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PartnerRe Redeems Securities
Nov 22 2006 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd’s.investment vehicle, PartnerRe Capital Trust I, will call for the redemption of all of its outstanding 7.90 percent Capital Trust I Preferred Securities on December 21, 2006. The...
Power shift in the political landscape
Nov 20 2006 // Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of Democratic candidates wrest control of both houses of Congress, gain a majority of the governorships and take control...
N.Y. agents protest reported incidents as ‘red flags’ for rating
Nov 20 2006 // New York agents want insurers to stop and think before penalizing small businesses that report incidents where no paid claims result. The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. has sent a letter to 26...
It Figures
Nov 20 2006 // 21 The number of health insurers fined by the New York State Insurance Department with a total of $310,300 for violations of New York’s Prompt Pay Law, which requires health insurers and HMOs to pay undisputed health...
People and Places
Nov 20 2006 // Greg Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Thomco, is the new president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association, a national organization serving program managers. Thomco, headquartered in...
News Currents
Nov 20 2006 // Newly elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although it’s to early to know who the successors might be, according to insurance...
N.Y. workers’ comp trusts: rising prices and broker concerns
Nov 20 2006 // N.Y. workers’ comp trusts: rising prices and broker concerns The inadequate rates that many of New York’s workers’ compensation self-insured trusts charge may increase effective Jan. 1, 2007 due to...
Power shift in the political landscape
Nov 20 2006 // Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of Democratic candidates wrest control of both houses of Congress, gain a majority of the governorships and take control...
People and Places
Nov 20 2006 // Tony Boyd joined Dallas-based McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. as a sales professional in Personal Insurance Professionals, a division of MHBT that serves personal lines clients. Prior to joining MHBT, he was agency owner...
Power shift in the political landscape
Nov 20 2006 // Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of Democratic candidates wrest control of both houses of Congress, gain a majority of the governorships and take control...
Power shift in the political landscape
Nov 20 2006 // Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of Democratic candidates wrest control of both houses of Congress, gain a majority of the governorships and take control...
People and Places
Nov 20 2006 // Greg Thompson, president and CEO of THOMCO, is the new president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association, a national organization serving program managers. Thompson joined THOMCO in 1979, after two years...
Power shift in the political landscape
Nov 20 2006 // Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of Democratic candidates wrest control of both houses of Congress, gain a majority of the governorships and take control...
Figures
Nov 19 2006 // 21 The number of health insurers fined by the New York State Insurance Department with a total of $310,300 for violations of New York’s Prompt Pay Law, which requires health insurers and HMOs to pay undisputed health...
Power shift in the political landscape
Nov 19 2006 // With Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, we’ll likely see action on a number of insurance issues. Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of...
Power shift in the political landscape
Nov 19 2006 // With Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, we’ll likely see action on a number of insurance issues. Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of...
By Adam Friedlander
Nov 19 2006 // Some brokers have taken steps to protect themselves, asking clients to sign agreements to hold them harmless if they elect to obtain coverage from a trust. Their concern relates to the insolvency exclusion of self insured...
People
Nov 19 2006 // Greg Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Thomco, is the new president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association, a national organization serving program managers. Thomco, headquartered in...
With new governors could come new commissioners in Mass., Md., N.Y.
Nov 19 2006 // Newly elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although it’s to early to know who the successors might be, according to insurance...
10 N.Y. agents protest incidents as red flags
Nov 19 2006 // Should mere incidents affect pricing? 10 Laptop stolen from broker HRH deals with lost data on Villanova N1 Employee crime: big threat to small firms More than one in three firms experience theft N1 Commercial premiums...
