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U.S. Transportation Dept. Provides $40M for Katrina-Damaged Roads
Dec 10 2005 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has provided an additional $40 million to Louisiana and Mississippi as part of the federal government’s commitment to help Gulf Coast states rebuild roads and bridges...
National Assoc. of Insurance Commissioners Elects Officers
Dec 8 2005 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected regulators from Maine, Alabama, Kansas and New Mexico as the organization’s 2006 officers during the Association’s Winter National...
Fitch Reviews U.S. Insurance Industry in 2005; Looks Ahead to 2006
Dec 8 2005 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry encountered deja vu in this past year, reported Fitch Ratings in its annual 2005 Review and 2006 Outlook for the U.S. insurance industry. The ratings agency says 2005 mirrored...
FEMA Urges Floridians to Buy Flood Insurance; Floods #1 on List of U.S. Natural Disasters
Dec 6 2005 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued a plea urging all Florida residents that own property designated by the National Flood Insurance Program as being in a high-risk flood area they need to obtain flood...
U.S. Marines Begin Offering Traumatic Injury Insurance Program
Dec 5 2005 // Some former and current U.S. Marine Corps personnel may be eligible for financial compensation through the newly established Traumatic Injury Insurance Program. The Traumatic Injury Insurance Program (TSGLI) provides a...
Eight Key Litigation Trends
Dec 5 2005 // Following are key findings in the 2005 Fulbright and Jaworski 2005 Litigation Trends Survey. 1) Litigation Dockets –Eighty-seven percent of American companies are engaged in some form of litigation in the United...
Corporate Litigation Costs More than Winning, Study Says
Dec 5 2005 // Litigation has become the great equalizer of the modern corporation. Regardless of size, industry or location, there are a sizeable number of disputes diverting the resources of businesses. Nearly 90 percent of U.S....
Climate Model Predicts Dramatic Changes in Next 100 Years
Dec 5 2005 // The most comprehensive climate model of the continental United States predicts more extreme temperatures throughout the country and more extreme precipitation along the Gulf Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and east of the...
Climate Model Predicts Dramatic Changes in Next 100 Years
Dec 4 2005 // The most comprehensive climate model of the continental United States predicts more extreme temperatures throughout the country and more extreme precipitation along the Gulf Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and east of the...
New Markets
Dec 4 2005 // Non-Franchised Auto Dealers Nuts & Bolts: DMI Insurance Services Inc. ha expanded the range of markets it supplies to producers serving non-franchised auto dealers and automotive specialty shops. The new markets will...
Business Moves
Dec 4 2005 // TD Banknorth, Boothby & Bartlett TD Banknorth Inc. is expanding its insurance presence in central Maine by purchasing Boothby & Bartlett Company, a community insurance agency in Waterville, Maine. The acquisition...
U.S. Risk Insurance Opens Irvine, San Diego Offices
Dec 2 2005 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc. (U.S. Risk) has announced the opening of its Irvine, Calif., office and a satellite office in San Diego. Scott T. Carroll has joined the company as vice president and branch manager to...
Black Market AIDS Ring Members Apprehended for Diverting Drugs from Medicaid Recipients
Dec 1 2005 // Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist and U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta today announced the arrests of four individuals, including two Miami physicians, for their participation in an organization that illegally diverted...
Investors Turn Up Heat on Insurers to Disclose Risk from Climate Change
Dec 1 2005 // Citing the risks that they say insurance companies face from losses and financial risks associated with climate change, 20 U.S. investors led by several state treasurers urged 30 of the largest publicly-held insurance...
Busiest, Costliest Atlantic Hurricane Season Ends; 2006 Could be Worse
Nov 30 2005 // The victims of the busiest and costliest Atlantic hurricane season on record may be comforted now that it’s finally ending Wednesday: No hurricane has been known to hit the United States between December and May. But...
Lord Levene Urges U.K. Reinsurers to Support Changes in U.S. Trust Fund Collateral Requirements
Nov 29 2005 // Lloyd’s Chairman, Lord Levene, has called on the London market’s reinsurers to play their part in European efforts to remove the current “inappropriate system” of collateralisation requirements in...
Kingsway Taps The Robert Plan to Manage Auto Assigned Risk in U.S.
Nov 28 2005 // Kingsway Financial Services Inc. of Toronto has entered into a program management agreement with The Robert Plan Corporation. to have RPC service its U.S. assigned risk automobile accounts. The agreement is effective for...
Truckers Balk at Passport Requirement
Nov 25 2005 // Nearly a year after President Bush signed the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, the trucking industry is seeking flexibility in the act’s regulatory implementation so that commercial drivers are not...
Florida’s CFO Gallagher Backs National Catastrophe Fund
Nov 25 2005 // A National Catastrophe Fund that would provide assistance for insurance claims in Florida has been endorsed by Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CFO. The CFO’s recommendations came after officials, including Florida...
Disaster Recovery Officials on the Prowl for Fraudulent Claims After Hurricanes
Nov 24 2005 // Numerous federal agencies have dispatched teams of special agents to investigate fraudulent claims from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency...
