Insurance News from February 04, 2009
National News
U.S. Senate Rejects Cutting Company Repatriation Tax Rate
The U.S. Senate Tuesday defeated a provision to slash the tax rate on profits that...
International & Reinsurance News
Swiss Re Pays Price for Uncertainty
Investors have punished Swiss Re this year on fears it could write down further...
East News
Massachusetts Doctors’ Group Wants to Rein in Liability Exposures
An advocacy group for Massachusetts doctors said it will offer a bill in the state...
West News
Earthquake Reveals Cracks in Washington Alert System
When an earthquake larger than magnitude 3 strikes the Northwest, an automated system...
Southeast News
State Farm Rejects Call to Let Florida Agents Represent Other Insurers
Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink is urging State Farm Florida to "immediately"...
Texas / South Central News
Texas Governor Calls for Reform of Texas Wind Pool Funding
Three of the five emergency items that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has outlined for the 2009...
Midwest News
Illinois Court Denies Insurer Claim That Boys’ Deaths Were Single Event
The accidental deaths of two teenage boys at an excavation site in 1997 were separate...