a new personal lines insurer promising to save them money on premiums. The company will sell property/casualty insurance for high value homes, cars, jewelry, art, and personal excess...
McCarran repeal: Beware of negative unintended consequences
Mar 26 2007 // The McCarran-Ferguson Act enacted in 1945 provides for the continued regulation of insurance by the states and a narrow exemption from the general federal antitrust laws. The exemption is limited to activities that...
Top 10 ways for California surplus line brokers to avoid E&O exposures
Mar 26 2007 // Editor’s note: Although this article is geared toward California surplus line brokers, with small variations the same advice may be of help to surplus line and retail brokers in other states. Surplus line brokers...
Tank containers and the inland marine market
Mar 26 2007 // They’re more difficult to handle, but the cargo carriers are aware of the risks,” said Ben Armistead, chairman of Greenwich Transportation Underwriters (GTU) in Nashville, Tenn. “A lot of things can...
McCarran repeal: Beware of negative unintended consequences
Mar 26 2007 // The McCarran-Ferguson Act enacted in 1945 provides for the continued regulation of insurance by the states and a narrow exemption from the general federal antitrust laws. The exemption is limited to activities that...
INSURER NOT LIABLE IN CONN.’S AVAN MOUNTAIN CRASH
Mar 26 2007 // A federal judge has ruled that the insurance company for a Bloomfield trucking company involved in a fiery fatal crash on Avon mountain does not have to pay victims and families of those killed. The ruling involves...
McCarran repeal: Beware of negative unintended consequences
Mar 26 2007 // The McCarran-Ferguson Act enacted in 1945 provides for the continued regulation of insurance by the states and a narrow exemption from the general federal antitrust laws. The exemption is limited to activities that...
La. lawmakers support overhaul of Citizens Insurance Company
Mar 26 2007 // Two Louisiana lawmakers said they support a plan to overhaul the state-backed insurance company by opening much of its business to bidding among private firms. Sen. James David Cain, chairman of the Senate Insurance...
