Insurance News from February 15, 2006
National News
Senate Kills $140 Billion Asbestos Fund Over Budget Rule
On a procedural budget vote, the U.S. Senate yesterday killed a proposed $140 billion...
International & Reinsurance News
Munich Re January Reinsurance Treaty Renewals Show Rate Increases
Munich Re followed Swiss Re's announcement yesterday (See IJ Web site Feb. 14) with its...
East News
N.Y. Regulator Balked at Spitzer Deal Ending AIG Contingent Pay
Producers should no longer expect contingent commissions from American International...
West News
Wash. Senate Approves Insurance Fraud Unit, Prosecutor
The Washington state Senate has passed a bill creating the state's first insurance...
Southeast News
Windstorm Panelists: Carriers Hesitant to Write Fla. Policies
A panel of eight insurance experts agreed unanimously that carriers are closely...
Texas / South Central News
André Juneau, Past President of IIAT, Dead at 47
André P. Juneau, senior vice president of Nieman Hanks Puryear, a division of Frost...
Midwest News
Progress Reported on Ohio BWC 2005 Financial Audit
With the indictment of Tom Noe this week, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation...