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Aspen to Release Earnings Today; Conference Call Details
Feb 6 2008 // Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited will release its fourth quarter and year-end 2007 financial results today, Wednesday, February 6, 2008, following the closing of the U.S. markets. The Company will hold a conference call to...
Endurance Q4 Earnings Announcement Today; Conference Call Thursday
Feb 6 2008 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. will release its fourth quarter 2007 financial results today, Wednesday, February 6, 2008 after the close of the financial markets. On Thursday, February 7, 2008, Kenneth...
RenaissanceRe Q4, FY Earnings Decline on Writedowns; Conference Call Today
Feb 6 2008 // Bermuda’s RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. reported $186.2 million in fourth quarter operating income, which excludes capital gains/losses, available to common shareholders, compared to $198.6 million in the fourth...
PartnerRe Earnings Announcement Today; Conference Call Details
Feb 4 2008 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. will announce its fourth quarter 2007 and full year results after the market close today, February 4, 2008. Senior management will conduct a dial-in conference call, which will include a...
AXIS Capital Earnings Announcement Today; Conference Call Details
Feb 4 2008 // Bermuda’s AXIS Capital Holdings Limited will announce its fourth quarter 2007 and full year results after the market close today, February 4, 2008. John Charman, CEO and President, and David Greenfield, CFO, will...
Former Hurricane Program Manager to Head Ala. Emergency Agency
Feb 1 2008 // Alabama Gov. Bob Riley appointed Brock Long to serve as director of the Alabama Emergency Management Agency. Long has served in emergency management at the state and federal levels specializing in hurricane planning and...
TDI December Enforcements Result in Nearly $1.6M in Fines, Restitution
Jan 31 2008 // Enforcement actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance December 2007 resulted in eight license revocations, four license denials, and fines and restitution totaling $1,591,264, the department reported. An order...
Everest Re to Announce Q4 Earnings Today; Conference Call Details
Jan 30 2008 // The Bermuda-based Everest Re Group, Ltd. will release its Fourth Quarter 2007 earnings after the close of trading on the NYSE today, January 30, 2008. The Company will hold a conference call discussing the results at 8:30...
Federal Study Backs Installation of Shelters in Nation’s Mines
Jan 28 2008 // Federal researchers have concluded that airtight refuge chambers could save trapped miners and merit installation in the nation’s 731 underground coal mines. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...
Continuing Education Serves a Positive Purpose
Jan 27 2008 // Continuing education is a fact of life for all agents and brokers. Because states require CE credits, it translates into the reality of a continuous, and often repetitive, obligation — a career-long commitment of time...
How to Fulfill Agent Continuing Education Requirements
Jan 27 2008 // Continuing education (CE) is a fact of life for all agents and brokers. Since states require CE credits, the reality can be a continuous and often repetitive obligation — a career-long commitment of time and attention...
An Insurer’s Success Relies on the Expertise of Its Underwriters
Jan 27 2008 // An insurer’s success rests largely in the expertise of its underwriters. As the U.S. Department of Labor noted in its Career Overview series, “Great trust is placed in underwriters as an insurance company may...
Regulators Address the Politics of Underwriting
Jan 27 2008 // There is an X-factor in setting insurance rates that even actuaries would have a hard time calculating: Politics. For those who serve as their state’s ultimate authority on what factors insurers can use to raise or...
Mass. Insurance Department Launches Agent Finder Web Site
Jan 24 2008 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes today unveiled AgentFinder, a Division of Insurance Web site designed to make it easier for Massachusetts consumers to find insurance agents and insurance products in...
U.S. Releases New Disaster Response and Recovery Plan
Jan 23 2008 // The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a comprehensive plan for what the country must do to have a more effective and unified response and recovery in disaster situations. DHS said that the new plan, called...
Ark. Seeks to Improve Quality of Workers in State with New Program
Jan 18 2008 // Arkansas state government is promoting a new program for workers who want to improve their job security. The state Department of Workforce Services is among several state agencies that are promoting a new certification for...
UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute in Middle East Training Partnership
Jan 15 2008 // The UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute (the CII Group) announced “a strategic partnership for the Middle East” with JWZ Insurance Solutions, a newly-formed insurance training and educational consultancy...
A New Social Networking Site for the Insurance Industry
Jan 14 2008 // Sexy Insurance? A New Social Networking Site for the Sexiest Industry on the Planet. Meet new colleagues, network, job search, trade war stories, post pictures, video, audio, and more! Boston, MA – January 14, 2008:...
Minn. Bridge Collapse Survivors Make Case for Aid through Web site
Jan 14 2008 // Part memorial and part plea, a new Web site is focused on the stories and needs of victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse. The site, www.35wbridge.com was conceived by survivors of the Aug. 1 tragedy, which killed...
Continuing Education Methods Serve a Positive Purpose
Jan 13 2008 // Continuing education (CE) is a fact of life for all agents and brokers. Because states require CE credits, it translates into the reality of a continuous, and often repetitive, obligation — a career-long commitment of...
