Latest Carriers Headlines
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Tennessee High Court Blocks Hospital Lien on Insurer’s Benefit Payment
Nov 1 2010 // Hospitals are not entitled to place liens on insurance benefits paid by insurers to third party service providers, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled. The case involved a man, Kevin L. Holt, who was injured in a car...
Where Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner Candidates Stand
Nov 1 2010 // Hudgens, Squires and Bruce on Credit Scoring, Tort Reform, Role of Independent Agents and State Regulation Georgia voters going to the polls on Nov. 2 will have a real choice when it comes to electing the state’s...
Why Should Private Companies Buy D&O Insurance?
Nov 1 2010 // Broad Coverage Is Available at a Relatively Low Cost Most public companies don’t need to be persuaded that their company needs directors and officers insurance. However, the view among some private company managers...
Calif. Iranian Investment Regs Ruled Improper
Nov 1 2010 // The California Office of Administrative Law has ruled that state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner’s Iranian investment regulations were improper. Earlier this year, the California Department of Insurance...
Calif. State Fund: Getting Better Day by Day
Nov 1 2010 // Agents, Brokers Will Have Even Bigger Part in State Fund’s Distribution Strategy In the ever controversial topic of workers’ compensation insurance in California, State Compensation Insurance Fund President and...
10 Ways to Make Insurance Agencies More Successful… Now
Nov 1 2010 // Insurance Agency Marketing Requires Careful Planning and Constant Implementation A revolution is underway that is having dramatic effects on insurance agencies, and the entire world. In the simplest terms, no one wants to...
Why Should Private Companies Buy D&O Insurance?
Nov 1 2010 // Broad Coverage Is Available at a Relatively Low Cost Most public companies don’t need to be persuaded that their company needs directors and officers insurance. However, the view among some private company managers...
Fireman’s Fund Ready to Rally
Nov 1 2010 // Company Progressing on Mass Market Strategy Fireman’s Fund’s financials, like other insurance carriers’, got bruised a little in the first half of 2010, following some heavy catastrophe losses. But...
The ‘Secrets of the Ancients’
Nov 1 2010 // How Insurance Companies Can Live to Be 100 and Beyond Companies that seek longevity in the insurance industry should not focus solely on increasing profits. That’s the assessment of Robert P. Hartwig, president and...
Strength and Power
Nov 1 2010 // San Francisco’s ISU Group Brings Together Creative Minds to Adapt, Survive and Succeed in Today’s Market In this age of Great Global Recession, collapsing corporations and profligate governments alike have...
E&O Insights: Professional Liability
Nov 1 2010 // Nothing Standard About This Line of Business Typically, when looking to move an account from one carrier to another, you can count on some degree of similarity in policy forms. For the most part, a general liability policy...
Some Nevada Insurers Failed to File Motor Vehicle Reports
Oct 29 2010 // The Nevada state Department of Motor Vehicles is notifying some motorists to check their registration status, after some insurers failed to submit required records in February. DMV spokesman Tom Jacobs downplayed the...
Insurers Boost Calif. Economy By $30.1 Billion
Oct 28 2010 // California has a $1.85 trillion economy that ranks it as a global financial power, thanks in part to a multi-billion dollar boost from the property/casualty insurance industry, according to a new report. In 2007, insurers...
Crump Names Kagan as Carrier Relations Head
Oct 28 2010 // New Jersey-based insurance wholesaler Crump has hired Adam Kagan as chief market relations officer. Kagan will work with Crump’s wholesale and specialty programs units to assist in developing and expanding carrier...
New IFRS Standards, Solvency II Pose a ‘Double Hurdle’ Says Willis Re
Oct 27 2010 // Two reports from Willis Re analyze the impact the insurance industry faces from the “double hurdles” of Solvency II and the new International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) due in 2013.” They explore...
Amica CEO DiMuccio Elected Chair Of Insurer Group PCI
Oct 27 2010 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) elected new officers to its Board of Governors during its annual meeting examining in Colorado Springs. Robert A. DiMuccio, chairman, president and chief...
Business, Labor Battle Over Wash. Workers’ Comp Initiative
Oct 27 2010 // A seemingly dry topic that actually generates some of the most heated political battles in Washington state is on the ballot for voters this year: workers’ compensation insurance. Washington is one of four states...
Nationwide Tops List of Least-Complained About Insurers in New York
Oct 26 2010 // Insurer Nationwide is the least-complained about personal auto insurer in New York’s $10 billion auto insurance market, according to newly released ranking of 167 companies by the state’s Insurance...
Analysts Watching How Insurers Handle Low Interest Rates, Pricing
Oct 26 2010 // Insurers are under growing pressure from two fronts, each of which promises to be a key focus in earnings reports the next two weeks — depressed interest rates that could dampen investment income in coming years and...
Bermuda Insurers Collaborate on Healthcare Offerings
Oct 26 2010 // The Bermuda insurance market has launched two new products for the healthcare market: the Bermuda Market Follow Form Healthcare Insurance Policy and the Bermuda Market Reinsurance Agreement. Select Insurance brokers and...
