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MALPRACTICE RATES STAY EVEN:

Connecticut Medical Insurance Co., one of the state’s largest writers of medical malpractice insurance, has decided to hold its rates...

SOUTHGROUP ONLINE IN JACKSON

“After Hurricane Katrina, it looked as if a bomb had ex-ploded in Hatties-burg, Miss.,” Gray Montgomery, of SouthGroup Insur-ance Services...

DRIVERS, INSURERS FACE NEW LAWS:

Maine insurers and drivers woke up on Sept. 1 with new laws to follow. Insurance companies can no longer “steer”...

‘CONCERNS’ REMAIN IN WORK COMP SYSTEM

The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute reported that Ar-kansas’ workers’ compensation system has experienced a period of stability after extensive reforms...

THE HARTFORD SUBPOENAED AGAIN:

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has received another subpoena from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer about variable annuity...

ASSISTANCE FOR DISPLACED PRODUCERS

State Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced the Arkansas Insurance Department’s efforts to provide assistance to producers, consultants and business...

AG ASKED TO PROBE FORRESTER:

A state election panel has forwarded a top Democratic lawmaker’s request for a probe into campaign contributions made by GOP...

GOV. EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY

Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco extended Louisiana’s State of Emergency until Oct. 25, effectively extending the emergency insurance rules implemented by...

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