Currents for August 2007

• No region of country is immune to wildland fires
• Too close for comfort
• Operators, not watercraft, cause accidents
• Reinsurance 2007 — A victim of success?
• Choosing a big brother
• Securities Class Actions
• Katrina at Two Years
• Rolling NBCR
• Insurance classic golf champions
• Court affirms flood exclusions in La. property policies
• More Fla. mobile home owners skipping insurance
• Midwestern states push for truck-only lanes
• N.C. House approves public financing for insurance commissioner race and others
• Commerce makes Mass. U-turn, now supports competitive rating
• S.C. wind pool rates rise 35%
• Insurers anticipate claims from Manhattan steam pipe blast
• Won’t go away from the water
• Court challenge to Va.’s bad driver fees delayed
• N.C. caps some medical malpractice damages
• N.H. town scraps public event insurance requirement
• Study: Wind coverage hard to find for Gulf Coast businesses
• Pa. says now’s not the time to reduce state’s medical malpractice coverage participation
• In Miss. primary, incumbent Dale faces Katrina, Scruggs and fellow Dems
• Sept. 11 workers sue WTC insurance fund for sick pay
• Lloyd’s America’s Baker: Time for action on climate change is now
• Webster Bank looks to sell Conn.’s largest agency
• Farmers rethinks homeowners rate hike in Texas
• The Hartford settlement ends agents’ contingent commissions
• Illegal immigrants an unknown factor in Okla. insurance verification program
• House panel votes to add wind to flood program
• La.’s minimum auto coverage stays the same; Citizens won’t be sold all at once
• Agents say ‘no’ or nothing to adding wind coverage in flood program
• Court rules liability waiver invalid when there is gross negligence
• Notification may be required after Ark. burglaries
• Calif. State Bar considers mandatory malpractice insurance disclosure
• Report: N.D. has the best roads, Kansas ranks 3rd
• Insurance referendum appears headed for Washington ballot
• Allstate hit for linking fire renewals to separate wind policy in Miss.
• Oregon seeking comments on insurer assessments
• Minn. groups sue AIG for $100 million in damages for fraud, violations
• Task force to investigate former SCIF employees
• Federal court throws out rules on extended hours for truckers

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