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GETTING INTUITIVE

Intuit Inc. and InsWeb Corp. announced on Nov. 27 they have reached a set of definitive agreements to allow InsWeb...

YATES/CHAIX SETTLE

Yates & Associates Insurance Services and R.E. Chaix & Associates agreed to an out-of-court settlement in the lawsuit filed March...

BIG RIDE, BIG PREMIUM

Auto insurance giants Allstate and Progressive will raise liability premiums for sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and big vans because...

SEISMICALLY SPEAKING

On Nov. 28, the California Department of Conservation released Seismic Hazard Zone maps used to plan for safer buildings to...

INFORMATION OVERLOAD

The ability of insurers to transform their raw data into knowledge is critical to their survival; yet, despite this imperative,...

IRONING OUT THE DETAILS

Several important developments were reported following a recently concluded two-day meeting in Rome of the International Commission for Holocaust Era...

OFFICIALS WANT DEALS VOIDED

On Nov. 20, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, joined by Insurance Commissioner Harry Low, asked a court to void controversial...

NEW PAGE FOR RENTAL CARS

Effective Jan. 1, 2001, rental car companies that offer or sell insurance must be licensed by the California Department of...

BROKER FEE REGS TAKE EFFECT

The new CDI broker fee regulations went into effect on Nov. 23. The regulations require that agents use a Standard...

THIRSTY SETTLEMENT FOR COKE

A racial discrimination lawsuit brought by black employees of Coca-Cola Co. has ended in settlement as Coke agreed on Nov....

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