National News for May 2004
- AIG Introduces “iClaims” — New Imaging Technology
 - PCI Says Recent Midwest Floods Show Need to Reauthorize NFIP
 - Beware Termites!
 - ACT Unveils Agent-Broker ‘One-Stop’ Web Site for Real-Time Interface Information
 - NAIC Comments on A.M. Best Insurer Solvency Study
 - HomeInfoMax Adds New Features to Web site
 - Berkshire to Acquire 16% Stake in White Mountains
 - S&P Affirms GEICO and Subs ‘AAA’ Ratings
 - AIG Small Business Introduces New Online Services for Insurance Brokers and Agents
 - NAMIC Urges NAIC to Table ‘Sarbanes-Oxley’ Proposals
 - Best Expands E-Fusion Award to Six Categories
 - IOM Study Reports Limited Adverse Health Consequences from Mold
 - Arch Insurance Announces $25 Million in New Capacity for Railroad Industry
 - Union Pacific Announces Derailment Settlement
 - Allstate Study Warns on Coastal Floods
 - Hartford Announces New eSubmission Capabilities
 - Aon to Outsource Most U.S. IT Infrastructure to CSC
 - St. Paul Travelers Announces Settlement of Common Law Asbestos-Related Direct Actions
 - Accenture Survey Targets Industry Fraud
 - AIMU Board Backs Revisions to Cargo Clauses
 - Xerox Survey Reports Productivity as Top Business Priority for ACORD LOMA Attendees
 - Chubb Survey: One in Four Private Companies Sued by Employees, Former Employees
 - Marine Underwriters Association Revises Cargo Clauses; First Revision in 38 Years
 - Survey Shows Majority of Risk Managers Say Contingent Commission Practice is Conflict of Interest
 - CalSurance Adds Rush to Sales Team
 - ACORD Demos Newly Released Fillable Forms at Conference
 - ACORD Launches New Advantage Web Site
 - ePolicy Solutions Reports Findings of Online Industry Systems Open Forum
 - Best’s 34-Year P/C Insolvency Study Finds Industry Remarkably Resilient
 - Progressive Offers Real-Time Claims Info to Independent Agents, Brokers Using Applied Systems
 - Best Releases Latest Version of Underwriting Guide
 - Report: Auto Premium Errors Cost Insurers $15 Billion
 - CEO Ayer Touts ‘Tremendous’ Year for The Hartford
 - CIS Enters Into Deal with FinancePro
 - First Premium Insurance Group Unveils ‘Supplemental Natural Disaster Protection’
 - Beneducci Promoted to COO at Fireman’s Fund
 - Fallout from MMC’s Kroll Acquisition
 - Best Downgrades NIPPONKOA Insurance Co. of America
 - OnlineBenefits to Purchase Captiva Systems
 - InVEST Names Afni’s Roy to Board of Directors
 - U.S. House Passes OSHA Changes for Employers
 - PIA Calls on All State Departments to Protect Returning U.S. Soldiers from Rate Hikes, Coverage Denials
 - PCI Says Regulatory Modernization, Credit Scoring Continue to Be Top Issues
 - U.S. Investment Slowing in Europe Says RiskProNet Conference Speaker
 - MMC to Buy Kroll for $1.9 Billion
 - MONY Shareholders Approve $1.5 Billion AXA Merger
 - S&P Affirms AFG Ratings; Raises Outlook
 - PCI Hosts Mini-Seminar on Sarbanes-Oxley Act
 - Arch Introduces Environmental Multi-Line Policy
 - Bookman, Trought to Head American Collectors
 - PIA Lauds N.D. Commissioner for Helping Returning GI’s
 - Insurers Urge Senate Panel to Extend TRIA
 - Allenbrook Unveils New ‘Express’ Version of Phoenix
 - Management Cybernetics Notes Release of Omni7
 - Background Checks, Fingerprinting System Should Be First Priority, Says PCI
 - Deloitte & Touche Names Spruell, Thaler to Posts
 - Hastings Mutual Reports Full Deployment of Guidewire ClaimCenter
 - PCI White Paper: Insurer Profitability Must Be Viewed Over Long Term
 - Primary Group  Forms U.S. Distribution Team
 - S&P Report: Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Shows Good Year, Despite Higher Losses
 - Wachovia Open to More Insurance Acquisitions
 - PCI Spurs Need for Medical Liability Reform; House Approves Legislation
 - IBHS Makes Available New Checklist to Make Manufactured Homes More Secure
 - TechAssure Partners with Euclid Managers
 - CARH Praises House Vote on Med-Mal Reform
 - Fitch Downgrades ACA Financial Guaranty to ‘BBB’
 - Great American Insurance Group Joins AIA
 - Best Announces Ratings Actions on Aon Subsidiaries
 - The Doctors Co. Adds Starcher to Board of Govs.
 - Physician Group’s Study Claims Cost to Society of Lack of Health Insurance in U.S. Tops $100 Billion
 - ISO Launches Major New Microsoft® .Net-Ready Version of ISO Claims Outcome Advisor Solution
 - S&P Reports on U.S. P/C Industry Financial Condition
 - Standard Insurance Co. Unveils New Online Tools
 - ALEC Civil Justice Task Force Adopts NAMIC Model Law
 - Correction: 100 Largest P/C Independent Agencies
 - Assurant Employee Benefits Sells WorkAbility Division
 - Insurer Groups Say Multistate Credit Scoring Study Likely to Be Biased
 - Life Actuaries Should Put Consumers’ Interests First, Says Watchdog Organization President
 - ISO Launches .NET-Ready Version of Claims Software
 - Asbestos Negotiations Die in U.S. Senate
 - Fireman’s Fund Selects Kavitsky to Succeed Post as CEO and President
 - PCI Statement on Breakdown in Asbestos Negotiations
 - CPCU Society to Present Reinsurance Symposium
 - AIG Excess Casualty Unveils AIG ExcessPrime
 - Marshall Named President/CEO at Camelback
 - PCI Workshop Targets Top Causes of Construction-Related Injuries, Fatalities
 - NCCI Unveils 2003 Workers’ Comp Numbers
 - Fitch Places ACA Financial on Rating Watch Negative
 - OneBeacon Joins E&S Property Market
 - Questions of Coverage for Terrorism
 - CDS Unveils Slope/Aspect/Elevation Report
 - MarketScout: Rates Adjusted Downward Later in Summer
 - PCI Welcomes Three New Member Companies
 - RMS, Marshall & Swift/Boeckh Form Partnership to Enhance Property Valuation for Risk Analysis
 - ACE USA Appoints Cook as VP- ACE Captive Solutions
 - PCI Expresses Concerns on States’ Credit Scoring Study
 - Imaging at a Glance Study Published
 - IIABA Study Warns on “Electrical Hazards”
 - Chubb Introduces an Intellectual Property, Privacy and Communications Liability Risk Management Handbook
 - PIAA, NPDB Data Show Med-Mal Costs Still Rising
 - The Hartford Adds New Program to Help Employees, Claimants Overcome Disability-Related Challenges
 - Fireman’s Fund Picks American Collectors Insurance to Provide Collector Vehicle Coverage
 - Jury Rules For Swiss Re in WTC Recovery Case
 - PCI Cites ISO Action as Supporting TRIA Renewal
 - PCI Comments on Allstate Class Action Verdict
 - TowerGroup Study Finds U.S. Insurers Invest in Response to Infrastructure Weaknesses Uncovered in Sarbanes-Oxley Audits
 - Hooper Holmes Buys Mid-America Agency Services
 - ISO Files Conditional Terrorism Policy Endorsements
 - Big I Board Nominates Stiglitz as President-Elect
 - Swiss Re Completes Admin Re Acquisition of CNA’s Individual Life Insurance Business
 - Best Offers Its Suite of Reinsurance Information for P/C and Life/Health Insurers on CD-ROM and Online
 - ACE USA Creates New Healthcare Practice
 - Allstate Wins Class Action Suit on Diminished Value
 
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