June 12, 2000
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimates that almost 11,000 households in the U.S. are at risk for flooding, which accounts for 90 percent of all disasters nationwide. Yet, the vast majority of American property owners, even an astonishing percentage …
June 5, 2000
Attendees at this year’s Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) Annual Meeting in Orlando were treated to four days full of networking and educational opportunities, not to mention illuminating speakers and entertainers, all nestled in the lush setting of the …
May 29, 2000
The beleaguered California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush is the victim of a vicious smear campaign, his newly hired defense attorney is contending. At the May 23 Senate Insurance Committee Oversight hearing, Quackenbush stated: “I have become increasingly concerned that this …
May 29, 2000
Volunteers-without them, most nonprofit organizations would not exist. They are the common soil in which most mainstream nonprofits are planted, providing services in countless different areas. Yet although property/casualty coverages are fairly easy to find in today’s soft market, volunteers …
May 29, 2000
Attendees at this year’s Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) Annual Meeting in Orlando were treated to four days full of networking and educational opportunities-not to mention illuminating speakers and dazzling entertainers, all nestled in the lush setting of the …
May 24, 2000
California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush refused to testify before a legislative committee Tuesday upon the advice of his attorney, saying he would not walk into a “political ambush.” “I have become increasingly concerned that this Committee’s agenda is less about …
May 15, 2000
An Oregon House Interim Committee heard testimony on April 27 with respect to what is perceived by a number of insurance industry analysts and major trade organizations as a state of deterioration in the workers’ compensation marketplace in that state. …
May 15, 2000
Large commercial insurance agencies, issuing perhaps tens of thousands of certificates of insurance per year, often face a dilemma: how can the process be made more efficient and effective? However, technological developments over the past few years have resulted in …
May 15, 2000
Large commercial insurance agencies, issuing perhaps tens of thousands of certificates of insurance per year, often face a dilemma: how can the process be made more efficient and effective? However, technological developments over the past few years have resulted in …
May 15, 2000
Evolve, Emerge, E-magine” will be the theme of the ACORD Technology Conference 2000, to be held at the Contemporary Resort Hotel at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., May 21-24. Rick Gilman, vice president-communications for ACORD, noted that this year’s theme …