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Visitors to U.S. Offered Health Coverage

Aug 10 2004 // Florida-based XN Financial Services announced that 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, Maryland. The...

Nevada’s Countersignature Statute Thrown Out

Aug 10 2004 // A federal judge for the District of Nevada ruled Nevada’s statute that precludes out-of-state insurance brokers from conducting business in the state without the countersignature of a resident agent is...

AIR Releases 2004 U.S. Storm, Terrorism Models

Aug 9 2004 // AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) announced the release of its 2004 U.S. hurricane, earthquake, severe thunderstorm and terrorism models. The updated models reflect the latest scientific and engineering research into these...

ATRA Urges Enactment of Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act

Aug 9 2004 // ATRA Urges Enactment of Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) is urging enactment of a federal bill that would reportedly remove two of the biggest thorns in the side of the U.S. judicial...

Karrie Webb Spins Cycle of Success

Aug 9 2004 // Australia may not be known in the United States as a hotbed for golf, but the country has not had a shortage of talented players over the years. One such person from Down Under who has made a name for herself on the links...

AIG Unveils Q2 Numbers; Reports Overall Good Quarter

Aug 9 2004 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) reported that its second quarter 2004 net income rose 25.7 percent to a record $2.86 billion or $1.09 per share, compared to $2.28 billion or $0.87 per share in the second quarter of...

Safety Group Urges Others to Follow N.Y. Lead to Curb Cigarette-Caused Fires

Aug 6 2004 // The number of fires caused by lighted tobacco products – almost always cigarettes – increased by a stunning 19 percent in the most recent year studied, according to research by the National Fire Protection...

Kingsway Notes Record Income for Q2

Aug 6 2004 // Toronto-based Kingsway reported record net income for the second quarter of the year and first six months. Net income increased by 22% to $33.3 million, compared to $27.3 million reported in the second quarter of last...

Ark. Urges Insurers Not to Deny Auto Coverage to Returning U.S. Armed Forces

Aug 6 2004 // The Arkansas Insurance Department reported it has received information indicating some automobile insurance companies are denying reinstatement, refusing to write, or raising premium rates for members of the U.S. Armed...

Christiansen Appointed President, CEO of Lindsey Morden and Cunningham Lindsey U.S.

Aug 5 2004 // Toronto-based Lindsey Morden Group Inc. announced that its board of directors board named Jan Christiansen as the new president and chief executive officer of Lindsey Morden and Cunningham Lindsey U.S. Inc. The board also...

Cunningham Lindsey U.S. Promotes Repinski

Aug 5 2004 // David Repinski was promoted to the positions of executive vice president and chief operating officer for Cunningham Lindsey U.S. Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Toronto-based Lindsey Morden Group Inc. Repinski will continue...

Survey: No Relief from Litigation for Big Firms

Aug 4 2004 // Litigation involving U.S. business has receded slightly overall, but large corporations have experienced a surge and see no relief from lawsuits in sight. In a new survey of national litigation trends by law firm Fulbright...

U.S. Places Financial Centers in N.Y., N.J. and D.C. on High Terror Alert

Aug 2 2004 // Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced that the government has “specific credible information” causing it to raise to the terrorism threat level to Code Orange for the financial services sector in New...

U.S. Risk Adds Three in Underwriting Unit

Jul 29 2004 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. announced that Genia Walden, Carrie Keel and Joan Corder have joined U.S. Risk Underwriters in the company’s Dallas, Texas office. Walden will be a member of the Commercial Underwriting...

PartnerRe Continues Strong Numbers Growth

Jul 27 2004 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. reported net income of $119.8 million, or $2.12 per share on a fully diluted basis, for the second quarter of 2004. This net income includes net after-tax realized gains on investments of $10.1...

Crawford & Co. Unveils Q2 Report

Jul 26 2004 // Atlanta-based Crawford & Co., an independent provider of claims management solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities, announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2004. Second...

Fla. Sen. Bill Nelson Continues to Fly New Missions for Sunshine State

Jul 23 2004 // Bill Nelson Florida Senator As his bio notes growing up as a child, Florida Senator Bill Nelson never imagined that one day he would both catapult into space from a NASA launch site just miles from his grandfather’s...

AIG Unveils Q2 Numbers; Reports Overall Good Quarter

Jul 23 2004 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) reported that its second quarter 2004 net income rose 25.7 percent to a record $2.86 billion or $1.09 per share, compared to $2.28 billion or $0.87 per share in the second quarter of...

Seeking Insurance Coverage, Peru Airline Transfers Ownership to Employees

Jul 22 2004 // Peru’s transportation minister said the country’s largest airline, grounded because of its reputed ties to cocaine trafficking, has transferred ownership to its employees in a bid to obtain an insurance policy...

Quanta US Names Fishman President

Jul 22 2004 // Quanta U.S. Holdings Inc., the holding company for the U.S.-based specialty insurance operations of Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd., announced the appointment of Robert Fishman as president of U.S. insurance. Fishman, will...