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AIA Salutes Arkansas Task Force

The Alliance of American Insurers (AIA) commended the Arkansas Insurance Department for creating a task force to gain input from...

CNA FINANCIAL REPORTS 4Q LOSS

CNA Financial Corp. reported a fourth-quarter 2001 net loss of $22 million, compared with net income of $193 million for...

SAFECO SELECT CHANGES NAME

SAFECO Corp. announced that wholly owned subsidiary SAFECO Select Insurance Services, based in Santa Ana, Calif., has changed its name...

HAWAII WORKERS’ COMP RATES INCREASE

Hawaii Insurance Commissioner Wayne Metcalf announced that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has received approval for a 4.6...

PIFC TESTIFIES ON SALVAGED VEHICLES

The California Senate Insurance Committee convened a hearing with member companies of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) to...

GAINSCO Drops Commercial Lines

Fort Worth, Texas-based nonstandard property and casualty insurer, GAINSCO Inc., said it plans to stop writing commercial lines of business...

CDI RELEASES AUTO PREMIUM SURVEY

The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced the latest edition of the Automobile Insurance Premium Comparison Survey on its Web...

Alabama Co. BUYS TX Agencies

Vesta Insurance Group Inc., a Birmingham, Ala.-based holding company for insurance and financial service providers, announced that its Instant Insurance...

Oklahoma Takes Over Texas Co.

After a request by Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, former Oklahoma County District Court Judge Leamon Freeman, acting as a...

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