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IDI ADOPTS BEST PRACTICES

Looking to reduce nursing home medical professional liability rates by preventing accidents and injuries that lead to claims, Texas Insurance...

SUBSIDIZED POLICIES FOR HOG FARMS

The government is making subsidized insurance available to livestock farms for the first time, in the form of policies that...

HALLIBURTON INSURED

Halliburton Co., the Dallas-based oilfield services and engineering concern, is expecting insurers to carry the bulk of the costs of...

ALLSTATE GETS RATE HIKE IN OKLA.

Allstate received a 30 percent homeowners insurance rate increase in Oklahoma, the largest premium increase in that state since the...

MOLD EXCLUSION FILINGS IN FLA.

Fifty commercial and residential property carriers filed for exclusions with Florida State regulators to protect themselves against toxic mold problems...

CALIF. STATE FUND LOWERED

Standard & Poor’s lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the California State Compensation Insurance Fund to “BB+”...

CIWA STARTS A NEW YEAR

The California Insurance Wholesaler Association will hold its 7th Annual Wholesaler Industry Day on Jan. 11-12, 2002, at the Hilton...

COMPROMISE ON MEXICAN TRUCKS

The Alliance of American Insurers voiced support Nov. 29 for the congressional compromise allowing Mexican trucks greater access to the...

FITCH PAINTS BLEAK PICTURE

Fitch published a review of the nine-month 2001 reported GAAP results for the larger property/casualty insurers to assess operating performance...

2001 IIAA STUDY SEES MORE TECHNOLOGY

The 2001 Best Practices Study, released recently by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), finds that technology is playing...

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