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California State Fund Offers Restaurant-Safety Training Program

Apr 26 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund will sponsor a free restaurant-safety training program at its Oxnard office on April 27. The workshop is designed to help restaurant supervisors and owners create a...

XL Q1 Net Income Reaches $458.5 Million; Conference Call Details

Apr 26 2006 // Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd. reported net income available to ordinary shareholders for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 of $458.5 million, or $2.56 per ordinary share, compared with net income of $442.9 million, or...

ACE Posts $489 Million Q1 Net; to Host Conference Call

Apr 26 2006 // ACE Limited reported record net income for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006 of $489 million or $1.46 per common share after payment of preferred dividends, compared with net income of $437 million or $1.48 per share...

Montpelier Re to Release Q1 Results; Hold Conference Call

Apr 26 2006 // Bermuda-based Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. expects to release its 2006 first quarter results tomorrow, Thursday, April 27th, 2006 after the market closes. Montpelier Re executives will conduct a conference call, including a...

Aspen to Release Q1 Results Today; Conference Call on April 27

Apr 26 2006 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited will release its first quarter 2006 financial results today, Wednesday, April 26, 2006, following the closing of the U.S. markets. The Company will hold a conference call to...

SIIS Unveils Program for Annual Conference

Apr 26 2006 // Southwestern Insurance Information Service announced the program for its 53rd Annual Educational Conference, June 27-28, 2006, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Dallas, Texas. “We have arranged an outstanding array of...

Reviewer Doubts Server Training Helps Curb Alcohol-Related Injuries

Apr 21 2006 // Programs for modifying environments where alcohol is served — including bars and liquor stores — do not help reduce alcohol-related injuries, according to a new review of controlled studies. “There is no reliable...

Crawford & Co. Recognized by Insurance Education Association

Apr 20 2006 // Crawford & Co.’s Fresno, Calif., Integrated Services branch has been awarded the Roger Smith Award for Excellence in Education from the Insurance Education Association (IEA). The award will be presented at the...

American Financial Group Announces 2006 1st Quarter Conference Call

Apr 19 2006 // American Financial Group, Inc. expects to release its 2006 first quarter results after the market closes on Tuesday, April 25. The earnings release will be available shortly thereafter on AFG’s website at...

Hamman-Miller-Beauchamp-Deeble Inc. Mourns Passing of Harlan Miller Jr.

Apr 18 2006 // E. H. “Harlan” Miller Jr. of Long Beach, Calif., has died. He was chairman of the board of Hamman-Miller-Beauchamp-Deeble Inc. “Harlan was an incredible contributor to the industry and his...

RLI Corp. Posts Strong 1st Quarter Results; Hosts Conference Call Today

Apr 18 2006 // Peoria, Ill.-based RLI Corp. reported first quarter net earnings of $25.7 million compared to $29.3 million reported in the same quarter last year. Operating earnings were $22.8 million ($0.86 per share) for the first...

Fireman’s Fund Sponsors Wildfire Seminar on San Francisco Earthquake Centennial

Apr 18 2006 // As the nation commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, one of the surviving companies from that disaster — Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., will be hosting a...

Apr 17 2006 // People Hub International Ltd., a Chicago-based brokerage has named Jonathan Axel senior vice president of the Kagan-Kozberg Division at Hub International of California Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of the insurance...

Combat job outsourcing and off-shoring with education

Apr 17 2006 // Closer Look: Insurance professionals must keep up their credentials and education if they want to combat outsourcing and off-shoring of insurance industry jobs, Don Hurzeler, Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters...

Closer Look: Premium Funds Financial Management

Apr 17 2006 // Insurance agencies have millions of dollars in transit through their trust bank accounts. How should agencies manage premium dollars? Unlike other sales and service companies, independent insurance agencies have a...

Closer Look: Insurance Associations

Apr 17 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on Western insurance associations. Part I of this article appeared in the April 3, 2006, western region publication beginning on page 47. As people migrate to the...

CLOSER LOOK: Agribusiness

Apr 17 2006 // City slickers are looking for entertainment on the farm – but that brings new risks Alternative and agro-tourism enterprises are allowing farmers and ranchers to earn higher profits by replacing or supplementing...

E-Discovery and Electronic Records

Apr 17 2006 // The focus of litigations and investigations on electronic documents, particularly e-mails, and the increasing accountability of compliance programs, including record retention, are leading organizations to reexamine their...

•Doron M. Rotman, audit and RAS managing director for Information Risk Management; and

Apr 17 2006 // The participants included: •Scott B. Moritz, director of KPMG Forensic; •Hugh C. Kelly, principal of Financial Risk Management; •Joanna Taylor, senior associate for Financial Risk Management; •Linda...

ProCentury Corp. to Hold Financial Conference Call, May 4

Apr 14 2006 // Columbus, Ohio-based ProCentury Corporation announced today that it plans to release its first quarter 2006 financial results after market close on Wednesday, May 3, 2006. On Thursday, May 4, 2006, ProCentury management...