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School Rules For the New Millennium
Jun 26 2000 // Today, there are roughly 51.5 million public and private school students and 3 million teachers in the United States, according to the NationalSchool Boards Association. And although these schools are scattered across the...
P/C Industry’s Net Income Dropsby a Third in First-Quarter 2000
Jun 26 2000 // The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net income after taxes dropped 35.4 percent to $5.8 billion in first-quarter 2000, down from $9 billion in first-quarter 1999, according to Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO)...
Aviation Prices Go Up, Up and Away
Jun 26 2000 // The motives for buying an aircraft are as varied as the uses to which the aircraft can be applied—as are, of course, the risks associated those uses. Some underwriting companies also insure an array of aviation-related...
P/C Industry’s Net Income Drops by a Third in First Quarter 2000
Jun 14 2000 // The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net income after taxes dropped 35.4 percent to $5.8 billion in first-quarter 2000, down from $9 billion in first-quarter 1999, according to Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO)...
SCHOOL RULES FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM: School Districts Face New Risks from the Playground to the Clas
May 29 2000 // With the new millennium comes a complex array of challenges to America’s public schools. Among them are the need to improve academic performance, reduce overcrowded classrooms, meet the needs of a growing number of...
Alleghany Completes Sale of Underwriters Re
May 12 2000 // Alleghany Corp. has completed the sale of its Underwriters Re Group property and casualty reinsurance and insurance businesses to Swiss Re American Holding Corp. As previously announced, Alleghany is retaining Underwriters...
SAFECO Announces First Quarter Underwriting Loss
Apr 19 2000 // Seattle-based SAFECO Corp. announced that both Property & Casualty and Life & Investments operations performed below expectations during the first quarter. The underwriting loss is expected to be in the...
WORKERS’ COMP MARKET OVERVIEW
Apr 3 2000 // CALIFORNIA STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS By Sky Barnhart “After five years of product being given away, it’s a crazy, crazy market, and it’s put a lot of people on the producers’ side out of...
INEX Adds Underwriting Members
Mar 15 2000 // Vesta Capital Insurance Syndicate Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vesta Insurance Group of Birmingham, Alabama, was approved by the INEX Board of Trustees and Illinois Department of Insurance prior to year-end. Vesta...
Non-Profit Nursing Homes Receive TDI Assistance
Feb 2 2000 // Non-profit nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Texas will soon be admitted into the state’s Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association for the first time since 1982, with for-profit facilities...
