National News for April 2003
- SIS, Rackley Systems Note Certified Integration
 - Lexington’s Kelley to Keynote at Target Markets Summit
 - AAI Warns Mass. Budget Proposal Would Cost Insurers
 - PIP Reform, Workers’ Comp on Table as Fla. Session Nears End
 - Conning Study Says Workers’ Comp Market Faces Major Shift as State Funds Swell
 - Arch Insurance Group Now Offering New Environmental Coverage
 - Gross Elected a Director of NBIS Inc.
 - W.R. Berkley Corp. Reports 1stQ Net Income Doubles to $71.7M
 - Tillinghast Study Says D&O Liability Premiums Skyrocket as Shareholder Claims Increase
 - Safeco Posts First Underwriting Profit in Four Years
 - ISO Says Insurers Will Pay $1.2B in Storm Claims in 10 States
 - Senate Bills Reportedly Increasing Choice, Lowering Premiums in La. Passes Committee
 - AIA Says Newly Revised Federal Hours-Of-Service for Truckers Don’t Go Far Enough
 - VFS Insurance Group’s Reach Expands Across the U.S.
 - Kemper, Investors Discontinue Negotiations on New Venture
 - FNF Acquires Mutual of Omaha Flood Business
 - NAII Urges Early Adoption of Proposal to Enhance SVO Process
 - RenRe Posts $126.9 Million Q1 Operating Profit
 - ISO’s New Services Now Connects Insurers’ Extranets to Risk-Management, Loss-Control Info. Database
 - International Insurance Group Unveils New Products
 - Premiums for Commercial P/C Moderate; Signs Market May Be Stabilizing
 - Insurity Upgrades Policy Processing System Functionality
 - NAII Pleased with Latest Treasury Rules on TRIA
 - Surplus Lines Certification Program Offers Number of New Completion Options
 - Kemper Auto and Home Enhances Collectibles Program
 - Miller-Richards Promoted to Vice President of Agency Development at IIABA
 - A.M. Best Says Growth in Number of Active Captives Remained Flat in 2002
 - Markel Corp. Ratings Affirmed; Outlook Positive
 - Institute President Reacts to Full Year 2002 Results
 - Prudential Turns Focus to Captive Agents
 - P/C Industry’s Surplus Falls Despite Improvement in Net Income After Taxes
 - Loss Prevention Partnership Releases Mid-Program Report
 - Alliance Study Says P/C Guaranty Fund Assessments Hit 15-Year High
 - Alliance Pleased With New Treasury Department TRIA Regs
 - Taking a look at 2002 Results
 - Gulf Partners with Corpedia to Reduce D&O Risk of Loss
 - A.M. Best Reports: P/C Premium Growth Solid
 - Navigators Pro Introduces IDL InNAVation Coverage for Independent Directors
 - Privacy Regulations Under HIPAA Raise Concerns for P/C Insurers
 - Markel Co. Expands Private School Coverage
 - Trenwick to Cease Reinsurance Underwriting in U.S.
 - CAS Members Hear Direction of Credit Scoring
 - N.Y. Ind. Agents Push for Swift Leg. Action to Avert Looming Crisis in State’s Property Market
 - PIA National Board Endorses NAIC ASSURE Initiative
 - Senate Judiciary Comm. Passes Class Action Reform
 - S&P’s Cuts Attorneys Liability Protection Soc. RRG Ratings; Off Negative Watch
 - U.S. Congress Hears of N.J. Auto Insurance Crisis
 - PIA National Board of Directors Names New Officers
 - Big ‘I’ Markets and The St. Paul Announce National Unveiling of Three Flagship Products
 - Swiss Re CEO Says Reinsurance Prospects Favorable Despite Current Capital Market Weakness
 - Medical Liability Crisis Not a Hit with America’s Pastime
 - Fiserv, Inc. Pens Definitive Agreement to Purchase Insurance Mgt. Solutions Group, Inc.
 - Travelers Bond Launches Online Premium Indication Tool
 - Risk Managers Don’t See Increased Risk from War With Iraq
 - InsureVianet Expands State Availability for Exec. Liab. Suite
 - U.S. Property Insurance Premiums Beginning to Fall, AON Report Finds
 - Chubb Survey Says Loss Control Spending Increases 17 Percent
 - Health Net Plus Partners with Qmedtrix to Offer New WC Solution
 - ACE Casualty Risk Offers New Products for Environmental Risk Market
 - National Interstate Offering Flood Insurance
 - Alliance Applauds Introduction of Rep. Cannon’s Asbestos Bill
 - Ullico Directors Claim: Actions Perhaps Unethical, But Not Illegal
 - Supreme Court Rules in Important Insurance Legal Case
 - Mercator and IVANS Partner to Deliver Automated P/C Transaction
 - ACE Risk Management to Unveil New Web Site at RIMS
 - AIA Says Asbestos Summit Hopeful for Reform in 2003
 - RMS Releases Regional Weather Index Values for 2002-2003 Winter Season
 - NAMIC Comments on Interim Rules of Terrorism Risk Ins. Act
 - Afni to Develop West Bend’s Interface for IVANS Tran. Station
 - Agents, Brokers Gather in Washington, D.C.
 - NAII Comments on Terrorism Risk Ins Act Interim Final Rule
 - IIABA’S Willey Testifies Regarding National Flood Ins. Program
 - Travelers P/C Announces First Quarter 2003 Reserve Actions
 - Industry Must Improve Regulatory Procedures, Ethics Group Says
 - S&P’s Report Says Asbestos Driving Rift Between Insurers/Reinsurers
 - SAS Launches New Insurance Industry Solutions
 - Applied Systems Appoints Morgan VP of Business Development
 - Ky. DOI Warns of Fraudulent Billing Scheme
 
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