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State Farm Partners with HFSC’s Steering Committee to Increase Home Safety
Oct 21 2004 // The nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) announced that State Farm Insurance is the first representative of the insurance industry to join HFSC’s Steering Committee. “From the Coalition’s...
U.S.I. Holdings Corp. Targeted in Class Action Suit
Oct 21 2004 // U.S.I. Holdings Corporation reported on Thursday that the company has been named in a class action suit filed in New York on behalf a client of a Marsh & McLennan subsidiary against the 10 largest U.S. insurance...
Fla. Agency Wins Chubb Charity National Golf Challenge
Oct 20 2004 // J. Rolfe Davis Insurance of Maitland, Fla. was the top finisher in the Fifth Annual Chubb Charity Challenge, which raised more than $800,000 for charities in the United States and Canada. Golf teams representing insurance...
Federal Judge Dismisses Holocaust Insurance Cases
Oct 15 2004 // A federal judge on Thursday tossed out 20 lawsuits accusing an insurance company of not paying benefits to victims of the Holocaust. U.S. District Judge Michael Mukasey claimed the lawsuits are pre-empted by the U.S....
W. Va. Workers’ Comp Investigator Receives Award
Oct 15 2004 // A West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission fraud and abuse investigator was to be honored on Friday for her work by the U.S. Department of Justice. Lisa Prater, manager of the Fraud & Abuse Investigations...
Ga. Farmers Eligible for Agriculture Disaster Assistance Backed by the U.S. Senate
Oct 13 2004 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue announced this week that Georgia farmers will be eligible to receive financial assistance due to their losses from Hurricanes Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. The U.S. Senate on Monday passed $2.9...
Montpelier Re, OPIC Offer Terrorism Cover Abroad
Oct 12 2004 // Bermuda-based Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (NYSE – MRH) announced that its wholly owned operating subsidiaries, Montpelier Reinsurance Ltd. and Montpelier Agency Ltd., have entered into agreements with the Overseas...
ASCnet Honors Litwin with Leadership Award
Oct 12 2004 // Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group of Applied Systems management technology, announced independent agent Jo Ann Litwin, president of Litwin, Castle & Christ in Orchard Park, N.Y., as the third...
Visitors to U.S. – Health Coverage
Oct 11 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Florida-based XN Financial Services announced it will offer health insurance products and services to foreign nationals traveling in the U.S. through RCM&D, an Assurex Partner located in Baltimore,...
Powering the World
Oct 11 2004 // It’s too bad we can’t harness the energy of Washington’s Mt. St. Helens. It’s been belching great plumes of steam and ash of late, propelling long buried energy some 10,000 feet into the air. So far...
People & Places
Oct 11 2004 // Nancy Baily Kevin Mangan InVEST, an education program that develops a diverse pool of insurance professionals and informed consumers by educating high school and community college students on insurance, financial services...
People & Places
Oct 11 2004 // Mike Barron Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that Mike Barron is the company’s new senior vice president of financial services. Barron is a certified public accountant with over 30 years of experience in...
PIAA: Both Presidential Tickets Recognize Medical Crisis; Kerry-Edwards Fails to Embrace the Solution
Oct 8 2004 // Both candidates in the vice presidential debate on Tuesday evening, Oct. 5 acknowledged the ongoing medical liability crisis in the United States, according to the Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA), an...
S&P Affirms Everest Reinsurance Holdings Ratings
Oct 7 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “A-” debt rating on U.S.-based Everest Reinsurance Holdings Inc.’s $250 million senior unsecured note issuance. S&P...
Jurenek Joins Sales Team at Pan-American Life
Oct 7 2004 // New Orleans-based Pan-American Life Insurance Company announced that Suzanne Jurenek is the company’s new sales director for U.S. Life Sales. As director of U.S. Life Sales, Jurenek works with MGAs and producers to...
R&M Report Says U.S. Insurers Distribution Expenses May Double
Oct 6 2004 // Dublin-based Research and Markets announced the addition of a new report, “Distribution Technology Trends in US Insurance” to their offering. The study presents the findings on distribution technology trends...
Ambassador Bremer Tells Agents Saddam Ouster Was Right to Do But U.S. Troop Levels Were Wrong
Oct 5 2004 // Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, who spent 14 months as head of the U.S. provisional government in Iraq, said he is convinced it was necessary to oust Saddam Hussein, but the United States paid a price for not having enough...
Underinsurance Problem Improves, Says MS/B
Oct 5 2004 // Undervaluation statistics for U.S. homeowners business continue to improve, according to Peter M. Wells, senior vice president of Marshall & Swift / Boeckh (MS/B). MS/B, a provider of building cost data and estimating...
S.C. Car Insurance Rates Outpace U.S. Despite 1999 Deregulation Law
Oct 4 2004 // Insurance rates for drivers in South Carolina have been rising faster than the national average, according to a new report. The state’s drivers on average spent $702.44 for auto insurance in 2002, an increase of 10.4...
Aspen Announces Plans to Expand and Diversify; Best Comments
Oct 1 2004 // Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced from its Bermuda headquarters the next stages in the development of its corporate strategy as it expands its business in Bermuda and further diversifies its operations. “In...
