Insurance Journal Magazine
May 8, 2006 Product Liability Stretches Across the World
In this Issue
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FeaturesHood’s comments called ‘hysterical, irresponsible’
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's recent comments comparing the... -
FeaturesCritics allege wind modelers following politics over science
News Currents Risk Management Solutions has defended its hurricane... -
News CurrentsNews Currents
Tornado ploughs across Tenn., Ky., resulting in thousands of claims... -
People & PlacesPeople
Carol Sipe has been named vice president and general manager of... -
Editor's NoteEditor’s Note: Tornados foretell things to come
As emergency planners and hurricane experts from across the U.S. met... -
FeaturesProducts liability = risk identification = Insurance 101
Basic insurance coverage salespersons don't fully understand their... -
Closing QuoteDanger: Paper can cause skin lacerations
We have all seen them, those annoying stickers on everything we buy... -
FeaturesJudge orders Southern Family rehabilitation
Leon County, Fla. Circuit Court Judge Thomas Bateman has ordered... -
FeaturesGallagher praises legislators’ action on rate relief
When the Flordia House and Senate appropriation committees set aside... -
FeaturesCritics allege wind modelers following politics over science
News Currents Risk Management Solutions has defended its hurricane... -
Features$25 million tornado damage in north Georgia
Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine described the tornadoes as the... -
FeaturesMiss. lawmakers pass building code requirements for coastal counties
Progress was made this legislative session as Mississippi lawmakers... -
FeaturesFla. property bill advances
A rapid 25 percent cash buildup for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe... -
FeaturesMayfield: ‘2006 hurricane season CAN be worse than 2005’
With more than 55 million people living in coastal communities, the... -
Minding Your BusinessAccounts ‘not’ for sale: Defining account ownership
The value of most businesses is predicated upon that business'... -
CurrentsSurvey: Risk managers spent more on disaster preparedness, catastrophe management
Spending for loss control services increased or remained flat for a... -
NewsbriefsINSURERS TO PAY $1.38 BILLION FOR Q1 LOSSES
U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay an estimated... -
CurrentsActuaries to White House: Federal insurance backstop needed
The American Academy of Actuaries, in response to questions posed by... -
FeaturesChecking-in on hospitality coverage
As an agent or broker serving the hospitality market, you've enjoyed... -
FeaturesTaxi and limousine market catches a good fare with sound underwriting
Anyone who has been in a large city knows the importance of taxi and... -
FeaturesInternational product exposures can hit business here, there and everywhere
It takes only a brief glance through a newspaper in the United States... -
CurrentsSound risk management, investment plus for insurers
U.S. property/casualty insurers managed to increase earnings and add... -
FeaturesUnderwriting requirements
In order to provide an insuring company with an underwriting profit,... -
FeaturesHotel housekeeper work getting more dangerous with more injuries, pain reported by workers
A new study, "Creating Luxury, Enduring Pain," couples new research... -
FeaturesCommercial lines insurers’ capital, M&A activity silent in first quarter
Stock Prices: Shares of commercial lines insurers were down 2 percent... -
CurrentsFormer Enron executive admits guilt, says complacency equally bad as committing fraud
The same week Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay told jurors that he did... -
Editor's NoteTornados foretell things to come
As emergency planners and hurricane experts from across the U.S. met... -
NewsbriefsFLA. PROPERTY BILL ADVANCES
A rapid 25 percent cash buildup for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe... -
CurrentsTornado ploughs across Tenn., Ky., resulting in thousands of claims
In the aftermath of a large F-3 to F-4 tornado, hundreds of carriers... -
CurrentsCritics allege wind modelers following politics over science
Risk Management Solutions has defended its hurricane risk models in... -
Currents$25 million tornado damage in north Georgia
More than $25 million in damage occurred in late April in north... -
CurrentsHood’s comments called ‘hysterical, irresponsible’
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's recent comments comparing the... -
FeaturesMiss. lawmakers pass building code requirements for coastal counties
Progress was made this legislative session as Mississippi lawmakers... -
CurrentsGallagher praises legislators’ action on rate relief
When the Flordia House and Senate appropriation committees set aside... -
FeaturesDanger: Paper can cause skin lacerations
We have all seen them, those annoying stickers on everything we buy... -
FeaturesProducts liability = risk identification = Insurance 101
Basic insurance coverage salespersons don't fully understand their... -
CurrentsMayfield: ‘2006 hurricane season CAN be worse than 2005’
With more than 55 million people living in coastal communities, the... -
People & PlacesPeople and Places
Carol Sipe has been named vice president and general manager of... -
CurrentsJudge orders Southern Family rehabilitation
Leon County, Fla. Circuit Court Judge Thomas Bateman has ordered...
