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Hartford Accepts Exposure Schedules in XML Transaction Based on ACORD XML Large Commercial Standards
Oct 4 2002 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has eliminated the need to rekey large amounts of property, auto and workers’ compensation data as part of the application and rating process for middle market business. The...
EBRI Study Explores Employers’ Views on Health Insurance
Oct 3 2002 // America’s 6 million employers largely determine the number of insured – and uninsured – Americans, and new research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) examines how and why employers make...
Travelers Unveils Electronic Claim Notification for Personal, Small Business Agencies
Oct 1 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty is now providing its independent agents with online, real-time information on the opening and closing of small business and personal claims. Electronic Claim Notification, or ECN, allows agents...
S&P’s Moves Employers Re ‘AA+’ Ratings to WatchNeg
Oct 1 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has placed its double-‘A’-plus counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Employers Reinsurance Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively referred to as ERC)...
Employers, Insurers Slow To Report Claims Says Missouri Audit Report
Sep 30 2002 // A report from Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill has found that a “vast majority of injuries” are reported late or not at all. The audit evaluated the management of the state’s workers’...
Colo. Division Publishes 2002 Workers’ Comp, Employers Liability Guide
Sep 27 2002 // The Colorado Division of Insurance has published the 2002 Workers’ Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance guide, a survey of workers’ compensation and employers liability insurance loss cost multipliers...
First Commercial Converts From Mutual to Stock Company
Sep 25 2002 // First Commercial Mutual Company (FCMC), a workers’ compensation insurer based in Miami Lakes, Fla., converted from an assessable mutual insurer to a stock insurer and changed its name to First Commercial Insurance...
Insurity Licenses Commercial Intellisys(R) to Venture Programs
Sep 16 2002 // Insurity, a ChoicePoint® has signed a licensing agreement with Venture Programs Inc. for its Commercial Intellisys system. Venture Programs will use Commercial Intellisys for Windows® to rate and process policies for...
Small Businesses Offered Fourth Safety Workshop
Sep 13 2002 // A fourth safety workshop conducted by the insurance industry and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will be offered to small business owners in Erie, Pa. Wednesday, Sept. 25. The session,...
AAIS Web Seminar with Revisions to Commercial Output Program Sept. 25
Sep 9 2002 // The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) will hold the second of its Web-based seminars with a Sept. 25 presentation on a new revision of its Commercial Output Program (COP). The 40-minute presentation,...
Royal & SunAlliance USA Names Ward Executive VP for Commercial Segments
Sep 9 2002 // Steve Ward has been named Executive Vice-President, Commercial Division of Royal & SunAlliance USA responsible for Commercial Segments. He was formerly Senior Vice President for the Manufacturing Business...
Commercial Package Policy
Aug 19 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company of Baton Rouge, La., is offering a Commercial Package Policy (CPP) to employers in Mississippi and Alabama. Bridgefield Casualty is a subsidiary of Summit Holdings...
Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Expected to Decrease for Some Colo. Employers
Aug 12 2002 // Workers’ compensation costs for some Colorado employers may decrease on average about 10.2 percent later this year. Insurance Commissioner William J. Kirven III announced that the National Council on Compensation...
Willis Commercial Network Chooses The Hartford’s BMG to Aid in U.S. Expansion
Aug 2 2002 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced its Business Management Group (BMG) will provide agency management expertise to Willis Commercial Network as the latter prepares to expand its U.K. operation throughout the...
Insurity Licenses Commercial Intellisys to W.J. Cox Associates
Jul 31 2002 // Insurity, a ChoicePoint® company, has signed a licensing agreement with W.J. Cox Associates Inc. for its Commercial Intellisys policy processing system. Provided through Insurity’s outsourcing services division,...
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...
The Hartford Introduces Online Center for Small Businesses
Jul 25 2002 // The Hartford Financial Services Group unveiled its new Web site sb.thehartford.com to help entrepreneurs educate themselves about insurance before they buy. The content-rich, interactive Small Business Insurance Center...
Travelers Aids Commercial Agents in Going Paperless
Jul 17 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty has launched a new electronic policy view capability to help its independent agents go paperless. The capability allows agents to access, view, print and save commercial insurance policies in...
ISO Integrater Expanded to Include Commercial-Auto Rating Information
Jul 17 2002 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has expanded ISO IntegRater™ to deliver commercial-auto advisory loss costs and rating factors so insurers can directly incorporate the information into their rating and...
Employers of Nev. Acquires Fremont Comp
Jul 4 2002 // Employers Insurance Company of Nevada (EICN) has acquired California-based Fremont Compensation Insurance Group’s book of business, effective July 1. Fremont Comp is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fremont General...
