Latest Casualty Headlines

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National Security Fire & Casualty Signs on with Trusted ChoiceSM

Sep 3 2002 // National Security Fire & Casualty, a regional insurance company with operations in 10 Southeastern states, has joined Trusted ChoiceSM—the consumer marketing brand established by the Independent Insurance Agents...

Insurity Renews Licensing Agreement With Georgia Casualty

Aug 29 2002 // Insurity(SM), a ChoicePoint® company, has renewed a licensing agreement with Georgia Casualty and Surety Company for policy administration products and services. Under the agreement, Insurity will convert Georgia...

AcroSoft’s Document Management Software Attracts New Customers

Aug 29 2002 // AcroSoft Corporation of Columbia, S.C. announced two property and casualty companie, Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company and Alliance Mutual Insurance Company, implemented AcroSoft’s document management software...

IIABA Calls on State Securities Regulators to Identify Fraud Perpetrators

Aug 28 2002 // A news release on investment fraud scams issued by a state securities regulator group grossly misidentifies the perpetrators as independent insurance agents, said Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...

Travelers Property Casualty Corp. Spin-Off Completed

Aug 22 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty Corp. announced that Citigroup has completed the spin-off of Travelers Property Casualty by distributing 219,050,000 shares of Travelers class A common stock and 450,050,000 shares of Travelers...

Fitch Report Estimates Billions in Continued Asbestos Costs

Aug 19 2002 // Fitch Ratings released a special report, “Asbestos: Impact on the U.S. Insurance Industry,” describing how future claims will affect property and casualty insurers. The report includes estimates of...

Hartford Fire Outlook Neg

Aug 19 2002 // Standard & Poor’s said the outlook for Hartford Fire Insurance Co. and related property/casualty entities remains negative despite the trend toward improved earnings throughout the remainder of 2002. The...

Travelers Property Casualty Chairman Responds to Inclusion in S&P’s Index

Aug 16 2002 // Travelers Property & Casualty will have its class B shares included in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Travelers Property Casualty Chairman and CEO Robert Lipp, noted “I am very pleased that the hard...

XML Provides the Missing Link for SEMCI

Aug 13 2002 // Agents have faced the problem ever since insurance companies first introduced applications. Each company had its own form, so the agent who wanted to submit the same account to several underwriters had to write the same...

Magsam Joins Vanguard Fire & Casualty

Aug 9 2002 // Florida-based Vanguard Fire & Casualty Company appointed Richard Magsam to the position of controller. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations and financial reporting of the company’s accounting...

Partner Re Reports Record Operating Results

Aug 6 2002 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. reported record operating results for the second quarter 2002, and reaffirmed its prior earnings guidance for the full year. PartnerRe President & CEO, Patrick Thiele, commented,...

Lewis Promoted to President & CEO of CNA Property & Casualty

Aug 2 2002 // CNA Financial Corporation announced that, effective Aug. 26, James Lewis will become the new president and CEO of CNAProperty & Casualty Operations, CNA’s largest operating business. In his new position, Lewis...

Ohio Casualty Reports Drop in Net Income for 2ndQ

Aug 2 2002 // Ohio Casualty Corporation, based in Fairfield, Ohio, announced net income of $13.1 million, or $0.21 per share, for the second quarter ended June 30. In the same quarter of 2001, the Corporation reported net income of...

S&P’s Says Hartford Fire Outlook Remains Negative

Jul 31 2002 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, commenting on Hartford Fire Insurance Co.’s (Hartford Fire) second-quarter earnings, said that the outlook for the company and related property/casualty entities remains...

Bridgefield Casualty Unveils Commercial Package Policy

Jul 30 2002 // Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Summit Holding Southeast, Inc., is now offering a Commercial Package Policy (CPP) to employers in Mississippi and Alabama. The Commercial Package Policy (CPP) offers...

Balboa Life & Casualty Wins Contract with WFS Financial

Jul 29 2002 // Balboa Life & Casualty, a member of the Countrywide family of diversified financial services, announced a large-scale, insurance agreement with WFS Financial Inc. The deal will result in the addition of approximately...

S&P’s Lowers Eastern Casualty Co. Ratings to ‘Bbpi’

Jul 22 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Eastern Casualty Insurance Co. to double-‘Bpi’ from triple-‘Bpi’ citing a decline in capitalization...

Vanguard Fire & Casualty Company – Sidney Bright

Jul 10 2002 // Vanguard Fire & Casualty Company, of Winter Park, Fla., has promoted Sidney Bright to the position of chief underwriting officer. His responsibilities include managing the insurance company’s underwriters and...

Mo. Director Names Receiver for Transit Casualty

Jul 10 2002 // Missouri Department of Insurance Director Scott B. Lakin named Albert A. Riederer of Kansas City as the new special deputy receiver for the Transit Casualty Co. receivership. Transit Casualty—once the world’s...

Farm Bureau Mutual to Merge with Kan., Neb. Farm Bureau Affiliated P&C Insurers

Jul 9 2002 // Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Farm Bureau property-casualty affiliates in Kansas (Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Inc.) and Nebraska (Farm Bureau Insurance Company of Nebraska) will merge...