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XL is Co-sponsor of Second China Leadership Conference
Nov 12 2007 // Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd. will co- sponsor the China Insurance Industry Executive Leadership Program for the second year. The program is designed to identify and develop future leaders among the People’s...
Agency Ideas Newsletter Introduces New Sales Web Site for Agents
Nov 12 2007 // Cary, N.C.-based Agency Ideas, the publisher of Agency Ideas Newsletter, an independent subscription-only sales and marketing newsletter for property/casualty agents, has introduced ProducerIdeas.com, a membership-only Web...
Cincinnati Financial to Present at Credit Suisse Insurance Conference
Nov 9 2007 // Cincinnati Financial Corporation recently announced that the company will participate in the Credit Suisse Insurance and Asset Management Conference. John J. Schiff, Jr., CPCU, chairman and chief executive officer; Kenneth...
Flagstone Re Reports $66 Million Q3 Net; Conference Call Today, Details
Nov 8 2007 // Bermuda-based Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited reported net income available to common shareholders for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 of $66.2 million, or $0.77 per diluted share, compared to $56.9 million, or...
Calif. AG Files Lawsuit Against PacifiStaff Construction Training Company
Nov 7 2007 // California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has sued PacifiStaff, a Southern California corporation that trained construction companies to violate workers’ compensation laws by the use of “fake corporations...
Mo. Dept. Hosts Training Course on Insurance Fraud for Investigators
Nov 7 2007 // The Missouri Department of Insurance’s Consumer Affairs Division today announced it will host a training course for state and local government special investigators on Friday, Nov. 9 in Jefferson City at the Harry S....
Assurex Global, National Alliance Create International Insurance Program
Nov 6 2007 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research and Assurex Global announced they have partnered to create a strategic initiative focused on “Developing and Managing An International Book of Insurance...
La. Dept. of Labor Gets $10.5 Million to Help with Hurricane Recovery
Nov 6 2007 // The Louisiana Department of Labor has received a $10.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to assist 3,500 citizens in hurricane-affected parishes, the agency reported. LDOL requested the National Emergency...
Max Capital Earnings Announcement Today; Conference Call Details
Nov 5 2007 // The Bermuda-based Max Capital Group Ltd. will hold an investment community conference call today, November 5, 2007, at 10 o’clock a.m. Eastern Time, to discuss the Company’s third-quarter 2007 financial results...
Lloyd’s Holds Conference on Terrorist Threats in New York
Nov 5 2007 // Threats from terrorists have become a subject nobody can ignore – least of all the insurance industry. To meet those threats requires knowing who the terrorists are and how they operate. Lloyd’s recent seminar...
Ohio Announces Changes to Agent Continuing Education Process
Nov 5 2007 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently announced that it will no longer require Continuing Education (CE) providers to collect an agent’s Social Security Number (SSN) starting Jan. 1, 2008. The Department said...
Aspen Reports Record Q3 Results; Conference Call Today, Details
Nov 2 2007 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings reported record results for the third quarter of 2007. The Company gave the following highlights: from the earnings report: — Record third quarter net income of $117.2 million...
Okla. Reaches Tentative Settlement Over Tar Creek Superfund Site
Nov 2 2007 // The state of Oklahoma has reached a tentative settlement with a mining company that would provide nearly $65 million to agencies involved in restoration efforts at the Tar Creek Superfund site. A hearing on the settlement...
Insurance Adjusters Working at Site of N.C. Beach House Fire
Nov 2 2007 // The mayor of Ocean Isle Beach says insurance adjusters are on site at the scene of a burned-out North Carolina beach house where seven college students died. Mayor Debbie Smith says the town will keep a police officer...
Texas Sept. Enforcements Result in Nearly $376K in Fines, Restitution
Oct 30 2007 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during September 2007 include 12 license revocations, three license denials and fines and restitution totaling $375,983, the Texas...
People
Oct 27 2007 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Glendale Legal Unit B appointed Katherine Harvey-Edwards to attorney-in-charge. Harvey-Edwards brings 16 years of legal experience to her new post. She was hired as...
How to put the brakes on truck crashes
Oct 27 2007 // Drivers of large trucks and other vehicles involved in truck crashes are 10 times more likely to be the cause of the crash than other factors, such as weather, road conditions, and vehicle performance, according to a study...
Lack of Funding Halts Buyout of Homes in Okla. Superfund Site
Oct 26 2007 // The panel in charge of a federally funded buyout of homes located within the Tar Creek Superfund Site in Oklahoma has stopped making offers to homeowners because of a lack of funding, an official said. The Lead-Impacted...
Feds Push for Airline Safety Yields Runway and Training Upgrades
Oct 24 2007 // Several dozen airports painted brighter runway markings, airlines began new pilot training and regulators agreed to order clearer taxiing instructions as part of a two-month industrywide effort to improve U.S. aircraft...
Burns & Wilcox Appoint Liverance Director of Talent Acquisition
Oct 23 2007 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox recently announced that Steve Liverance has joined the company as director of talent acquisition. Liverance is responsible for developing and implementing a company-wide...
