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Double Trouble: Oil and Hurricanes in the Gulf Coast
Jun 21 2010 // AIR Worldwide Reviews Implications of the Gulf Oil Spill for Hurricane Season The current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico followed soon after a large explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform, 50 miles off...
Claims Gulf
Jun 21 2010 // Florida politicians let BP know in plain language that they have not been pleased with how the oil giant has been handling claims from the big and small businesses and families hurt by the Gulf oil gusher it created. It so...
Double Trouble: Oil and Hurricanes in the Gulf Coast
Jun 21 2010 // AIR Worldwide Reviews Implications of the Gulf Oil Spill for Hurricane Season The current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico followed soon after a large explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform, 50 miles off...
Storm Management
Jun 21 2010 // The Atlantic hurricane season forecasts are in and they aren’t pretty. All the major forecasters have predicted the season will be much more active than last season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Specialized Independence
Jun 21 2010 // Top 100 Agency Profile Agency Name: The Horton Group Inc. Headquarters: Orland Park, Ill. Year Founded: 1971 Locations: 15 2009 Total P/C Premiums: $258.3 million Commercial Lines: $221.4 million Personal Lines: $36.8...
Lloyd’s Team to Assess Chile Earthquake
Jun 18 2010 // Lloyd’s has confirmed that a team has been sent to Chile to “help the market better understand the impact of February’s earthquake and assist in ensuring the speedy payment of valid claims.” The...
Squatters Taking Over Abandoned Homes in Florida
Jun 18 2010 // Imagine going to a house or condo you own and finding a stranger living there who claims the property no longer belongs to you. It’s happening across Florida and other parts of the country through what authorities...
How New Independent BP Claims Process Should Work
Jun 17 2010 // The White House offered an explanation Wednesday of how its new independent claims process would work for those harmed by the BP oil spill, including details of a $20 billion escrow account funded by the British oil...
Florida Hopes to Settle BP Claims Outside of Courts
Jun 16 2010 // BP Plc has done a poor job settling oil spill claims quickly and efficiently but pursuing the claims in court might be worse, Florida officials said Tuesday. Governor Charlie Crist and Attorney General Bill McCollum have...
Obama Demands BP Set Up Independent Account for Oil Claims
Jun 16 2010 // President Barack Obama, seeking to demonstrate strong leadership on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, will demand today that BP set aside billions of dollars to pay damages from the catastrophe. A day after he vowed to fight...
California Seeks Workers’ Comp Claims E-Filers
Jun 16 2010 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is seeking more participants for its e-forms trial, which allows filers to electronically submit forms and documents directly into its Electronic...
BP Agrees to $20 Billion Claims Fund; Amount Not a Liability Cap
Jun 16 2010 // BP Plc Wednesday agreed to a demand by U.S. President Barack Obama to pay $20 billion into a special fund to handle claims from its huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill and said it was suspending payment of dividends this...
Obama Seeks BP Escrow Account to Cover Oil Claims
Jun 14 2010 // President Barack Obama will press BP executives this week to set up an escrow account to pay damage claims by individuals and businesses hurt by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. The move comes as Obama, who will...
BP Oil Spill Claims Hit $1.6 Billion
Jun 14 2010 // BP said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had already cost it $1.6 billion and that it would begin operating an additional mechanism to capture more crude from the leaking well in the coming days. London-based BP said in...
Possibility of BP Bankruptcy Due to Oil Claims Seen Remote For Now
Jun 11 2010 // The chances of BP declaring bankruptcy to deal with oil-spill claims are remote for now, bankruptcy professionals said, although that option would be open to the company if liabilities became overwhelming — and that...
Mississippi, Florida AGs Putting Pressure on BP
Jun 11 2010 // Attorneys general in Florida and Mississippi are upping the political pressure on BP over the oil gusher that is threatening their states and the entire Gulf Coast. Florida Attorney General McCollum sent a letter to BP...
Data Shows Med Mal Indemnity Payments in Connecticut Fell
Jun 10 2010 // Fewer than half of the medical malpractice claims settled by Connecticut insurers over the last four years resulted in payments to patients, and the average size of those payments fell last year, according a new report by...
Let Michigan Insurance Consumers Tailor Auto Coverage
Jun 10 2010 // Imagine you live in a town where anyone who dines out is required to buy a $200 bottle of champagne with their meal. That sounds crazy, but it is essentially what is happening to insurers in Michigan, where they are...
Florida Politicians Demand More, Faster Claims Monies from BP
Jun 10 2010 // BP brought another $25 million to Florida on Tuesday, but instead of a thank you they got a lot more criticism. Between barrages, Gov. Charlie Crist and three independently elected Cabinet members asked for more money and...
Georgia to Allow Failed Insurers’ Clients to Buy Into Insolvency Pool
Jun 9 2010 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has signed into law a bill allowing employers whose previous workers compensation carrier goes out of business to pay into the insolvency pool to cover injured workers’ claims. The law has...
