Latest Israel Headlines
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Massachusetts Docs Eye New Approach to Medical Malpractice Claims
Apr 19 2012 // It may become easier in the future for Massachusetts doctors to apologize for mistakes if an experiment by three major hospitals to reduce medical malpractice lawsuits succeeds. The program, called Disclosure, Apology and...
Huge Forest Fire Kills 40 in Israel
Dec 3 2010 // A huge forest fire killed about 40 people in Israel on Thursday, including young prison guard cadets trapped in a bus while heading to help inmates flee the flames, officials said. More than 12,000 people were evacuated...
U.S. Offers Political Risk Insurance for Investments in Palestinian Economy
May 23 2008 // A U.S. government agency signed a political risk insurance deal with a Palestinian firm Thursday to help guarantee investments in the West Bank as part of an international effort to develop the beleaguered local...
Fraud Roundup
Sep 24 2007 // Everett man gets three years for arson A man who admitted torching a friend’s grocery store in Everett, Wash., in a plan by the two to collect insurance has been sentenced to three years in prison. Naveed Khan, 25,...
Fugitive Arrested in $500,000 Auto Fraud Scam
Aug 28 2007 // A Sherman Oaks, Calif., man has been arrested for insurance fraud, grand theft, identity theft, and federal charges, the California Department of Insurance reported. Moshe “Sanny” Assoulin, 35, was arrested in...
Gallagher (UK), MAP Launch Israeli War & Terrorism Coverage
Jun 21 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher (UK) Limited in conjunction with MAP, a specialist insurer at Lloyd’s, has launched an insurance facility for terrorism liability. The new product aims to provide coverage for tourist and study...
Business Moves
Sep 25 2006 // Alliant, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group PLC sold its U.S.-based property and casualty insurance and employee benefits businesses to California-based Alliant Insurance Services Inc. JLT said the...
Aon Sub Acquires Israeli Broker Fredy & Ilan Beck
Aug 29 2006 // Aon Aminim, a unit of Aon International, headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, announced that it has acquired the business of Fredy & Ilan Beck Insurance Brokers in Haifa, Israel, subject to approval of the relevant...
N.Y. Lawmakers Call for Federal, State Catastrophe Funds
Jan 23 2006 // Three elected representatives from New York joined with a leading homeowner’s insurance company last week in a call for increased government involvement in providing reinsurance for catastrophes. Congressman Steve...
U.S. Rep. Seeks to Halt Denial of Insurance Due to Travel Plans
Jul 25 2005 // U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., was outraged when she applied for additional life insurance and was denied because she might travel to Israel at some unspecified point. So now she’s planning to file a...
OPIC Approves $250 Million Political Risk Policy for Israeli Pipeline; Credits Aspen Institute
Dec 9 2004 // The board of directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) announced the approval of $250 million in political risk insurance for the construction of a 65-mile pipeline that will serve as the centerpiece...
$16 Million Paid to Holocaust Insurance Claimants
Mar 31 2004 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio and officials from the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC) announced that approximately $16 million in humanitarian payments are going...
RMS Releases First High Res Earthquake Model For Ins. Risk in Israel
Jul 15 2003 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) nnounced the release of the RMS Israel Earthquake model. This model is the first to offer both high resolution and aggregate analysis capabilities for insurance and reinsurance risk...
Zurich Concludes Political Risk Agreement with Israeli Export Agency
Mar 19 2002 // Zurich North America’s Zurich Emerging Markets Solutions (ZEMS) group has concluded a political risk insurance cooperation agreement with IFTRIC, the Israeli government-owned export credit agency to provide political...
Insurance Legislation for Hate-Crime Victims Moves to Gov. Davis
Sep 10 2001 // I think more and more folks are getting comfortable at least to the point of neutrality now.” That is one insurance industry spokesman’s take on AB 1193, a bill that would prohibit insurance companies from...
Lloyd’s Syndicate Offers New Coverage for War, Political Violence
Jun 11 2001 // Managing Agency Partners (MAP) Underwriting, one of Lloyd’s newest syndicates, has come up with an innovative and timely policy aimed at protecting investors from losses caused by wars and political violence in...
Lloyd’s Syndicate Offer New Coverage For War, Political Violence
May 29 2001 // MAP Underwriting, one of the newest syndicates at Lloyd’s, has come up with an innovative and timely policy, aimed at protecting investors from losses caused by war and political violence in troubled areas like the...
AIA Contributes To Successful Israeli-Palestinian Summit on Auto Insurance
Jul 11 2000 // While the Camp David summit is getting underway, joint talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials on reducing conflict in the compensation of traffic accident victims came to a successful conclusion in the Gaza...
