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Florida Launches Updated Web Site for Homeowners Insurance Shoppers
Aug 7 2008 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty launched the updated www.ShopAndCompareRates.com Web site. The two offices activated the free, online tool in July 2007 to assist consumers looking to...
West Virginia Officials Rip Proposed Shelter Regulations
Aug 5 2008 // Officials in West Virginia, the country’s largest underground coal-producing state, lashed out against proposed federal regulations that would mandate airtight emergency refuges in more than 600 underground coal...
Challenges and Strategies for the 21st Century Independent Agency
Aug 4 2008 // The letter from the Palatine Insurance Co. to the independent insurance agency, written in the dawn of a new century began: “The insurance business is experiencing perilous and unprecedented challenges …”...
Challenges and Strategies for the 21st Century Independent Agency
Aug 4 2008 // The letter from the Palatine Insurance Co. to the independent insurance agency, written in the dawn of a new century began: “The insurance business is experiencing perilous and unprecedented challenges …”...
Speak Up if You Care …
Aug 4 2008 // The Case for Risk Management and Insurance Education If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.”...
Challenges and Strategies for the 21st Century Independent Agency
Aug 4 2008 // The letter from the Palatine Insurance Co. to the independent insurance agency, written in the dawn of a new century began: “The insurance business is experiencing perilous and unprecedented challenges …”...
Survival Skills
Aug 4 2008 // During a soft market, when businesses often are struggling to survive, it hardly seems like the appropriate time to scrutinize staffing. Yet Paul Hering, managing principal and CEO for San Diego-based B&B Co. says...
Will Baby Boomers Lead to Boost in Worker Woes?
Aug 4 2008 // Managing Risks With an Aging Workforce The aging and retirement of the Baby Boomer generation is creating a demographic transformation that will affect the staffs of insurance organizations, as well as their...
The Case for Risk Management and Insurance Education
Aug 1 2008 // If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind...
Oregon Insurance Division Offers Industry Training
Jul 30 2008 // Oregon Insurance Division – Rates & Forms unit is hosting an industry training day on Sept. 15, 2008. The discussion will include current legislative changes, filing requirements and helpful filing tips....
Aspen to Release Q2 Results Today; Conference Call Details
Jul 30 2008 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited will release its second quarter 2008 financial results today, Wednesday, July 30, 2008, following the close of U.S. markets. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss...
ACE Limited to Release Q2 Results Today; Conference Call Details
Jul 29 2008 // Bermuda’s ACE Limited expects to issue its second quarter earnings release and financial supplement after the market closes today Tuesday, July 29, 2008. A copy of these documents will be available promptly following...
XL to Announce Q2 Results Today; Conference Call Details
Jul 28 2008 // Bermuda-based XL Capital Ltd. plans to announce its Second Quarter 2008 results today, July 28, after the close of regular stock market trading hours. The Company will then hold a conference call to discuss the results at...
PartnerRe to Release Q2 Results Today; Conference Call Details
Jul 28 2008 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. will release its 2008 second quarter and half year results after the market close today, Monday, July 28. PartnerRe senior management will conduct a dial-in conference call, which will include...
Arch Capital to Release Q2 Results Today; Conference Call Details
Jul 24 2008 // Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd. will release its 2008 second quarter results after the close of regular stock market hours today, Thursday, July 24, 2008. The Company will hold a conference call for investors and...
Georgia Insurance Commission Unveils New Web Site
Jul 23 2008 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commission launched an improved and redesigned version of its Web site, making it more navigable and user friendly, said Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine. Consumers can find...
Montpelier Re to Release Q2 Results Today; Conference Call Details
Jul 22 2008 // Bermuda-based Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. expects to release its second quarter results after the market close today Tuesday, July 22, 2008. The Company will host a conference call to discuss the results on July 23, 2008...
Everest Re to Release Q2 Results Today; Conference Call Details
Jul 21 2008 // The Bermuda-based Everest Re Group, Ltd. will release its Second Quarter 2008 earnings after close of trading on the NYSE today, Monday July 21, 2008. A conference call discussing the results will be held at 8:30 a.m....
Texas AG Settles with Select Medical, RadioShack on ID Theft Charges
Jul 17 2008 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott reached settlement agreements with Select Medical Corp. and RadioShack on charges the companies failed to protect their customers from identity theft. The settlements resolve two state...
Massey, ICG Cited for West Virginia Fatal Mine Accidents
Jul 17 2008 // Safety violations by prominent eastern U.S. coal mine operators Massey Energy Co. and International Coal Group contributed to the deaths of two miners in accidents last May, West Virginia officials said July 15. Each...
