Currents for November 2006

• Conn. high court rules liability waiver
• Power shift in the political landscape
• Declarations
• Democratic Congress OK for industry traditionally tied to Republicans
• Lame duck Romney team pushes ahead with high risk plan change
• It Figures
• Oregon insurance division to sponsor five bills
• N.Y. workers’ comp trusts: rising prices and broker concerns
• Miss. couple denied new trial on storm surge
• Garamendi, Poizner take top spots following California elections
• It Figures
• Alabama mayor resigns to join coastal captive
• Oregon defeats Measure 42; insurers can continue to use credit scores
• ‘J.A.I.L. for Judges’ amendment soundly defeated in S.D.
• BrickStreet hikes reserves for Sago coal miner
• Calif. associations take issue with broker definition, OAL to weigh in
• Declarations
• Declarations
• Washington’s online complaint guide deemed helpful, but incomplete
• Supreme Court races have positive outcomes
• Newcomer Sink, veteran Oxendine elected key insurance players
• Washington employers to save $315 million in workers’ compensation
• Did Green Party cost Democrats control of Michigan Senate?
• Judicial races in Southeast, nation prove contentious, costly
• People, partnerships lead to nearly a century of success
• Power shift in the political landscape
• Are the flood gates open for retaliation claims?
• How Southeast insurance chiefs got their jobs
• Power shift in the political landscape
• Laptop stolen from broker has Villanova
• Flying solo now, former Zurich exec ‘gooses’ agents
• Southeast regulators united in call for national disaster plan
• 1 IN 4 IN U.S. SAY FINANCIAL, PERSONAL INFORMATION STOLEN
• N.Y. agents protest reported incidents as ‘red flags’ for rating
• IIABA president: contingency commission crisis threatens agents
• Fla. Gov. Bush weighs calling special session on P&C proposals
• Commercial premiums, except coastal property, continue to fall
• Philly: 35 charged in fraud sting; 1 in ring
• Power shift in the political landscape
• Florida Property & Casualty Insurance Reform Committee Recommendations
• Employee crime is big threat to small companies
• Declarations
• Declarations
• Power shift in the political landscape
• Improving efficiency and valuation through automation and outsourcing
• It Figures
• It Figures
• Alaska, Idaho could face new insurance regulators
• Commercial lines prices up 7%; carriers reap benefits of higher renewals
• News Currents
• Vendor picked for verification plan
• Colo. election might affect key insurance issues
• Attract high-end sales with personal insurance shoppers
• Election results give Northeast more clout on insurance issues
• No monumental changes in South Central states from Nov. 7 elections
• It Figures
• Where are all the young guns?
• Insurance not to blame for high cost of doing business in Mass.
• A multi-billion loss in corporate equity with the stroke of a pen?
• Golden State Division of Workers’ Compensation proposes penalties against laggard insurers
• Hawaii acknowledges tsunami warning deficiencies
• Maine court allows suit over employee’s fatal crash
• Wildlife making highways hazardous
• Navy, Marines battling fatal off-base car crashes
• It Figures
• Insurance political contributors favor Republicans
• Declarations
• Consumer group says property-casualty rates drop ‘irrespective’ of tort reform enactment
• Are the flood gates open for retaliation claims?
• Honesty is the best insurance policy
• It Figures
• Judge rules former N.M. superintendent must appear for deposition
• Insurance credit scoring plagued with fundamental problems
• It Figures
• Alabama says Katrina mediation working
• Federal appeals court upholds juries’ rulings in World Trade Center twin tower claims
• Declarations
• High-tech sensor halts ice on N.H.-Vt. bridge
• Ohio enters into $7 million settlement agreement with Zurich
• Fla. orders 15.7% workers’ comp cut
• Many California Hispanics unaware of uninsured motorists requirements
• L&I adds hearing on proposed workers’ comp rates
• Insurer sues arson suspect over fire truck damage
• Declarations
• Katrina trial could be moved from Gulf Coast to Oxford
• After school hours dangerous for teens who drive, says AAA analysis
• Litigation trends continue to mount worldwide, report says
• Long Island makes Top 10 Hurricane-Prone List
• Mich. attorney general issues alert about new identity theft scam
• Final Katrina-battered shrimp boat rescued in Alabama
• Hawaii commissioner warns insurers of discriminatory practices
• Ease of doing business can make the strategic ‘profit’ differential
• Pa. renews med-mal premium subsidies
• More fallout expected from Neb. Supreme Court ruling on liability
• It Figures
• Homeowners want insurance carriers to offer identity theft coverage
• Declarations
• Former Enron CEO Skilling sentenced to 24 years, 4 months
• S.C. may put teen drivers’ cell phones on hold
• New coverage aims to provide benefits when partners part ways
• It Figures
• Lawmakers say New Orleans insurance analysis reveals racial imbalance
• Declarations
• New Mexico workers compensation rates are cut an average of 4.2 percent
• Agency’s growth strategy driven by giving away profits to charities
• Insurance political contributors favor Republicans
• N.C. fire chief: Apex plant chemicals unknown
• Insurers cutting rates in Colorado, thanks to new tort system
• Soft pricing in D&O to continue
• Okla. commissioner fights Texas group’s attack ads
• Honesty is the best insurance policy
• Open claims files handled by California Insurance Guaranty Association drop
• Mass. to move ahead with assigned risk plan
• Flying solo now, former Zurich executive ‘gooses ‘ agents
• Crist, Davis promise different insurance plans for Fla.
• New risk assessment techniques a must if credit scoring bans enacted
• Honesty is the best insurance policy
• IIABA president: contingency commission crisis threatens agents
• A multi-billion loss in corporate equity with the stroke of a pen?
• Calif. auto body regulations would increase rates
• Erie, agents facing charges of unfair bias
• Rising tide of lawsuits–EPLI
• Calif. approves reinsurance regs
• Honesty is the best insurance policy

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