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Travel Wallets Expand as Americans Spend More than $1 Billion a Year on Trip Insurance
May 25 2005 // The first ever Travel Insurance Market Survey, conducted on behalf of the U.S. Travel Insurance Association (UStiA), revealed that Americans spent more than $1 billion on travel insurance last year. According to the...
Rand Study: More than 730,000 People File U.S. Asbestos Injury Claims
May 23 2005 // More than 730,000 people in the United States filed compensation claims for asbestos-related injuries from the early 1970s through the end of 2002, costing businesses and insurance companies more than $70 billion, the RAND...
Tsunami Warning: Spitzer is Coming
May 23 2005 // This is not a tsunami “watch.” This is a tsunami warning. The waves have already swept over the closest beaches, so we know they are coming. It’s too soon for casualty reports, but some mighty big places...
Nearly Half of Large, Mid-sized Businesses Purchased Terrorism Insurance in 2004
May 23 2005 // Nearly half of large and mid-sized U.S. businesses obtained insurance to cover property terrorism risks during 2004, a dramatic increase from the 2003 average of 27 percent. Meanwhile, the cost of property terrorism...
People & Places
May 23 2005 // Joseph Savarese Atlanta-based NBIS appointed Joseph Savarese as senior vice president of underwriting. He will focus on the company’s eastern and western U.S. presence, working to establish a network of insurance...
People & Places
May 23 2005 // Joseph Savarese NBIS appointed Joseph Savarese senior vice president of underwriting. He will focus on the company’s Eastern and Western U.S. presence working to establish a network of insurance agents and brokers in...
Pet Peeve
May 23 2005 // I have a bone to pick with the insurance industry. Why is an industry that loses billions on cat losses every year so hot under the collar about dogs? You don’t have to be a poodle to know that with about 5 million...
People & Places
May 23 2005 // C. Jeff Pan U.S.I. Holdings Corp. appointed C. Jeff Pan senior vice president – Business Transformation. Pan, who will be based in Dallas, is responsible for transforming the company’s business processes from a...
People
May 23 2005 // Atlanta-based NBIS appointed Joseph Savarese as senior vice president of underwriting. He will focus on the company’s eastern and western U.S. presence, working to establish a network of insurance agents and brokers...
Rodney Pierson
May 23 2005 // Twig Branch Seattle, Wash.-based Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company has announced that Rodney A. Pierson has been named senior vice president, CFO and treasurer. Pierson’s long history in finance includes his...
Pet Peeve
May 23 2005 // Why are underwriters acting like scaredy-cats over dogs? Because they only hear about the bad puppies. They don’t know good dogs or the good things dogs do. I have a bone to pick with the insurance industry. Why is...
Fla. Insurance Commission Subpoenas 17 Reinsurers
May 23 2005 // Investigative subpoenas have been issued by Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty probing the dealings of 17 reinsurers selling finite risk policies. The companies on the receiving end of the subpoenas, including...
People
May 23 2005 // NBIS appointed Joseph Savarese senior vice president of underwriting. He will focus on the company’s Eastern and Western U.S. presence working to establish a network of insurance agents and brokers in the contractors...
People
May 23 2005 // U.S.I. Holdings Corp. appointed C. Jeff Pan senior vice president – Business Transformation. Pan, who will be based in Dallas, is responsible for transforming the company’s business processes from a...
May 23 2005 // Nearly Half of Large, Mid-sized Businesses Purchased Terrorism Insurance in 2004 Nearly half of large and mid-sized U.S. businesses obtained insurance to cover property terrorism risks during 2004, a dramatic increase from...
Tsunami Warning: Spitzer is Coming
May 23 2005 // This is not a tsunami “watch.” This is a tsunami warning. The waves have already swept over the closest beaches, so we know they are coming. It’s too soon for casualty reports, but some mighty big places...
May 23 2005 // Nearly Half of Large, Mid-sized Businesses Purchased Terrorism Insurance in 2004 Nearly half of large and mid-sized U.S. businesses obtained insurance to cover property terrorism risks during 2004, a dramatic increase from...
Rand Study: More than 730,000 People File U.S. Asbestos Injury Claims
May 23 2005 // More than 730,000 people in the United States filed compensation claims for asbestos-related injuries from the early 1970s through the end of 2002, costing businesses and insurance companies more than $70 billion, the RAND...
Rand Study: More than 730,000 People File U.S. Asbestos Injury Claims
May 23 2005 // More than 730,000 people in the United States filed compensation claims for asbestos-related injuries from the early 1970s through the end of 2002, costing businesses and insurance companies more than $70 billion, the RAND...
Tsunami Warning: Spitzer is Coming
May 23 2005 // This is not a tsunami “watch.” This is a tsunami warning. The waves have already swept over the closest beaches, so we know they are coming. It’s too soon for casualty reports, but some mighty big places...
