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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...
AAI Welcomes Renewed Focus on Countersignature Laws
Jun 13 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers, a longtime advocate of repeal of anticompetitive countersignature laws, says it backs the lawsuits filed June 11 against Florida and Nevada by the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers...
Fla. Releases 2001-2002 Top 10 Fraud List
Jun 13 2002 // The Florida Department of Insurance has released its 2001-2002 top 10 fraud list to kick off the Florida Insurance Fraud Prevention Week. Regulators and investigators spent much of the past year rooting out unauthorized...
Calls Being Made for Safe Driving Practices
Apr 29 2002 // The fundamental question is, does irresponsible use of cell phones while driving cause more accidents? Nicole Mahrt, American Insurance Association director of public affairs (western region), says that her association...
Insurance Fraud: A Perpetual Bane for Industry, Consumers
Mar 25 2002 // Since the insurance industry’s inception, fraud has proved a perpetual problem, an inherent risk that will likely never be totally eliminated. Carriers have long warned that fraud ultimately causes them to raise...
Insurance Fraud: A Perpetual Bane for Industry, Consumers
Mar 25 2002 // Since the insurance industry’s inception, fraud has proved a perpetual problem, an inherent risk that will likely never be totally eliminated. Carriers have long warned that fraud ultimately causes them to raise...
Nationwide Settles Trademark Infringement Suit
Dec 28 2001 // Ohio-based Nationwide announced it has settled its federal trademark infringement suit against two Florida insurance companies, Nationwide Insurance Group Inc. and The Nationwide Companies. The suit, filed with the Federal...
Top 10 Stories of 2001
Dec 17 2001 // Recollections and Renewal: Looking Back at 2001 with an Eye to the Future This is the year that was. It is one that many people will be glad to see come to an end because the new year always brings hope—for a rebirth,...
Illinois Court Issues Order of Liquidation against Delta Casualty Company
Dec 7 2001 // Illinois Insurance Director Nat Shapo announced that the Cook County Circuit Court issued an Order of Liquidation with a finding of insolvency against Delta Casualty Company on Dec. 4, following a determination by the...
IIAA Announces 2002 National Executive Committee
Nov 2 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) confirmed Thomas B. Ahart, as president; installed W. Cloyce Anders and Louise “Bebe” Canter to key executive leadership positions and added Alex Soto, ARM,...
NATIONWIDE INFRINGED UPON’
Sep 30 2001 // To protect its name and trademark, Nationwide, an international insurance and financial services leader, filed a federal trademark infringement suit against Florida-based Nationwide Insurance Group Inc. and The Nationwide...
Courts Continue to Reject Diminished Value Concept in Class Actions
Sep 5 2001 // In spite of an ongoing influx of litigation, U.S. courts continue to reject class-action lawsuits involving diminished value, a concept referring to the difference between the value of a vehicle before and after it was...
NATIONWIDE INFRINGED UPON’
Sep 3 2001 // To protect its name and trademark, Nationwide, an international insurance and financial services leader, filed a federal trademark infringement suit against Florida-based Nationwide Insurance Group Inc. and The Nationwide...
Nationwide Files Federal Suit to Stop Trademark Infringement
Aug 22 2001 // To protect its name and trademark, Nationwide, an international insurance and financial services leader, filed a federal trademark infringement suit against Florida-based Nationwide Insurance Group Inc. and The Nationwide...
Two More Named Storms Forecast for August
Aug 20 2001 // As the Atlantic hurricane season’s second named storm has faded into memory, hurricane forecaster William Gray predicts two more named storms in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico during the month of August. One...
Study Says Eight Insurers Command 65 Percent Market Share in Hurricane-Prone States
Jul 23 2001 // A recent study by Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based Weiss Ratings Inc. indicated that just eight large property and casualty insurers provide homeowners coverage to residents in hurricane-prone states. Weiss Ratings, a...
State Bills Highlight Concern About Insurance Fraud, Anti-Fraud Group Says
Jun 18 2001 // Anti-fraud reforms recently passed in Tennessee, Florida and Nevada are a signal that insurance fraud is becoming a top-tier crime around the country, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, a national...
Allstate’s Good Hands Put Death Grip on Fraud Perpetrators
May 21 2001 // “You’re in good hands.” Those words have a profoundly different context if you happen to be part of a group of individuals who submit “creative” claims to Allstate. In that case, those good...
Hurricane Team Revises Outlook Upward; Predicts Average Season
Apr 9 2001 // As of early April, the Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team led by William Gray has upped the numbers for 2001 just slightly, suggesting a normal season. For the June 1-Nov. 30, 2001 season, the scientists...
ROC Study: Texas Workers’ Comp Claim Costs Topping the Charts
Mar 5 2001 // Texas has the highest average medical costs per workers’ compensation claim of nine states according to a survey recently released by the Texas Research and Oversight Council on Workers’ Compensation. The...
