Currents for April 2006
- Deadly storms hit Midwest again in new round of spring tornadoes
- Hawaii lawmakers propose tax credits for recent rain and flood victims
- Declining rates fuel stand-alone terrorism market
- Insurers unlikely to alter credit scoring as agencies pursue uniformity
- Arizona establishes new penalties for late surplus lines tax payments
- Utah city expects $2.5 million fire insurance settlement
- Tort reform remains an issue in South Central states
- California automobile repair bill modified to allow for additional study
- Archdiocese uses reserves to settle sex-abuse claims, pays $5.25 million
- ATV helmet measure moves to Okla. house floor
- Former 49er Wersching indicted on $8M insurance fraud and tax evasion
- New law pushed by agents may hamper Nevada mining watchdog group
- Critics allege wind modelers influenced by insurers
- Labor says workers’ comp reform doesn’t work for permanently disabled
- Top meteorologist predicts 17 named storms will form in Atlantic Basin
- Banks, shippers, oil companies — not just insurers — face Katrina-related suits
- Critics allege hurricane risk modelers influenced by insurers
- GEICO settles lawsuit over discount policy
- States balk at growing trend of federal preemption
- Colorado targets 180 ‘sham’ affiliated businesses
- Kids and Cars puts in motion a grassroots campaign to reduce backovers
- AG McMaster appeals to S.C. Big ‘I’ members to help fight fraud
- Texas judge’s ruling partially favors Allstate and Sterling
- Senators introduce Optional Federal Charter legislation
- Judge rejects Allstate request to dismiss hurricane lawsuit
- Stolen Fidelity laptop computer held sensitive data on retirement accounts
- Younger adults and those earning above $75K most likely to suffer ID theft
- FAIA briefs agents about Florida bills, holds meetings with legislators
- Bill will require study before Calif. auto rating factors can change
- U.S. tort costs reach a record $260 billion, Tillinghast study reports
- Contingent fees become focus in R.I. lead paint case
- Safeco weighs Internet sales of auto insurance
- Insurers well-braced for next big California earthquake
- Private companies at increased risk of liability lawsuits, Chubb & Son survey reports
- Safeco weighs Internet sales of auto insurance
- Independent agents score a victory on SB 2006
- Construction, insurance, banking industries to develop moisture management standards
- Critics allege wind modelers following politics over science
- Southeast states lagging in legal system fairness rankings by Chamber of Commerce
- Utah city expects $2.5 million fire insurance settlement
- States balk at growing trend of federal preemption
- Dale expands Miss. hurricane mediation program
- Safeco considering internet-based auto insurance sales
- Northeast states fair well in legal system fairness rankings by Chamber of Commerce
- Director Kitzman encourages S.C. competition; expected policy cutbacks never occurred
- The Hartford teams with Blue Cross of California affiliate
- Mass. makes health insurance history by making it compulsory
- Public regulation commission suspends New Mexico’s superintendent
- California hidden tax legislation doesn’t go before committee
- TDI’s Selden explains department’s high tech, high touch approach
- Keys left in car? Arizona bill would allow insurance hit
- Bailey challenges Scruggs: ‘Put up or shut up!’
- Small Business California finds employers concerned about workers’ comp
- Louisiana, Texas look to bonds for cat funding
- Report ranks the nation’s top most and least expensive automobiles to insure
- Texas insurers see profits despite Hurricane Rita
- Utah names directors, adds market conduct division
- Poe/Southern Family changes Fla. underwriting
- Dam breaks on Kauai, strong winds, rain down 12 poles on Oahu
- Fla. AG Crist files complaint against Marsh
- Consumer group accuses Geico, other insurers of unfair underwriting
- Sirius Intl. withdraws its Fla. license application
- Katrina not enough to cause many homeowners to buy flood coverage
- Lawyer: Whistleblower helping build case against insurer in Hurricane Katrina lawsuit
- Consumer group accuses Geico, other insurers of unfair underwriting
- Bailey challenges Scruggs: ‘Put up, or shut up!’
- Zurich agents caught in compensation disclosure web
- States addressing widening tragedy of teen driver deaths
- Commissioner Long calls for strengthening N.C. building codes
- Fitch: Deterioration in profits for U.S. P/C sector
- ‘Kids and Cars’ campaigns to reduce backover accidents
- Idaho law would increase attorney’s awards
- Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell not shy with his veto pen
- Mississippi wind versus flood lawsuit remanded back to state court
- Northeast warned ‘historic’ weather disaster could hit this year
- Washington Legislature moves quickly in election year
- Insurers unlikely to alter credit scoring as agencies pursue uniformity
- Risk Management Solutions predicts hurricane activity to increase losses by 40 percent
- Banks, shippers, oil companies — not just insurers — face Katrina-related suits
- Workers barred from Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch due to insurance
- New uniform credit agencies’ scoring system not likely to impact insurers
- Oil pipe corrosion big threat as Alaska marks Exxon spill anniversary
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