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Fla. Candidates Smith, Davis a Contrast of Styles, Not Substance
Jul 24 2006 // If you read what Rod Smith and Jim Davis have to say about issues in the governor’s race, there won’t be much difference between the Democrats. Neither likes how Gov. Jeb Bush has used standardized testing to...
The excess flood market steps up where NFIP drops off
Jul 24 2006 // The historical lessons learned from Katrina and Rita and looming predictions of a future with bigger and stronger storms highlight more than ever before the importance of flood insurance, even in locations where it was...
U.S. property/casualty industry posts record 1Q profits
Jul 24 2006 // News Currents The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net gain on underwriting rose $1.4 billion, or 20.8 percent, to $8.4 billion in first-quarter 2006 from $6.9 billion in first-quarter 2005. The combined...
Nearly 29% of Employees Considered Unproductive, Survey Found
Jul 19 2006 // Nearly 29 percent percent of company time in America is unproductive, according to the results of a new study by management consulting firm, Proudfoot Consulting. The estimated cost of poor productivity in the U.S. is $598...
Fla. Beefs Up Emergency Response Team Preparedness
Jul 19 2006 // Most tests involve paper, a pencil and maybe a calculator, but this one will involve concrete, steel and human resolve. On July 20, members of the Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces from Tampa Bay, Central Florida,...
Report: U.S. Reaches World Trade Organization Deal with Russia
Jul 14 2006 // Russia’s finance minister said Russia and the United States had reached a deal on one of the key sticking points holding up an agreement on Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization, and a final deal...
N.Y. Dad Admits Helping Son with Car Insurance Scam
Jul 14 2006 // A 57-year-old man admitted pulling off an insurance scam with his son, a former college student who faces up to 157 years in prison for federal drug and weapons crimes. Gerald Thomas Sr., of Norwich, pleaded guilty this...
London-based Aviva PLC Aquires Iowa’s AmerUs for $2.9 Billion
Jul 14 2006 // Aviva PLC, Britain’s largest insurance company, said Thursday it will take over U.S. life insurance company AmerUs Group Co. in a $2.9 billion deal that will expand the U.K. insurer’s reach into the U.S....
Spokane Diocese Settles Sexual Abuse Claims with Two Insurers
Jul 10 2006 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane has reached agreements with two more insurance carriers on payments to cover sexual abuse claims as the diocese’s bankruptcy case heads into mediation. In a statement issued late...
Storms Prove Costly for Insurance Industry, Wis. Company Says
Jul 10 2006 // While storms such as Hurricane Katrina grab the headlines, a string of smaller storms over the past few years has been taking a toll on insurance companies, industry officials said. Storm claim losses have been running...
American Family Insurance: Midwest Storms Prove Costly
Jul 6 2006 // While storms such as Hurricane Katrina grab the headlines, a string of smaller storms over the past few years has been taking a toll on insurance companies, industry officials said. Storm claim losses have been running...
U.S. Approves $14 Million for N.H. Flood Victims
Jul 5 2006 // The federal government has approved nearly $14 million in grants and loans for New Ham[pshire residents and businesses hit by flooding in May. Since President Bush signed off on a disaster declaration for six of the...
Puerto Rico Appeals Window on Countersignature Law Expires
Jul 5 2006 // The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico failed to file a timely appeal of a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, meaning an earlier federal court decision striking down Puerto Rico’s controversial...
News Briefs
Jul 4 2006 // EU Leaders Fiddle While Europe Burns: The crisis in the European Union, provoked when French and Dutch voters rejected the EU Constitution, is being largely ignored by Europe’s leaders. Instead of a bit of...
AVRECO’s Borderline Med-Mal Market
Jul 4 2006 // Chicago-based wholesaler AVRECO has a new medical liability insurance market for borderline nonstandard physicians and surgeons. It’s geared toward doctors on their way to a standard market, but who haven’t...
News Currents
Jul 3 2006 // The virtual, global economy challenges, humbles insurance leaders Insurance agents and executives have a lot to worry about as the fast-paced virtual economy takes hold. According to futurist Edie Weiner, they are right to...
Insuring Indian country
Jul 3 2006 // Indian tribes are no longer merely casino entrepreneurs or cigarette wholesalers. In conjunction with America’s largest corporations, Indians are now engaged in real estate development, banking and finance,...
Insuring Indian country
Jul 3 2006 // Indian tribes are no longer merely casino entrepreneurs or cigarette wholesalers. In conjunction with America’s largest corporations, Indians are now engaged in real estate development, banking and finance,...
Lawyers Overseeing Layers
Jul 3 2006 // No country has as many lawyers as the United States — more than 152,000 in California alone — three times as many as in all of France. Nor does any other country rely as heavily on the legal profession to order...
The virtual, global economy challenges, humbles insurance leaders
Jul 3 2006 // Insurance agents and executives have a lot to worry about as the fast-paced virtual economy takes hold. According to futurist Edie Weiner, they are right to be worried. She says there are a lot of unfamiliar risks ahead...
