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Fireman’s Fund Unveils $1 Million Program to Improve Fire Safety, Prevention for the Bay Area
Nov 30 2004 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (FFIC) of Novato, Calif. today announced more than $1 million in funding and donations for firefighting equipment, fire prevention tools, firefighter training and community fire...
AIG Specialty WC Expands Web site Capabilities
Nov 29 2004 // AIG Specialty Workers’ Compensation, a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), announced the expansion of its “Partners in Productivity”...
Fla. Employer of Workers Killed at July Construction Site Accident Charged with Fraud
Nov 26 2004 // The employer of two workers killed in a July construction accident on a Hobe Sound work site has been arrested and charged with workers’ compensation fraud, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher...
Swiss Re Hosts Investors’ Day Conference
Nov 24 2004 // Swiss Re hosted its annual Investors’ Day at its Rüschlikon Conference Center near Zurich, yesterday, Nov. 23. The presentation offered additional insights into the Group’s risk management framework and a...
PIANY’s MetroRAP 2005 Education Designed for Downstate Insurance Professionals
Nov 24 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. will feature two continuing education courses during its annual Metropolitan Regional Awareness Program, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, at the New York Marriott Brooklyn,...
PIA of Fla. Board Honors Cobb, Silverman, Fowinkle
Nov 23 2004 // Dave Cobb, Ron Silverman and Bob Fowinkle were honored by the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida (PIA) board of directors during a meeting this week in Hutchinson Island, Fla. Mark O’Connell, PIA executive vice...
1969, Education and Politics
Nov 22 2004 // Where were you in 1969? Hitchhiking to Woodstock? Surviving the jungles of Vietnam? Graduating from high school? Learning the ropes of the insurance industry? Not born yet? If you were in Austin, Texas, in the fall of that...
NATIONAL ALLIANCE STUDY RELEASED:
Nov 22 2004 // Austin, Texas-based National Alliance Research Academy has published the third edition of their producer compensation study, Producer Profile: Compensation, Production, and Responsibilities. This study surveyed over 400...
Turning 35: The National Alliance Looks Back … and Into the Future
Nov 22 2004 // Insurance education society has served more than 130,000 participants. 1969. It was the dawning of the age of Aquarius, it was one giant leap for mankind, it was the Summer of Love, it was Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby. And, it...
Fireman’s Fund Fulfills $1 Million Commitment to San Diego Firefighters
Nov 19 2004 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (FFIC) fulfilled a $1 million pledge to the firefighting community in San Diego County for equipment, fire prevention tools, firefighter training and community fire safety education....
St. Paul Travelers Launches Risk Control Web Site
Nov 17 2004 // St. Paul Travelers announced the debut of a new Web site housing more than 1,400 risk management resources for customers, agents and brokers. Resources are said to include the latest research reports and news on safety...
National Alliance Compensation Study Released
Nov 11 2004 // Austin, Texas-based National Alliance Research Academy announced the publication of the third edition of their producer compensation study titled, Producer Profile: Compensation, Production, and Responsibilities. This...
NTSB Backs Greater Oversight of Drivers with High-Risk Medical Conditions
Nov 11 2004 // In a report adopted this week, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that certain medical conditions can increase a driver’s accident risk and are incompatible with unrestricted operation of motor...
Dallas to Host National Town Hall Meeting – ‘Connecting the Global Economy Through Insurance’
Nov 9 2004 // The Dallas All Industry Day event for 2004, sponsored by state and local insurance organizations, will focus on national and global economic issues and its infrastructure, the insurance industry. Entitled “Connecting...
NAIC Conference Call Places State Insurance Investigations on Hold
Nov 8 2004 // State insurance commissioners in the southeast and across the United States consulted in a conference call the week after New York Attorney Gen-eral Eliot Spitzer made allegations of rigged bids and price-fixing among...
Big ‘I’ Panelists Concerned About Terrorism, Asbestos, Tort Reform
Nov 8 2004 // Terrorism, asbestos and tort reform will be key industry concerns according to five insurance company CEOs participating in a panel discussion during last month’s Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of...
TWCC Posts Rule-Making Projects on Web Site
Nov 5 2004 // The current status of rule-making projects by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission has been added as a regular page on the Commission’s Web site at:...
IBHS Notes Strategic Partnerships at Conference
Nov 5 2004 // The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) formalized three strategic partnerships with organizations whose reach extends throughout the U.S. and beyond at its annual conference this last week in Orlando. IBHS...
SIIS Forum to Offer Continuing Legal Education Credits
Nov 4 2004 // Southwestern Insurance Information Service (SIIS) announced that its Public Policy Forum, “A Preview of the 2005 Texas Legislative Session,” will now offer two hours of Continuing Legal Education credits from...
Barnes to Speak at Walls & Ceilings Business Solutions Conference in Myrtle Beach
Nov 3 2004 // Bryan Barnes, an attorney with Rogers Townsend & Thomas P.C., will facilitate a session at the Walls & Ceilings Business Solutions Conference, held Nov. 7 – 9 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Business...
