January 28, 2011
Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, has announced an overall retro rating adjustment of nearly 28 percent in workers’ compensation insurance premium adjustments and premium surcharge savings totaling nearly $280 thousand for members who participated in its …
January 25, 2011
A Montana workers’ compensation reform bill was put on hold Jan. 21, 2010, after its sponsor told a state House committee it would have to be heavily amended and suggested going with a “clean” version of the proposal in the …
January 6, 2011
The American Insurance Association (AIA) has announced that Marjorie Berte has joined the association as its new vice president for the Western Region. Berte’s career includes experience in both the public and private sectors, most recently with the state of …
January 4, 2011
The U.S. coal industry had its deadliest year in nearly two decades in 2010, with much of the death toll stemming from a single explosion. As of last week, 48 miners had died in the nation’s 1,500 coal mines over …
December 29, 2010
Flagstone Reassurance Suisse SA and Risk Management Solutions have announced the successful placement of $210 million of multi-peril Montana Re 2010-1 Notes, the second offering sponsored through the Montana Re shelf program. RMS noted that it had “conducted the expert …
December 17, 2010
Members of a Montana state panel were told that their bill for workers’ compensation reform was “dead on arrival” in the House and would therefore introduce the package in the Senate in the hopes approval there would give it the …
December 16, 2010
Madison, Wis., is the most secure U.S. community among large metropolitan areas (population of 500,000 or greater) according to the seventh annual Most Secure U.S. Places to Live rankings from Farmers Insurance Group of Companies. Olympia, Wash., is the most …
December 10, 2010
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ‘A-‘ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on State Auto National Insurance Co. (SA National), a subsidiary of State Auto Financial Corp. and a member of SAG, on CreditWatch with negative implications. …
December 5, 2010
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November 22, 2010
Federal regulators late Friday warned 13 mining operations in seven states, including two owned by troubled Massey Energy Co., to show improvement on safety or face stricter enforcement. The Mine Safety and Health Administration says a 14th mining operation, Massey’s …