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Democrats Closing Gaps, Florida CFO, AG Races Neck-and-Neck
Oct 25 2006 // Florida Republicans who last month held slight leads over Democratic challengers are now in close races for two open Cabinet seats, a new poll shows. In the attorney general race, Republican Bill McCollum was favored by 42...
Insurance Contributors Favor Republicans; Santorum, Clinton, McGavick Top Recipients
Oct 25 2006 // Insurance-related contributors to this year’s midterm Congressional races are favoring Republicans 2-to-1 over Democrats while the overall total given by insurance interests appears down from two years ago. According...
Democrats Recommend All-Perils Disaster Plan, Antitrust Repeal
Oct 22 2006 // A Democratic-controlled House would look into insurance industry practices criticized for shifting the financial burden of Hurricane Katrina claims onto the taxpayer, a lawmaker who headed a Katrina task force said...
GOP Attempt to Call Special Session in La. Faces Hurdles
Oct 18 2006 // Republican state lawmakers face steep hurdles in their attempts to call the Louisiana Legislature into special session early next month an attempt to sidestep Democratic Gov. Kathleen Blanco, who they say is moving too...
State regulators, insurer trades spar at Congressional hearing on insurer investments
Oct 9 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners President and Maine Insurance Superintendent Alessandro A. Iuppa told a House Financial Services Subcommittee panel last month that strong financial regulation of...
8 Pa. court rebuffs Republicans on
Oct 9 2006 // liability award law Law will not be reinstated as they hoped 8 Bad buying habits in N.H. Audit blasts state insurance purchasing and risk management 10 Oh, deer it’s that season One insurer is bucking trend of deer...
State regulators, insurer trades spar at Congressional hearing on insurer investments
Oct 9 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners President and Maine Insurance Superintendent Alessandro A. Iuppa told a House Financial Services Subcommittee panel last month that strong financial regulation of...
Hurricane Research Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate
Oct 2 2006 // U.S. Senator Mel Martinez, R-Fla., has introduced bipartisan legislation to implement a national hurricane research initiative designed to better research, predict and prepare for hurricanes. Martinez crafted the proposal...
Texas Republican to Challenge Shapleigh in Senate Race
Sep 28 2006 // Donald “Dee” Margo was an underdog from the moment he announced plans to run against 10-year incumbent State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh. The 54-year-old insurance company executive is well-funded and well-connected....
Farmers ask U.S. Senate panel for disaster relief program in next farm bill
Sep 25 2006 // Agriculture groups told a U.S. Senate panel in Texas this month that they want the next farm bill to include disaster relief for farmers and ranchers reeling from billions of dollars lost to the drought. They shared their...
Farmers ask U.S. Senate panel for disaster relief program in next farm bill
Sep 25 2006 // Agriculture groups told a U.S. Senate panel in Texas this month that they want the next farm bill to include disaster relief for farmers and ranchers reeling from billions of dollars lost to the drought. They shared their...
La. Republicans spar in race for insurance commissioner post
Sep 25 2006 // Republican candidates for Louisiana insurance commissioner traded attacks in a debate on Sept. 11, leveling accusations of improper use of campaign funds and misuse of legislative perks. James David Cain and Jim Donelon...
Spitzer, Republican opponent, attorneys spar over dropped Greenberg charges
Sep 25 2006 // Spitzer’s Republican opponent for governor called the action proof of “the phony nature of many cases pursued by Eliot Spitzer.” News Currents New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has dropped two of...
NAIC, Trades Spar at Congressional Hearing on Insurer Investments
Sep 20 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) President and Maine Insurance Superintendent Alessandro A. Iuppa told the House Finanacial Services Subcommittee panel that strong financial regulation of...
La. Republicans Spar in Race for Insurance Commissioner Post
Sep 13 2006 // Republican candidates for Louisiana insurance commissioner traded attacks in a debate on Sept. 11, leveling accusations of improper use of campaign funds and misuse of legislative perks. James David Cain and Jim Donelon...
Five Years Later, House and Senate Move Port Security Measure
Sep 10 2006 // Days before the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. Senate announced agreement on ports security legislation, hoping to approve bolstered protections before November’s elections to stop nuclear materials...
GOP Senate Challenger McGavick Reveals Drunken Driving Incident
Aug 29 2006 // Republican U.S. Senate challenger and former Safeco CEO Mike McGavick, in a remarkable confession of what he called his personal and political shortcomings, revealed a drunken driving incident and discussed his divorce, a...
Texas Agent Honored by National Republican Congressional Committee
Aug 29 2006 // Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced that Kenneth Threlkeld, a long-time member of IIAT and founder of Threlkeld & Company Insurance in Tyler, Texas, was named the 2006 Republican of the Year from Texas by...
Republican Blames Own Party for Failing to Solve Fla. Insurance Crisis
Aug 27 2006 // Republican state Rep. Juan Zapata said his own party has failed Floridians by not coming up with a solution to the state’s insurance crisis and accused a fellow GOP lawmaker who has had a large role in insurance...
Insurance Crisis Defines Republican Race for Fla. CFO
Aug 17 2006 // If money talks, as it so often does in Florida politics, Senate President Tom Lee should be favored to win the Republican nomination in a three-way contest for chief financial officer that’s focusing on who can solve...
