Latest Indiana Headlines
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IDAHO OFFERS ONLINE IN-STATE PRODUCER LICENSE RENEWAL SERVICE:
Jan 26 2004 // After nearly two years since it began offering online license renewals to out of state insurance producers, the Idaho Department of Insurance is now extending the same convenience to in-state producers. Those who use the...
CALIF. SEES REDUCTIONS IN WC RATE FILINGS
Jan 12 2004 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced that workers’ compensation pure premium rates filed by insurers to date are below current rates by an average 3.6 percent, a “clear sign” that the historic...
Midwest Comp Market: Proceed With Caution
Jan 12 2004 // The workers’ compensation segment in Midwestern states is not immune to the broad trends in the line nationally — including poor combined ratios, escalating medical costs and severe underreserving — but no...
MUNICH RE U.N. REPORT ESTIMATES WEATHER COST $60 BILLION IN 2003:
Jan 12 2004 // Delegates attending a recent meeting of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in Milan heard a report, prepared by Munich Re, estimating the cost of natural disasters, most of which were weather-related, was more...
THE SEIBELS BRUCE GROUP RECEIVES APPROVAL TO RESUME WRITING NEW COMMERCIAL LINES BUSINESS IN TENN:
Jan 12 2004 // The Seibels Bruce Group Inc. has received approval from the Tennessee Department of Insurance allowing subsidiary Catawba Insurance Company (CIC) to resume writing new risk-bearing commercial lines business in Tennessee....
ALA. WAREHOUSE DEEMED TOTAL LOSS IN FIRE:
Jan 12 2004 // An early morning fire recently in Oxford, Ala., resulted in injuries to five people — three firefighters and two employees of Southern Tool Inc. Oxford Fire Department responded to the fire that began between 3:30 and...
FLA. OUTPACES NATION IN FRAUD CONVICTIONS:
Jan 12 2004 // Florida once again leads the nation in the number of insurance fraud convictions and cases presented for prosecution, according to a study released recently by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, a national alliance of...
TENN. SENATORS NOTE $6 MILLION IN FEDERAL DISASTER AID FOR JACKSON:
Jan 12 2004 // U.S. Sens. Bill Frist and Lamar Alexander, both Tennessee Republicans, recently announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved two grants totaling more than $6 million to pay for electric utility...
SIAA Adds Ind. Master Agency
Dec 17 2003 // Agency network SIAA Inc. announced that Insurance Management of Marion, Ind., has established Northern Indiana Agents Alliance as an SIAA master agency. Their territory will cover several counties in Northwest...
Ind. Big I Elects New President
Dec 11 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana elected Lawrence D. Myers as its new president at the group’s convention in November. As a member of the IIAI executive committee, Meyers will represent the interests of...
CALIF. WORKPLACE FATALITIES DECLINE BY 8 PERCENT IN 2002:
Dec 1 2003 // The number of workplace fatalities in California declined by 8 percent in 2002 according to the Department of Industrial Relation’s (DIR) Division of Labor Statistics and Research. The number of workers who died on...
DOUBLE-DIPPING IN DALLAS:
Dec 1 2003 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Ruben Perez of Dallas pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges and received a two-year deferred adjudication sentence. The court ordered him pay...
Indiana Big I Elects Mark Bates Immediate Past President
Nov 26 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana (IIAI) elected its officers to serve the association in the year 2004 at the IIAI Annual Convention, Nov. 16-18, 2003. Mark A. Bates will continue to serve as part of the IIAI...
HELLHOLES IN LA., TEXAS:
Nov 17 2003 // The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) released a report, “Bringing Justice to Judicial Hellholes 2003,” identifying 13 jurisdictions where it believes the law is consistently applied unfairly. Three of...
NO DIMINISHED VALUE IN TEXAS:
Nov 3 2003 // The Texas Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling and found that insurance contracts do not require an insurer to pay a policyholder for the vehicle’s so-called diminished value. According to the National...
MED-MAL HEARING IN OKLAHOMA:
Nov 3 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher will conduct a hearing Nov. 18 on a proposed increase in medical malpractice insurance rates filed by Physicians Liability Insurance Co. Under a recently enacted state law,...
Ind. Young Agents Again Dominate IIABA Awards
Oct 14 2003 // For the fourth consecutive year, the Indiana Young Agents Committee (YAC) enjoyed a tremendous amount of success in the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) annual Young Agents Committee national...
N.C. Ind. Agents Team Up with Local Fire Departments, Schools to Promote Fire Safety
Oct 6 2003 // Young children are reportedly twice as likely to die in fires as are older children and adults. Statistics show that for young children, fires and burns are the leading cause of unintentional injury. Why? Many young...
S&P REPORTS MARINE HULL RATES SET TO PEAK IN 2005
Oct 6 2003 // Standard & Poor’s reported that rates across the global marine hull insurance market look set to peak in 2005, a year later than previously expected. It noted, however, that although this promised a...
Chubb Appoints Ind. Branch Manager
Sep 23 2003 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has appointed Allison Meta manager of its Indianapolis branch office. Meta, an assistant vice president of Chubb & Son, joined Chubb in 1994 as a senior underwriter for Chubb Custom...
