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Employers To Report Q3 Earnings in Conference Call

Oct 27 2008 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc., a provider of workers’ compensation insurance to small, U.S. businesses, will review the company’s third quarter 2008 financial results during a conference call and Web...

Farmers Insurance Launches Web Site for Women

Oct 24 2008 // Nine in 10 women in America participate in or direct the financial decisions for their families. In addition, many are looking after their families’ everyday needs and have careers outside the home. With that in...

Montpelier Re to Release Q3 Earnings Today; Conference Call Details

Oct 23 2008 // Bermuda-based Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. expects to release its third quarter results after the market close today, October 23, 2008. The Company will host a conference call to discuss the results on October 24, 2008 at...

Arch Capital to Report Q3 Results Today; Conference Call Details

Oct 23 2008 // Bermuda’s Arch Capital Group expects to release its 2008 third quarter results after the close of regular stock market hours today, Thursday, October 23, 2008. The Company will hold a conference call for investors...

Everest Re to Hold Q3 Earnings Conference Call Today

Oct 21 2008 // The Bermuda-based Everest Re Group released its Third Quarter 2008 earnings after close of trading on the NYSE yesterday, October 20, 2008. A conference call discussing the results will be held at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time...

Platinum to Report Q3 Earnings Today; Conference Call Details

Oct 21 2008 // Bermuda-based Platinum Underwriters Holdings will report financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange today, Tuesday, October 21, 2008. The Company...

Global Crisis Dominates A.M. Best’s London Conference

Oct 20 2008 // The by now all too familiar litany of the world’s financial woes took pride of place at A.M. Best’s well-attended conference (over 240 attendees) in London on October 15. Roger Sellek, the rating agency’s...

Armed & Ready to Outsell the Competition

Oct 20 2008 // West Coast’s Interwest Insurance Services Remains Militant on Sales Top 100 Agency Profile Ranking: 12 Agency Name: InterWest Insurance Services Inc. Headquarters: Sacramento, Calif. Year Founded: 1992 Additional...

From Seed to Supermarket

Oct 20 2008 // Agricultural Risks Require the Knowledge and Skill of Specialty Agents Agribusiness insurance has grown significantly as food production has become a global commodity. Since World War II there has been a dramatic reduction...

Financial Crisis Dominates European Risk Manager Debates, Conference

Oct 20 2008 // One of Pat Oliphant’s more recent editorial cartoons shows presidential candidate John McCain held in the trunk of an enraged elephant labeled “The Economy.” “My friends,” says McCain to a...

AIG Agrees to to Recover Top Executives’ Pay, Cancel Conferences

Oct 17 2008 // American International Group, the insurance giant that drew fire for executive “golden parachutes” and an ill-timed junket even as it receives a massive taxpayer bailout, has agreed to mend its ways. AIG...

New York City Hosts Crane Safety Conference

Oct 17 2008 // Crane safety experts from around the nation are meeting in New York City to discuss national standards following several deadly crane accidents this year. Nine people died in two crane collapses earlier this year in...

Oregon Launches Web site for Finance Questions

Oct 14 2008 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has launched a Web site to help address concerns about the security of personal finances. The Web page addresses common questions about insurance policies, bank and...

XL Gives Preliminary Q3 Estimates; Conference Call Details

Oct 13 2008 // Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd has provided the following “preliminary metrics” on its expected third quarter 2008 results. XL said its independent auditors are currently reviewing the results for the quarter,...

York Insurance Services Group, Inc. Acquires Site Inspections LLC, Now Offering Nationwide Loss Control Services

Oct 10 2008 // PARSIPPANY, N.J., (October 10, 2008) – York Insurance Services Group, Inc., a premier national provider of insurance services, including claims handling, specialized loss adjusting, managed care, insurance pool...

AIG Crisis Highlights the Need for Insurance Professionalism

Oct 10 2008 // American International Group’s meltdown may serve at least one (if not more) positive purpose: spotlighting the difference between the insurance professional and the non-professional. Insurance professionals will...

Florida Web Site to Help Teen Drivers

Oct 8 2008 // Teenage drivers can now share their own safety tips and experiences behind the wheel with other teens across Florida. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles says the site, TakeTheWheel.net, was created...

Texas Orders Nearly $220K in Fines, Restitution in August

Oct 6 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during August resulted in four license revocations, three license denials and fines and restitution...

West Virginia Resort Loses Another Insurance Conference Over Labor Rift

Oct 6 2008 // An insurance group has canceled another conference scheduled at The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia because of an ongoing contract dispute between the resort and its employees. The Council of Insurance Agents and...

S.C. Safe Home Program Updates Web Site

Oct 6 2008 // The South Carolina Safe Home Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program has a new Web site. The site, www.scsafehome.sc.gov, offers information about the damage mitigation grant program as well as information about the various...