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CAR-BUYING QUIRKS

A survey of consumers’ new car-buying attitudes conducted by Progressive Insurance finds that many people place a higher value on...

ARGONAUT REPORTS LOSS

For the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2000, Argonaut Group Inc. reported a consolidated net loss of $83.3 million on...

CIAB REPORTS P/C RATES UP

Through its fourth quarter 2000 Commercial Insurance Market Index, The Council reported commercial property/casualty premium rates across all lines of...

BILL OF RIGHTS REQUIRED

A new California law went into effect Jan. 1, 2001, requiring insurers to provide insureds with an Auto Body Repair...

NAII VOICES PRIVACY CONCERNS

As part of a Washington coalition of insurers, banks and retailers, the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) spoke out...

FRONTIER PULLS NYSE LISTING

Frontier Insurance Group Inc. has voluntarily withdrawn from the scheduled appeal of its delisting from the New York Stock Exchange....

ALLIANCE, NAAA PART WAYS

Effective Jan. 1, 2001, the relationship between the American Agents Alliance and the National Auto Agents Alliance (NAAA) was officially...

CHUBB WEIGHS OPTIONS

Chubb announced that it was reevaluating its options as a long-term investor in the Lloyd’s insurer Hiscox. Chubb currently has...

TEXAS LEADS 2000 CAT LOSSES

U.S. property/casualty insurers paid $4.3 billion in catastrophe claims, making 2000 the second-lowest year for catastrophe losses in the last...

NATIONWIDE CALLS ON SAN ANTONIO

Nationwide Insurance, one of the country’s largest property-casualty insurers, will establish a national claim call center in San Antonio. The...

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