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TD Banknorth Agency Promotes 5
Sep 22 2006 // Maine-based TD Banknorth Insurance Agency, Inc. announced several personnel moves, including the promotion of Ellen L. Dupuis to senior vice president in the Personal Insurance Division in South Portland, Maine. As a...
Web site Helps Arizona Consumers Get Smart about Insurance
Sep 22 2006 // The Arizona Department of Insurance has introduced an online “university,” called Insure U, desiged for insurance consumers who want to learn more about insurance issues. Organized by life stages, the site...
N.H. Audit Blasts State Insurance Buying Practices
Sep 21 2006 // The state of New Hampshire routinely bypasses competitive bidding for insurance contracts and awards them to incumbent producers, a state audit report that severely criticizes many of the state’s insurance practices...
Motorcycle Makers’ Renewed Focus on Safety Includes Air Bags
Sep 20 2006 // Jeaneen Parsons’ husband steered their motorcycle to the ground seven years ago to avoid hitting a passenger whose cycle went down on a twisting mountain road in Kentucky. The couple emerged from the accident with a...
Calif. State Fund To Host Restaurant Supervisor Safety Training
Sep 20 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund will sponsor a free restaurant-safety training program for supervisors in Sacramento on September 20. The workshop is designed to help restaurant managers and owners...
PartnerRe to Publish ‘Loss Development Triangles’- Conference Call Details
Sep 20 2006 // Bermuda’s PartnerRe Ltd. will publish the Company’s Loss Development Triangles shortly after 4 p.m. EDT today, September 20, 2006. “A copy of these documents will be available on the Company’s...
Midwest Agribusiness Conference Scheduled for October
Sep 19 2006 // Insurance Skills Center and the Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa will present a two-day conference focusing on farm and agribusiness insurance risks, Oct. 9-10, 2006 in Des Moines, Iowa. The Midwest Agribusiness...
Employers Direct Web Site to Sell Workers’ Comp Directly to Consumers
Sep 19 2006 // Employers Direct Insurance Co., a direct writer of California workers’ compensation insurance, has announced the launch of its new enhanced Web site developed for current and prospective customers. The new design at...
Agency Management Resource Group Hosts Agribusiness Conference
Sep 18 2006 // Agency Management Resource Group is hosting its first annual Agribusiness Conference at Lake Shastina Golf Resort in Northern California. The event will be held on Thursday, Oct. 5 and Friday, Oct. 6, 2006, from 8 a.m. to...
Registration Open for Annual Texas Workers’ Comp Conference
Sep 14 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation is holding registration for its annual Workers’ Compensation Conference on December 4-5, 2006, in Austin. Participants can register for the...
States Look to Strengthen Flood Insurance Training for Agents
Sep 12 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted a model bulletin regarding training requirements for insurance producers who offer policies through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). This...
New Education Program Launched for State Insurance Regulators
Sep 11 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners announced that beginning in October its new Insurance Regulator Professional Designation Program will be available to state regulators. The program, which is the first of...
Georgia Commissioner Threatens to Eject Safeway Insurance
Sep 7 2006 // An historic ejection of an insurance company from Georgia is at hand if the insurer does not comply with state-mandated rules and radically adjust its claims practices over the next two years. Georgia Insurance...
American Financial CEO to Present Tomorrow at Equity Conference
Sep 6 2006 // Cincinnati-based American Financial Group, Inc. has announced that Carl H. Lindner III, co-chief executive officer, and Keith A. Jensen, senior vice president, will make a company presentation at the Morgan Keegan 2006...
Texas Regulators Announce July 2006 Enforcement Actions
Sep 5 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance recently announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during July. The actions include 24 license revocations, one license denial and fines and...
Iowa Organizations Push Investment Agenda to Candidates
Sep 5 2006 // Several Iowa organizations are saying they want political candidates to adopt an agenda that encourages investment in renewable energy, education, and health care. Officials from the Center for Energy and Environmental...
Texas A&M finds disaster preparedness lacking
Sep 4 2006 // Five years after 9/11 and one year after Hurricane Katrina, most companies have some form of disaster response plan in place; however, one out of four professionals responsible for corporate disaster preparedness efforts...
R. Steven Orr, Maryland, Commissioner of Insurance
Sep 4 2006 // In January, Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. selected R. Steven Orr to serve as Maryland Insurance Commissioner, succeeding Alfred W. Redmer, who resigned in October 2005 to join the private sector. Orr most recently...
Texas A&M finds disaster preparedness lacking
Sep 4 2006 // Five years after 9/11 and one year after Hurricane Katrina, most companies have some form of disaster response plan in place; however, one out of four professionals responsible for corporate disaster preparedness efforts...
Putting the brakes on paratransit operator losses
Sep 4 2006 // Today, paratransit operators are having difficulty with their financial bottom line. Increases in fuels costs and insurance premiums are high on the list of causes. Reductions in rates paid by transportation management...
