Latest USA Headlines
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Battle Shaping Up Between U.S.- Australian Creditors of HIH
Jun 28 2001 // Several big creditors of failed Australian insurer HIH are pressing ahead with lawsuits in the U.S. aimed at stopping Tony McGrath, the KPMG partner appointed as provisional liquidator, from marshaling HIH’s U.S....
RIMS Signs Agreement with U.S. EPA
Jun 25 2001 // The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reached an agreement to develop a framework for addressing risk and insurance management issues relating to climate...
Docucorp Enlists Edens to Coordinate Central U.S. Sales Activities
Jun 21 2001 // Dallas-based Docucorp International, a provider of enterprise information solutions, appointed Marshall Edens as insurance practice leader for the Central U.S., a newly formed post. Edens will coordinate all of...
Assurex CEO Warns U.S. Companies Lack KR Coverage
Jun 20 2001 // Thomas W. Harvey, President and CEO of Assurex, the network of independent risk management and commercial insurance brokerages, warned that U.S. firms doing international business were inadequately covering the dangers to...
U.S. Now Largest Lloyd’s Market
Jun 19 2001 // The latest figures from Lloyd’s of London show that “for the first time in its 300-year history, the United States has become the British insurer’s largest single market.” Gross premiums from the...
Tillinghast-Towers Perrin Estimates $200B Price Tag for U.S. Asbestos Claims
Jun 19 2001 // Settlements to individuals exposed to asbestos in the U.S. and related expenses will ultimately reach $200 billion, according to a study conducted by Tillinghast-Towers Perrin. Of this amount, Tillinghast estimates that...
Zurich U.S. CEO Sees a Bright Future in Financial Services
Jun 18 2001 // John Amore, president and CEO of Zurich U.S., has a vision not just for his company but for the industry. “I think the industry needs to rebrand itself,” Amore told IJ in an exclusive interview in...
Oil & Gas Coverage Harder to Find; More EXPENSIVE
Jun 18 2001 // Crude oil and natural gas exploration and production continue at near record levels and most observers see no let up. White House officials are stumping for a national energy policy that among other things seeks increases...
Terrorism from Newly Empowered Pressure Groups Poses a Threat
Jun 18 2001 // Firebombs, booby-trapped letters and packages, kidnappings, assaults and extortion—as these violent acts continue to proliferate, insurers have stepped up to offer financial protection. Handling threats from terrorist...
Zurich North America Launches New Product Recall Coverage
Jun 12 2001 // Zurich North America’s Excess & Surplus Group is offering a new coverage for expenses related to product recalls, the company announced yesterday. The product recall expense coverage is designed for small to...
U.S.-China Reach Compromise on WTO
Jun 11 2001 // Meetings in Shanghai between U.S. trade representative Robert Zoellick and China’s Foreign Trade Minister Shi Guangsheng have apparently produced “a consensus on major issues” further clearing the way for...
Zurich U.S. CEO Sees a Bright Future in Financial Services
Jun 11 2001 // John Amore, president and CEO of Zurich U.S., has a vision not just for his company but for the industry. “I think the industry needs to rebrand itself,” Amore told IJ in an exclusive interview in...
The Middleton Group Releases its Biannual Compensation Survey: How Does Your Agency Compare’
Jun 11 2001 // Not surprisingly, compensation continues to be the single largest agency expense. The average independent agency in the U.S. spent between 62.2 percent and 66.3 percent on compensation in 2000, according to The Middleton...
Terrorism from Newly Empowered Pressure Groups Poses a Threat
Jun 11 2001 // Firebombs, booby-trapped letters and packages, kidnappings, assaults and extortion—as these violent acts continue to proliferate, insurers have stepped up to offer financial protection. Handling threats from terrorist...
How Does Your Agency Compare’ The Middleton Group biannual compensation survey
Jun 4 2001 // Not surprisingly, compensation continues to be the single largest agency expense. The average independent agency in the U.S. spent between 62.2 percent and 66.3 percent on compensation in 2000, according to The Middleton...
Crop Policies on U.S. Cotton Increase
Jun 4 2001 // A study conducted by an agricultural economist with Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. found a 3.7 percent increase in the number of crop insurance policies taken out on the U.S. cotton crop in 2001. According to...
MDA Announces Improved Information Product for U.S. Insurance Industry
Jun 1 2001 // The Information Products Group of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. unveiled a new version of its Home Replacement Cost Estimator, renamed the Replacement Cost Calculator. According to the company, the new version...
ING Launches U.S. Ad Campaign
May 22 2001 // ING Americas, the U.S. subsidiary of Holland’s ING Group, is launching a multi-million dollar ad campaign to make its name, which the company stresses should be enunciated I-N-G, not “ing,” as familiar in...
DOT Confirms Need for Tighter Mexican Trucks Inspection under NAFTA
May 18 2001 // An adequate number of safety inspectors and a detailed plan for the inspection of Mexican trucks at all borders are both essential for the safety of all motorists, according to the National Association of Independent...
AXA Names Condron To Head U.S. Operations
May 17 2001 // France’s AXA Group and its U.S. Subsidiary, AXA Financial, Inc. announced that Christopher M. “Kip” Condron has been named to succeed Edward D Miller as the new President and CEO of U.S. operations. He...
