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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...

NCCI REQUEST REDUCED WC RATES

An overall 4.5 percent decrease for workers’ compensation in Florida in five major industrial classifications has been requested by the...

AG PROBING FORRESTER DONATIONS:

The New Jersey Attorney General will investigate whether Doug Forrester, the Republican candidate for governor, violated a state law prohibiting...

FINITE REINSURANCE REQUIREMENTS ENDED

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has withdrawn proposed state-specific requirements regarding the accounting treatment of finite reinsurance, making it...

REP. SEEKS EMERGENCY AID LAW:

Rep. Peter J. Daley, D-Washington/Fayette, said he would introduce a bill that would provide flood insurance premium subsidies and other...

GEICO AND GOOGLE SETTLE:

Google Inc. has settled the last part of a lawsuit that alleging that its online search engine advertising system illegally...

N.C. FARMERS RECEIVE ASSISTANCE

North Carolina farmers who suffered flooding losses from last year’s hurricanes will soon receive disaster-assistance grants from the North Carolina...

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