Features for September 2008
- Taxpayers ‘Off the Hook’ for Mishaps at Convention
- Texas, Louisiana Enact Emergency Rules for Hurricane Relief
- Trouble on the High Seas?
- Alabama Names Ridling as Insurance Commissioner
- Universal North America to Offer Homeowners Insurance in Hawaii
- Study Finds Economic Costs of Federal Cat Legislation Significant
- How Agents Prepared and Fared as Gustav Hit Gulf States
- Blogs Can Get Insurance Clients ‘SLAPP’ed
- Hurricane and Political Seasons Stir Up National Cat Plan Proposals
- North Carolina Beach Plan Reserves Under Scrutiny
- California Commissioner Proposes Pay-As-You-Drive Regulations
- 5 Steps to Using Social Media to Boost Sales
- Industry Honors Sen. Collins of Maine
- Court Clashes over Katrina Wind Damage Winding Down in Mississippi
- Coloradans Spent $26 Billion in Insurance Premiums in 2007
- U.S. Reinsurers Report Deteriorating Combined Ratio; Decline in Surplus
- Conn. Agency Data Case Continues
- Why Agents Need to Know If Their Clients Blog
- Appeals Court Throws out $241 Million Award in Executive Life Suit
- Independent Agent 2.0
- Should States Raise Driving Age?
- Early Estimates of Ike Damage: $6B to $18B
- Supreme Court on Small Business
- 9 Things to Think About For Your Next Agency Brochure
- Vermont’s $183M Judgment Against Ambassador’s Accountant Upheld
- Northern Oklahoma Assesses Damage from TD Lowell
- Untrustworthy Insurance Agents Will Lose Licenses in Washington
- Phoning Is So Last Generation
- Maryland Among States Debating Drive Less, Pay Less Plan
- Blogs Can Get Insurance Clients ‘SLAPP’ed
- California Workers’ Comp Division Strengthens Judges’ Ethics Rules
- New York Workers’ Comp Rates Going
- Damage Costs Mount From Gustav
- Defending Properties Against Natural Catastrophes
- Drug Maker Not Liable in Maryland Death
- Agents Weigh in on Gustav
- The Road to a Paper-Free Environment Goes Beyond Technology
- Ike’s Wrath Hits Midwest; 1,000 Homeowners Evacuated, Roads Closed
- Fitch: P/C Profits Decline Sharply in First-Half 2008
- Jungle Love
- IIAT Disaster Response Team Heads to Coast
- Lack of Technology Can Raise Agency E&O Concerns
- Indian Tribe Helps Indiana County Install Flood Sirens
- Scorecard: Small Business at the Supreme Court
- Insurance Execs See Significant Sub-Prime Impact on 2009 Results
- Illinois Mayor Charged with Insurance Fraud Steps Down
- Defending Properties Against Natural Catastrophes
- Conning: D&O Market Finds Way to Grow Even In Overall Soft Market
- Defending Properties Against Natural Catastrophes
- Gustav Damages to Louisiana Crops, Fisheries Hits $419M
- U.S. Subprime Lawsuits Outpace S&L Cases, Study Finds
- Earthquake Expert Warns of Economic Damage
- State Farm Wins One in Dispute Over Homeowners Rates in Texas
- Montana Launches Driver’s Ed/Insurance Classroom Training
- Surplus Lines Results Remain Strong, Despite Heightened Competition
- American Slain in Beijing Was Board Chairman of Illinois Insurance Company
- U.S.-Mexico Cross Border Trucking Project Extended for 2 More Years
- Idaho Seatbelt Use Declines More Than 3%
- The Complete Condo Package, Part 2
- State Farm, Allstate Agree on Mississippi Homeowners Rates
- Auto Rates Rising for State Farm, Allstate Customers
- California Legislature Passes Agent-Broker Bill
- Feds Charge 11 in Biggest-Ever Identity Theft Case
- Small Businesses in U.S. Lose 7% of Revenues to Fraud
- Tropical Storm Fay’s Four Landfalls in Florida Sets Record
- Allstate Targets Uninsured in Texas
- Fires Bring Calif. to the Brink; Schwarzenegger Proposes Insurance Surcharge
- Wholesaler Value is a Story That Needs to Be Told
- Former New Jersey Mayor Gets 21 Months for Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Jungle Love
- First Insurance Co. of Hawaii Lowers First Select Homeowners Rates 8.5%
- Big Jump In Health Coverage in Mass.
- South Carolina Governor Drops Workers’ Comp Payment Fight
- Managing and Using Information to Grow an Agency
- U.S.-Mexico Cross Border Trucking Project Extended for Two More Years
- New York Freezes Malpractice Rates While Hoping for Reforms
- Insurers Seek Study of North Carolina Beach Plan’s Finances
- Hurricanes and Tropical Storms: 2 Down, How Many More to Go?
- U.S. Commercial Lines Outlook Revised To Negative From Stable
- 3 Democrats Vie in Sept. 9 Primary for Delaware Insurance Commissioner Post
- Eight Reasons Agencies Need a Strong Database Effort
- Will Baby Boomers Lead to Boost in Worker Woes?
- U.S. Doctors Say Lawsuits Help Guarantee Drug Safety
- Gas Prices Drive N.Y. Rate Decreases
- Alabama to Surcharge Obese State Employees
- Montana Fire Suppression Efforts Expected to Grow
- Lloyd’s in the 21st Century
- Liberty Mutual Sues New York over Workers’ Comp Law Changes
- The Rise… and Fall… of Workers’ Compensation Second Injury Funds
- Jungle Love
- Lessons in Globalizing an Insurance Brand
- N.Y. Toughens Penalties for Bribing Crane Inspectors, Falsifying Reports
- Allstate to Cut Rates, Write More to Resolve Florida Litigation
- California Senate Committee Passes Pay-As-You-Drive Legislation
- Premium Growth: Top 25 Workers’ Compensation Companies
- N.Y. Requires Showing of Prejudice Before Insurers Disclaim for Late Notice
- Alabama Streamlines Licensing Process
- California Proposes 16% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
- U.S. Insurers’ Exposure to Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Deemed Manageable
- Conn. High Court: Smoking Lowers Workers’ Comp Benefits
- Bird Prepares to Land After 20 Year Flight with North Carolina Big ‘I’ Agents
- New Mexico Court: Class Actions Can’t Be Barred in Small Claims
- Labor Department Reports Fewer Workers Killed on Job in 2007
- AIG CEO Says He Will ‘Take a Scalpel’ to Reshape Giant Insurer
- 350,000 Floridians Must Reapply to Citizens
- Managing and Using Information to Grow an Agency
- What’s All the Fuss About?
- Chicago Archdiocese Agrees to $12.7 Million Settlement in Abuse Cases
- Use of Private Lawyers Questioned in Former La. AG’s Katrina Case
- Hawaii Orders Liquidation of AG Airgroup Insurance
- Brokers’ Stocks Up Slightly for the Year; Banks Active in Brokerage M&As
- Simmon to Lead Michigan’s Agents
- Ballinger Keeps the Beat at the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas
- Speak Up if You Care …
- A Winning Culture
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