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U.S. P/C Rates Still Increasing

Although the events of Sept. 11 accelerated the increase in U.S. commercial real estate insurance premiums, property and casualty insurance...

Frankel Pleads Guilty

Martin Frankel, who faced charges for reportedly defrauding insurers in five states of over $200 million, pled guilty in a...

ANDERSEN AGREES TO SETTLEMENT

A new chapter was unveiled in the Arthur Andersen battle with investors earlier this month as the company said it...

UTAH CREDIT SCORING LAW TAKES EFFECT

Utah’s new law restricting insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores to “initial underwriting” and discounts took effect May 6. The...

IIHS STUDY LOOKS TO CAMERAS

A new study released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and supported by new statistics from the Washington,...

MONTEMAYOR MAY GO TO U.S. TREASURY

Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor is in the running for a high-level job in the U.S. Treasury Department, according to...

STATE FARM WITHDRAWS FROM LA.

State Farm has decided to take a hike from the Louisiana homeowners market and Acting Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley acknowledged...

TX HOME EXTERIORS CHARGED

A Travis County, Texas grand jury indicted Texas Home Exteriors Inc. and its vice president Derek Baker for falsifying a...

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