Currents for February 2007

• Chicago developer sues Hilton over delayed hotel project
• The Commissioners: George Dale
• Agents welcome windstorm debate; insurers warn against subsidies
• Maryland mulls how to keep property insurers on coast
• Ohio auto and homeowners rates decrease in 2006
• Richardson named S.C. commissioner, replacing Kitzman
• Congress gets bipartisan bills to repeal insurance antitrust immunity
• Koken resigns after 10 years as Pa. regulator
• Allstate says it paid Katrina claims of type State Farm denied
• Alabama licenses first captive
• Stock prices mixed; middle market M&As remain active
• New Mass. Commissioner Burnes accustomed to being the judge
• Car airbags can cause permanent hearing loss, study says
• Insurers halt move to block Fla. emergency rule
• A new direction for directors and officers coverage
• Landmark R.I. lead paint case remains in legal limbo
• New Orleans couple drops suit against Allstate over Katrina damage
• Ariz. lawmakers move to raise burden of proof on ER suits
• Mass. auto assigned risk plan could be history before it even begins
• Vanek promoted to CEO of NLASCO
• Safeco to cut homeowners, commercial rates across California
• The Commissioners: Thomas Hampton
• Oklahoma-based IIB sues Team Bank, Mystic Capital Advisors
• FEMA tripling Calif. San Joaquin River Flood Plain
• Chicago Exchange offering futures contracts on ’07 hurricanes
• Report: Customer satisfaction doesn’t guarantee loyalty
• Superior Court upholds CDI homeowner protections
• Delaware doctors form insurer
• A look behind the very good P/C results for 2006
• Nevada’s med-mal changes help doctors, hinder lawsuits
• N.J. drunk driver test
• New producer must have ‘skin in the game’ on the first day on the job
• Utah’s captive industry grows; number of insurers rose 114.3% in 2006
• Travelers reopens red umbrella
• Keys to surviving it and thriving from it
• Washington’s 2007 Legislative agenda targets license reform
• Mass. ski area gets lift
• FEMA map puts El Paso neighborhoods in flood zone
• Insurance company run-off management strategies face obstacles
• Third-generation industry executive shares insight on regulatory matters
• La.’s Blanco: Insurance industry over-reacting to 2005 hurricanes
• St. Paul Travelers changes name to Travelers; reunites with red umbrella logo
• A look behind the very good P/C results for 2006
• Suspected Ark. insurance fraud ringleader turns self in
• Third-generation industry executive shares insight on regulatory matters
• The Commissioners: Jim Poolman
• Miss. AG Hood picks fight with State Farm over pullback
• A look behind the very good property/casualty results for 2006
• Keys to surviving it and thriving from it
• Insurers defend use of education, job criteria in rating in Florida
• Should D&O insurers have a loss prevention role?
• The Commissioners: Mike Geeslin
• Lloyd’s climbs on the climate change bandwagon
• Judge refuses to dismiss Feds, Corps from La. flood suit
• Fla. pols to lobby Washington for national catastrophe fund
• Risky levees in 27 states could trigger flood insurance mandate
• Sales of flood insurance up sharply
• Sales of flood insurance up sharply
• The Commissioners: John Oxendine
• Agency owners could benefit from new pension law
• Florida insurers in freeze until June
• Maine lawmakers balk at federal driver’s license-ID system
• Katrina punitive damages reduced
• The Commissioners: Howard Mills
• St. Paul Travelers retreats on Ga. commissions
• Auto fraud crackdown benefits Mass. urban insureds
• Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers sets sights on political involvement in 2007
• Royal & Sun buyout approval expected
• Calif. commissioner to examine broker disclosure, workers’ comp issues
• Tighter steering in Conn.
• West has highest number of “unacceptable” levees
• UNH calculates cyber attack threat
• Industry forecast predicts slower premium growth in 2007 and 2008
• Levees in 27 states at risk; could trigger flood insurance mandate
• Forecasters predict active hurricane season to come in 2007
• Court reverses $20 million jury award to ex-State Farm agents
• P/C industry may be long overdue for massive losses from an extreme “great” earthquake
• Aon establishes group to manage renewable bio fuel risks
• Top 10 hail cities
• Study shows Texas economy vulnerable to Cat 3-sized coastal storm
• Top 10 tornado cities

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