Insurance Journal Magazine
February 9, 2004 Commercial / Personal Auto 2004 Convention Report
In this Issue
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New MarketsSpecialty Marine and Pleasure Craft
Nuts & Bolts: Chubb/Axiom is offering a new market for specialty... -
New MarketsPublic Entities
Nuts & Bolts: NIF Group Inc. is offering a new market for public... -
New MarketsIdentity Theft
Nuts & Bolts: Travelers Property Casualty Corp announced the... -
Minding Your BusinessSecrets to Improving Employee Productivity
Among all the things that an insurance agency owner or manager needs... -
FeaturesMark Your Calendars: 2004 National Conventions
Staying up-to-date on the latest national insurance news, trends and... -
FeaturesNo Brake Yet for Personal & Commercial Auto
The auto insurance market has come a long way since Travelers wrote... -
RatingsFitch Assigns RLI Corp.
Fitch Ratings assigned a "BBB" long-term rating to RLI Corp. (RLI)... -
RatingsAllmerica Financial P/C Upgraded
A.M. Best Co. announced that it upgraded the financial strength... -
FeaturesFor Workers’ Comp Writers, 2004 May Be as Good as It’s Going to Get
After years of depressed pricing and a soft workers' compensation... -
Growing Your Property Casualty AgencyEleven Untapped Sources of New Business Leads
An east coast agent surprised me, in the recent past, by revealing... -
FeaturesSubrogation Outsourcing Offers Value, Greater Claims Recovery
How an insurance company handles the subrogation function impacts its... -
FeaturesThree Years Later, Industry Puts Toxic Mold into Perspective
Whatever became of mold? Only three years ago, newspaper headlines,... -
Editor's Note“The Road Goes Ever On”
When J.R.R. Tolkien, the creator of The Lord of the Rings, wrote... -
FeaturesIn Mass., Good Drivers Lose Discounts While Employer Groups Retain Theirs
Only three of the 19 companies still writing private passenger auto... -
FeaturesVermont Looks to Heal Injured Workers’ Comp System
Workers' compensation is the fast food of the insurance industry.... -
NewsbriefsSCANDAL COULD HARM CONN. CLOUT:
When the terrorist attacks hammered Connecticut's insurance industry... -
NewsbriefsNEW HAMPSHIRE AUTO RULES:
A New Hampshire legislative panel with responsibility for reviewing... -
NewsbriefsVT. POLICY TRANSFER DEAL KILLED:
A plan to transfer 4,100 health insurance policies from Mutual of... -
NewsbriefsVT. SETS RECORD FOR NEW CAPTIVES:
Howard Dean may be grabbing the headlines, but Vermont's captive... -
NewsbriefsMEADOWBROOK DEALS OUT $4 MILLION:
Meadowbrook/TPA Associates, a Massachusetts' third party... -
NewsbriefsPENN. WORKERS’ COMP CLAIMS COSTS:
Workers' compensation costs per claim in Pennsylvania continue to... -
NewsbriefsN.Y. WC BOARD REPORTS SUCCESS:
The New York State Workers' Compensation Board resolved 315,000... -
NewsbriefsN.Y. AGENTS SET LEGISLATIVE AGENDA:
Despite a recent decision by the state's Court of Appeals that... -
NewsbriefsDEL. COMM. WON’T SEEK RE-ELECTION:
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Donna Lee Williams has announced that... -
NewsbriefsN.J. AUTO MAY NOT BE UNPROFITABLE:
New Jersey's new image as the poster child for insurance reform was... -
NewsbriefsMD. DOCTORS PROTEST MED MAL RATES:
Leaders from MedChi, Maryland's state medical society, Gov. Ehrlich... -
New MarketsTechnology Liability
Nuts & Bolts: Euclid Managers LLC is offering a market for technology... -
New MarketsAgribusiness/Specialty Equine
Nuts & Bolts: Allen Financial Insurance Group Inc. and The Equestrian... -
FeaturesRIMS: Commercial Rates Going Down; Benfield: Reinsurance Rates Holding
As Abbott and Costello famously observed, "Who's on First?" A new... -
Cover StoryU.S. Senate Majority Leader Optimistic as 2004 Unfolds
He came to Washington, D.C., with a background steeped in medicine.... -
FeaturesWillis’ Plumeri Insists Formula for Industry Success is Simple: Sell More
Those who worry about outsiders taking over the insurance industry... -
FeaturesNew Jersey: The Garden State-Home of Frank Sinatra, First Baseball Game
The 2000 U.S. Census estimated the population of New Jersey at... -
Parting ShotsAgents View Insurers with the Same Critical Eye
Insurance agents in Connecticut and New York share similar views on... -
New MarketsGeneral Contractors Liability
Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead Managed Insurance Programs is offering a new...
