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METLIFE METES A MILLION

MetLife Auto & Home’s group auto and homeowners insurance program now insures more than one million automobiles and homes countrywide....

NEW RULES FOR ONLINE BUSINESS

Gov. Davis recently signed a bill requiring certain information to be posted on websites for all insurance producers and companies...

E-SIGNATURES IN THE EU

The German cabinet unveiled a draft bill last month to develop a standard for electronic signatures in Internet commerce. The...

TRAVELERS, DELL AUTOMATE AGENTS

Travelers Insurance is hoping to help agents improve automation capabilities through a special arrangement with Dell Computer Corp. Travelers agents...

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DROPS

Berkshire Hathaway’s second quarter operating profit fell 18 percent, with much of the loss attributed to deteriorating underwriting in its...

PAULA NEGOTIATES QUOTA SHARE

PAULA Insurance Company entered into a prospective quota share reinsurance agreement with the Insurance Corporation of Hannover (ICH). The treaty...

PADRES SUE LLOYD’S

The San Diego Padres filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Lloyd’s of London for the insurance consortium’s alleged...

FRONTIER SUED IN NY

A class action lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of...

AB 2639 ON ITS WAY

The American Agents Alliance reported that the six votes required to move AB 2639 (Calderon) out of the Senate Insurance...

NON-OEM RULING QUESTIONED

Collision Parts Network, a Fresno auto parts distributor, filed a lawsuit asking the California Supreme Court to declare the 1999...

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