Features for March 2008
- AAA Study Pegs Cost of U.S. Traffic Crashes at $1,051 Per Person
- Wisconsin Bill Requiring Fire-Safe Cigarettes Passes Assembly
- ‘Fire Safe’ Cigarette Bill Passes Oklahoma House
- America’s Golden Agents … Long-time Agents Have no Regrets, Many Rewards
- Car Crash Deaths Increase Starting at Age 12, Study Finds
- Indiana One of First States to Ban Tax on Insurers for Accident Responses
- No Smoke: Elderly, Disabled Win in Boy Scout’s Quest for Eagle Award
- Climate Change No. 1 in Top 10 Risks Facing the Insurance Industry
- Vermont Supreme Court: Workers’ Comp Benefit Doesn’t Bar Damage Suit
- To Perpetuate or Sell – It’s a Big Decision to Make
- W.R. Berkley: Smart Enough to Know Where to Succeed
- S&P: U.S. Workers’ Comp Insurers Face Weakening Rates
- Study: Massachusetts Workers Comp Claims Costs Grew Rapidly
- Four Charged in 1999 Arson Fire at Michigan State University
- To Perpetuate or Sell – It’s a Big Decision to Make
- America’s Young Insurance Agents: Love and Optimism in the Workplace
- Mass. Agents Find Out What Their Auto Customers are Thinking
- When it Comes to Insurance Cycles, Mutuals and Stocks Behave Differently
- Insurance Helps Fuel Energy Alternatives
- When it Comes to Insurance Cycles, Mutuals and Stocks Behave Differently
- Famed Miss. Trial Attorney Scruggs Pleads Guilty to Trying to Bribe Judge
- Oregon Insurance Department Proposes Changes to Insurance Licensing Dates, Fees
- Time For Independent Agents to Go Global
- Dinallo Says N.Y. Needs Better Workers Comp Data
- W. Va. Cracks Down on Drunk Drivers
- Study: Repealing Colorado’s No-fault Auto Law Reduced Claims
- How to Discourage Commercial Insureds From Shopping Their Account
- N.Y. City Targets Elevator Slumlords
- ‘Fed Up’ Florida Chamber Wants to Shield Businesses From Citizens
- Group Criticizes California Commissioner For Not Dropping Uninsured Motorist Initiative
- 101 Things Independent Agents Like MOST
- Vt. Workers’ Comp Rates Drop
- N.C. Officials Hit Auto Insurers’ Rate Bid
- California Auto Club Affiliate, Settles Suit, Will Refund $22.5 Million
- Congress Examines Municipal Bond Ratings, Bond Insurance Industry
- N.Y. Agents Applaud Insurance Fines Defeat
- Buffett Succession Plan at Berkshire Gets a Twist
- Arizona House Considers Workers’ Comp Bills
- 50 Things Independent Agents Like LEAST
- Mass. Drivers Can Opt Out of Current Policies
- South Carolina Awards for Safe Homes Top $1M
- W.R. Berkley: Smart Enough To Know Where to Succeed
- Reasonable Expectations for Agents’ E&O
- Employee Charges Connecticut DMV Fails Its Own Driver-Training Standards; State Promises Review
- S.C. Remains Among Holdouts from National Real ID License
- Climate Change Heats Up Insurance Industry
- Climate Change Under World Spotlight
- New Yorkers to Get Flood Notices Every Year
- Hospital Corp. Settles 70 ,alpractice Suits Against West Va. Physician
- Push For Federal Regulation is Call For No Regulation
- U.S. Senate Approves Legislation Targeting Consumer Product Safety
- The Long and Short of the New Mass. Auto System
- Florida Amends Citizens’ Take-out Rules
- Agent’s Firefighting Skills Help to Protect Home
- Oil and Gas Extraction Market Holds Solid Potential
- How to Get a Powerful Person to Listen to New Ideas
- Fla. Senate Calls for Restricting Reinsurance Pass-Along
- Association Aims to Attract Young Agents, Brokers to Vegas
- N.Y. Insurance Chief Dinallo Keeps Putting Out Fires
- Word-of-Mouth Marketing Yields Big Results
- First Auto Policy Sold 110 Years Ago Today
- Colorado Delays Action on Bill to Raise Limits for Malpractice Suits
- Vermont Cheers as IRS Drops Captive Insurance Tax Change
- Florida Insurance Market Showing Signs of Improvement
- Study Reports on Costly 2007 Wildfire Season
- Maine County Dogged by Police Canine Liability
- West Virginia ‘Castle Doctrine’ Self-Defense Bill to Governor
- Insurers Call Calif. Auto Repair Bill ‘Anti-Consumer’; Claim Bill Would Deny Information to Consumer
- Two Oklahoma Cities Among 35 Safest in Nation
- Former California Commissioner Facing Further Scrutiny
- States Urged to Lower Drinking Age to Reduce ‘Underground’ Drinking
- Supreme Court Rejects Allstate Challenge to Texas Repair Shop Law
- Calif. Commissioner Poizner Abandons Uninsured Driver Initiative
- Iowa Supreme Court Adds Twist to Medical Malpractice Opinion
- Report: Change in Contractors, Computer System Hindered La. Citizens
- First Auto Policy Sold 110 Years Ago
- Things to Consider When Estimating Subprime D&O Losses
- Hedging Against Losses
- Who’s Worth What?
- States Urged to Lower Drinking Age to Reduce ‘Underground’ Drinking
- Wis. Snowmobile Accidents, Deaths Increase
- Auto Claim Frequency Drops But Claim Severity on the Rise
- A.M. Best Predicts Personal Lines Stability in 2008
- What Teens Think About Impaired Driving
- Camera, Lights, Action: Chubb Offers Risk Policy for Film Producers
- Cleanliness is Key to Preventing Hot Tub Claims
- Credit Crisis Throws AIG Into ‘Uncharted Waters’
- Granite State Reports Progress Curbing Teen Drinking
- State Farm Reports 3% Profit Increase For 2007
- Report: Auto Claim Frequency Drop Offsets Rise in Medical, Repair Costs
- Are Clients’ Most-Valued Items Falling Into the Gap?
- W.R. Berkley: Smart Enough to Know Where to Succeed
- Free Smoke Detector Distribution Lags in Rural Areas
- Seattle Court Rules Failure to Disclose Pollution Incidents Voids Vessel Policy
- Nanotechnology: A Big Risk in a Small Package?
- N.Y. Offers Towns Flood Prevention Money
- Georgia Storms Caused $15 Million Damage
- The Spillover of Bond Insurer Downgrades
- How to Appraise and Insure Historic Homes
- Pa. Judge Wants Insurance Fraud Trial Moved
- Storm Losses Blamed on Coastal Growth, Not Global Warming
- Policyholders Need to be Educated on Importance of Flood Insurance
- The Basics About Appraisals
- N.Y. Court Widens Opening for Contract Damages Against Insurers
- Alabama Halts Non-Renewals Based on Other Policy
- Arizona Settles $7M-Plus in Claims
- Former Marsh Executives to Appeal Conviction in Bid-Rigging Case
- Judge Narrows N.Y.-N.J. Port Authority’s World Trade Center Claim
- N.C.’s Long Won’t Run For Seventh Term as Insurance Chief
- Alaska Fishing Town Braces for Court Look at Exxon Valdez Spill
- Five Execs Found Guilty of Fraud in Gen Re-AIG Trial
- R.I. Weighs Tracking System for Medical Mistakes
- Alabama Moves Closer to Hiking Auto Insurance Requirements
- As the Soft Market Continues, Calif. Wholesalers Seek Specialty Niches
- Special Policies For Special Cars
- Maryland Weighs Premium Installments for High Risk Drivers
- For Florida Politicians, Property Insurance Just Won’t Go Away
- Colorado Auto Rates Down, Study Shows
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