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VERMONT GETS COMP PACKAGE:

As promised, Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas has introduced legislation to make changes in the state’s workers’ compensation system. The reform...

Q4 PROPERTY PREMIUMS DROPPED 9%:

Commercial insurance buyers say the cost of property insurance fell 8.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2003, marking the...

MASS. PRESSURE FOR COST STUDY:

Massachusetts’s auto insurance agents are being told that their participation in a new cost study could determine what they will...

S.D. SUED OVER COUNTERSIGNATURE LAW:

South Dakota is one of three U.S. jurisdictions whose countersignature laws are being challenged in court by the Washington, D.C.-based...

TOUGH RHODE ISLAND FIRE CODE:

The panel that interprets Rhode Island’s fire code saw a flurry of requests for waivers and extensions as business owners,...

CORRECTION:

An article in the Jan. 26 issue incorrectly said Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) carriers write $154 million...

VIRGINIA CHANGES COMP RATES:

The State Corporation Commission in Richmond has approved revisions to the premium levels charged for workers’ compensation insurance in Virginia....

NEW JERSEY REPORTS ON AUTO:

The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance released its first Auto Company Performance Report. Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly...

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