Currents for October 2007

• Oregon to decrease workers’ comp rates 2.3%
• Maine laws on bike helmets, seat belts, teens’ cell phone use
• State Fund severs ties with group administrator; issues update on audit
• Mass. warned on coastal development and insurance
• Business cheers as S.C. orders objective workers’ comp standards
• Commerce Banc Insurance to be sold
• Ky. Gov. Fletcher willing to compromise on medical tort reform
• Plaintiffs fail to prove racketeering by Marsh, insurers and brokers
• Miss. candidates spar over public service records
• Fired-up over safer cigarettes
• Fla. high court affirms insurers need pay for covered perils only
• Former franchisees challenge Brooke agent dealings
• Fla. agents advise consumers of coverage gaps, likelihood of assessments with Citizens
• State probe clears Brooke Corp. of wrongdoing
• Kentucky earns highway safety award
• Mass. consumer groups say auto deregulation plan needs work
• Scruggs wants contempt charge dismissed
• Maine cop hit by stolen police car covered
• W. Va. registrations jump during tax amnesty
• N.J. still tops
• Ark. sets 2008 workers’ comp rates, benefits
• N.Y. to issue driving licenses for illegal immigrants
• Texas leads the way in decreasing the number of railroad accidents
• Major Internet disruption would cost $250 billion in economic damages
• Proponents push plans for natural catastrophe insurance solutions
• Supreme Court to hear case pitting federal v. state product liability laws
• California clarifies surplus lines rules for retail agents
• Former franchisees challenge Brooke agent dealings
• House-passed flood insurance bill provides optional windstorm coverage
• Court says database alone not sufficient in determining reimbursement costs
• Oct. 31 is deadline for insurer review of premium credits in La.
• The offshore reinsurance tax debate resurfaces in Congress again
• Idaho reduces workers’ comp rates an average of 3.7%
• Former franchisees challenge Brooke agent dealings

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