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AASCIF President Met with Senator for Swift Passage of Terrorism Legislation
Jun 26 2002 // Kenneth Bollier, president of the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds (AASCIF), recently met with U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-New York) and the staffs of Senators Barbara Boxer (D- California)...
The Storms Will be Out There: Average Hurricane Season Predicted
Jun 24 2002 // Colorado State University hurricane forecasters, led by Dr. William Gray, recently lowered this year’s Atlantic basin hurricane forecast numbers, but that hasn’t prevented insurance commissioners from states...
SENATE TERRORISM BILL INTRODUCED:
Jun 24 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) says it is encouraged that the Senate is now beginning to focus on the terrorism insurance issue with the introduction of a bill (S 2600) by Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT), Harry Reid...
SENATE TERRORISM BILL INTRODUCED
Jun 24 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) says it is encouraged that the Senate is now beginning to focus on the terrorism insurance issue with the introduction of a bill (S 2600) by Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT), Harry Reid...
RMS
Jun 24 2002 // Risk Management Solutions has expanded its online services for real-time hurricane monitoring and information, coinciding with the start of the 2002 Atlantic Hurricane season on June 1. The expanded RMS monitoring services...
New England Council, PIA Laud Passage of Terrorism Insurance Bill
Jun 19 2002 // Both the New England Council and the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents expressed strong approval of the U.S. Senate’s action in passing legislation to provide back-up insurance for acts of...
Insured-Property Loss Estimate from Sept. 11
Jun 19 2002 // Insured-property losses from the Sept. 11 terrorism attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are now estimated at $20.3 billion, up from the $16.6 billion that Insurance Services Office, Inc.’s (ISO)...
IIABA Applauds Senate’s Approval of Terrorism Ins. Backstop
Jun 19 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) reacted to the Senate’s recent approval of the terrorism insurance backstop legislation in a statement released June 18. The final vote invoking...
Pair of Calif. Transportation Services Do Away with Earthquake Policies
Jun 18 2002 // Both Caltrain and the Valley Transportation Authority have decided that their respective earthquake insurance policies were getting a little too hefty for their wallets. Therefore, both have terminated policies in order to...
Colo. Wildfires Won’t Increase Homeowners Rates
Jun 18 2002 // Despite the severity of the Colorado wildfires that have blazed through the state in recent weeks, the good news is that insurance companies insist homeowners rates won’t rise due to the immense amount of claims...
Terrorism Debate Heats Up as Democrats Block Republican Effort
Jun 17 2002 // The battle over terrorism insurance heated up one notch June 13 as Senate Democrats blocked a Republican effort to limit lawsuit claims as part of a terrorism-insurance bill, putting forth a battle with the White House and...
New England Council Urges Passage of Terrorist Insurance Bill
Jun 14 2002 // The New England Council (NEC), urged the U.S. Senate to pass S.2600, legislation designed to implement a system of terrorist reinsurance coverage of losses from future attacks like those of Sept. 11. The legislation is...
EU Airlines Back Government Supported Terrorist Coverage Plan
Jun 14 2002 // As a crucial meeting of the European Union’s Transport Ministers approaches, the EU’s airlines have increasingly lined-up behind a plan which would establish a mutual insurance fund, backed by EU governments,...
Terrorism Bill Goes to Senate Floor; AAI Calls for Rapid Passage
Jun 14 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) called June 13 for passage of the terrorism insurance bill (S 2600) now under debate on the Senate floor. “Senate Democratic leaders obtained unanimous consent yesterday to...
Hawaii Insurance Division Accepts AIR’s 2002 Hurricane Model
Jun 14 2002 // The Hawaii Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs, Insurance Division, has accepted Air Worldwide Corporation’s (AIR’s) 2001 Hawaii hurricane model for use in rate filings in Hawaii. This is the first...
Dodd Introduces Terrorism Bill in Senate; AAI Calls for Rapid Senate Action on Issue
Jun 11 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) says it is encouraged that the Senate is now beginning to focus on the terrorism insurance issue with the introduction of a bill (S 2600) by Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT), Harry Reid...
Standard and Poor’s Has No Plans to Downgrade CMBS Deals for Terrorism Coverage
Jun 11 2002 // According to analysts, Standard & Poor’s does not intend to place existing commercial mortgage-backed securities transactions on CreditWatch or take any downgrade action because of terrorism insurance...
Long Island Faces Greater Hurricane Peril
Jun 10 2002 // As forecasters warn that the number of Atlantic hurricanes is likely to increase, and that the storms might become more violent, Long Island may be more exposed to storm related risks than other east coast areas. An...
AIA Sees Opportunities at NAIC Meeting June 8-11
Jun 10 2002 // Credit-based insurance scoring, speed to market, and market conduct are areas of opportunity at the upcoming meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for regulators to act on their commitment...
For Safeco: Opportunity is Where You Create It
Jun 10 2002 // Like most insurance companies, the soft market took its toll on Safeco. While the property and casualty side of the business continued to suffer losses that resembled the gross national product of some Latin American...
