Latest Carriers Headlines
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Controversy Brews Between Insurers and Construction Contractors in Wis.
Mar 7 2006 // A controversial settlement between Milwaukee’s Miller Park stadium district and a construction contractor has left excessive and unjustified legal bills, according to insurance companies left on the hook for those...
Insurers’ Photography Tells Story of ’06 San Francisco Quake
Mar 7 2006 // Finding old photographs to mark the centennial of California’s 1906 “Great Quake” and fire was the easy part of Corey Keller’s job as an assistant curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern...
TWIA to present Texas Legislature with a two-fold agenda
Mar 6 2006 // Unlike insurers of last resort in states like Louisiana and Florida, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association does not enjoy federal tax-exempt status. TWIA’s Board of Directors and its Executive Director Jim Oliver...
Insurers express relief as Louisiana special session adjourns
Mar 6 2006 // Insurance groups breathed a sigh of relief as the special session of the Louisiana Legislature ended Feb. 17 after resolving controversial provisions in two bills dealing with insurance issues. The session began Feb....
Insurance customers would benefit from updated regulation
Mar 6 2006 // Inarguably, the current state-based insurance regulatory system is a dysfunctional relic that has stifled property/casualty product creativity for years. This patchwork regulatory system is filled with wasteful...
S.C. controversy rages over workers’ comp overhaul
Mar 6 2006 // There isn’t any question about overhauling South Carolina’s workers’ compensation system, but there is a lot of disagreement about how to accomplish this feat. Workers’ compensation reform is on the...
Insurance Customers Would Benefit From Updated Insurance
Mar 6 2006 // Inarguably, the current state-based insurance regulatory system is a dysfunctional relic that has stifled property/casualty product creativity for years. This patchwork regulatory system is filled with wasteful...
NAMIC, Indiana Trade Praise Passage of Farm Mutual Tax Reform Bill
Mar 6 2006 // A farm mutual tax bill introduced by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Mutual Insurance Companies Association of Indiana recently passed the Indiana General Assembly. According to a written...
Insurers discuss top issues with Fla. legislators
Mar 6 2006 // In preparation for March sessions of the Florida Legislature, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America hosted its first annual Legislative Conference, which brought insurance industry executives to...
Windstorm panelists: Carriers hesitant to write policies in Florida
Mar 6 2006 // A panel of eight insurance experts agreed unanimously that carriers are closely scrutinizing Florida and are hesitant to renew homeowners policies. Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane Insurance Information Center,...
Alabama Big ‘I’ supports five bills, rejects two
Mar 6 2006 // Alabama HB627 defining insurance fraud and making it easier for the Insurance Commission to join with neighboring states to crack down on fraud has gained the support of the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents. During...
PCI urging Colo. lawmakers to reject insurance data reporting bill
Mar 6 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) testified before the Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee that legislation HB 1330, which would impose extensive new data reporting requirement on...
New Mexico legislators adjourn with few insurance bills
Mar 6 2006 // New Mexico’s 30-day legislative session, which ended recently, was predominantly focused on budget-related legislation. But a few insurance related bills were introduced, said the National Association of Mutual...
Updating regulatory system would remove hurdles, benefit customers
Mar 6 2006 // The current state-based insurance regulatory system is a dysfunctional relic that has stifled property/casualty product creativity for years. This patchwork regulatory system is filled with wasteful inefficiency that is...
Agents push for a technological sea change
Mar 6 2006 // Tides continue to turn on the automation frontier and agents and brokers riding the waves may be pushing a sea change in the way they communicate with insurance carriers, according to the results of a recent survey of...
Commissioners Face Long List of Topics in Orlando
Mar 3 2006 // Reference to the National Catastrophe Insurance Plan is prominently absent from the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s agenda as NAIC kicks off its March 4-7 Spring National Meetings in Orlando,...
PCI Testifies in Support of Flex Rating for Conn. Consumers
Mar 3 2006 // Connecticut consumers will benefit from increased competition, which puts downward pressure on insurance premiums, if the Legislature moves the state’s insurance regulatory system from prior approval to “flex...
N.D. Survey Says Insurers Slow to Pay for Medicare Prescriptions
Mar 3 2006 // North Dakota pharmacists say they have been forced to borrow money because insurers are slow to pay the bills under a new Medicare prescription drug program. Nearly one in five pharmacists was forced to borrow money and...
TDI Clarifies Rules on Voluntary, Informal Work Comp Networks
Mar 2 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance reported that it has received a number of inquiries from interested parties and legislative offices related to the continued existence of informal or voluntary workers’ compensation...
DENSO Corporation Forming Captive Insurer in Hawaii
Mar 2 2006 // DENSO Corporation said it will establish a wholly owned captive insurance company — DENSO Reinsurance America Inc. — for its group companies in March. The initial capital investment for the company will be US$3...
