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Ark. Workers’ Comp Commission Updating 2007 Kids’ Chance Application
Nov 21 2006 // Kids’ Chance of Arkansas Inc. is revising the 2007 application for its annual scholarships, the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission reported. The application will be available online by mid-January. These...
Are the flood gates open for retaliation claims?
Nov 20 2006 // Retaliation claims have been on the rise for more than a decade. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, only 15.3 percent of the charges of discrimination filed with the agency in 1992 alleged...
People, partnerships lead to nearly a century of success
Nov 20 2006 // Good people can make or break a company. In San Diego-based Barney & Barney’s case, it’s clearly made it; the company has been in business for nearly a century, thanks to people who have invested their...
Where are all the young guns?
Nov 20 2006 // Look around you. Take a long look at the folks in your agency or company. And then break out your calculator. What is the average age of your employees or colleagues? What percent of your firm’s workforce were...
People, partnerships lead to nearly a century of success
Nov 19 2006 // Good people can make or break a company. In San Diego-based Barney & Barney’s case, it’s clearly made it; the company has been in business for nearly a century, thanks to people who have invested their...
Where are all the young guns?
Nov 19 2006 // Look around you. Take a long look at the folks in your agency or company. And then break out your calculator. What is the average age of your employees or colleagues? What percent of your firm’s workforce were...
NAS Insurance Launches Newly Designed Web Site
Nov 15 2006 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has a newly designed Web site to make it easier to access its insurance products, with downloadable policy form and applications, such as EPLI, tenant discrimination and...
Munich Re Tells UNEP Conference $1 Trillion Loss Year Possible
Nov 15 2006 // Dr. Thomas Loster, a geographer who advises the Munich Re Foundation, told those attending the current United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Conference in Nairobi that, “Most insurance and re-insurance companies...
Delaware to Launch Auto Insurance Cost Comparison Web Site
Nov 14 2006 // The Delaware Department of Insurance has created a website that will allow consumers to compare auto insurance rates from more than 50 companies that offer auto insurance in Delaware. The site will use more sample customer...
Cincinnati Financial Corp. to Participate in Credit Suisse Conference
Nov 13 2006 // Cincinnati Financial Corp. announced today that the company will participate in the Credit Suisse Insurance Conference. John J. Schiff, Jr., CPCU, chairman and chief executive officer; J.F. Scherer, senior vice president...
AWAC Reports $114 Million Q3 Net Income; $314.5 Million for 9 Months; Conference Call Details
Nov 9 2006 // Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Company Holdings (AWAC) reported net income of $114 million, or $1.89 per diluted share, for the third quarter 2006 compared to a net loss of $283.4 million, or $5.65 per diluted share,...
PXRE Posts $4.5 Million Q3 Profit; Conference Call Scheduled Today
Nov 9 2006 // The Bermuda-based PXRE Group Ltd. reported net income before convertible preferred share dividends of $4.5 million compared to a net loss before convertible preferred share dividends of $317.3 million in the third quarter...
Henry Scores Historic win Over Istook in Okla. Governor’s Race
Nov 9 2006 // Democratic Gov. Brad Henry’s victory over Republican Rep. Ernest Istook was the biggest landslide in an Oklahoma governor’s race in almost half a century. Henry, a little-known state senator when he upset a...
Are the flood gates open for retaliation claims?
Nov 6 2006 // Retaliation claims have been on the rise for more than a decade. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, only 15.3 percent of the charges of discrimination filed with the agency in 1992 alleged...
Are the flood gates open for retaliation claims?
Nov 5 2006 // Retaliation claims have been on the rise for more than a decade. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, only 15.3 percent of the charges of discrimination filed with the agency in 1992 alleged...
Allied World Sets Q3 Earnings Announcement; Conference Call
Nov 3 2006 // Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd. will release its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2006 on Wednesday, November 8, 2006, after the market closes. Scott Carmilani,...
Mo. Commissioner Issues New Flood Bulletin on Training for Producers
Nov 3 2006 // The Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration this week issued a bulletin regarding training requirements for insurance producers who offer flood insurance policies through the...
Farmers Dedicates Campus in Agoura Hills, Calif.
Nov 2 2006 // Farmers Insurance Group plans to dedicate a new, 120,000-square-foot agent, claims, leadership and management training facility — The University of Farmers — at a ribbon cutting ceremony to be held at 10:45 a.m., Nov....
XL Conducts U.S. Portion of China Insurance Training Program
Nov 1 2006 // Bermuda-based XL Capital Ltd. has launched the final module of an executive training and development program for China insurance regulators and executives. “The educational initiative, known as the China Insurance...
Crist, Davis Vow Different Approaches if Elected Fla. Governor
Oct 30 2006 // Charlie Crist and Jim Davis agree that three challenges facing Florida are skyrocketing homeowners insurance rates, rising property taxes and public schools that some rank among the nation’s worst. That’s where...
