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		<title>Panama to Withdraw Flags from More Vessels that Violate Iran Sanctions: Reuters</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2019/07/15/532224.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[L.S. Howard]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[crude oil shipments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crude oil tankers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran sanctions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran shipping insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Panama will withdraw its flag from more vessels that violate sanctions and international legislation, the country&#8217;s maritime authority told Reuters, following the removal of about 60 ships linked to Iran and Syria from the Panamanian registry in recent months. After &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Generali Agrees to Sell Panama Business to ASSA for US$172 Million</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2017/08/08/460474.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[L.S. Howard]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2017 11:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International & Reinsurance News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2017 M&A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2017 mergers and acquisitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASSA Compañía de Seguros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assicurazioni Generali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Moves & Mergers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frédéric de Courtois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin American market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mergers and Acquisitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Generali has entered into an agreement to sell its Panama business to ASSA Compañía de Seguros S.A., for US$172 million, continuing its strategy to focus on core businesses. Under the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, Trieste-based Generali has &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US Congress OK&#8217;s Korea, Panama, Colombia Trade Pacts</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2011/10/13/219804.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International & Reinsurance News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[approvals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pacts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Congress Wednesday approved long-delayed trade pacts with South Korea, Colombia and Panama that are expected to lift exports by about $13 billion a year and give U.S. employment a boost. Republicans and Democrats joined together in the House of Representatives &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Best Report Notes Growth in Panama Insurance Market</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2011/03/16/190334.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International & Reinsurance News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AM Best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A new report from A.M. Best notes that Panama&#8217;s insurance market is the largest in Central America, and is expected to continue to produce significant premium growth in the next few years. Best noted that the &#8220;expansion of the Panama &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stempel to Manage New Crawford Office in Panama</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2011/03/03/188801.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Moves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International & Reinsurance News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Moves & Mergers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crawford & Co.]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Crawford &#38; Company announced that it has established an office in Panama City, Panama, and named insurance executive Miguel Stempel as its manager of operations in the country, in order to &#8220;serve a growing insurance market.&#8221; Stempel will be responsible &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>FACTBOX: 25 Ships and Crews Still Held by Somali Pirates</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2010/12/28/115963.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alabama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bangladesh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sri Lanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation, Cargo, Marine (Inland and Ocean)]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Somali pirates have released the Marida Marguerite, a German-operated chemical tanker after receiving a $5.5 million ransom, the Kenya-based East African Seafarers Assistance Program said on Tuesday. The tanker was seized in May and released on Monday. Here are details &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BrokersLink Appoints Bitner Latin America COO</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2010/12/16/115701.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International & Reinsurance News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[BrokersLink, an independent insurance broker alliance, has appointed Paul Bitner as Latin America chief operating officer as it seeks to expand its presence in the region. Bitner joins BrokersLink from Aon where he was a managing director with responsibilities in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Panama Canal Traffic Halted Due to Heavy Rains</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2010/12/09/115516.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International & Reinsurance News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AP / Reuters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disaster (Flood,Coastal,EQ,W-Fire,etc.)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Traffic in the Panama Canal, a major shipping waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, has been suspended temporarily due to heavy rains, the canal authority said Wednesday. &#8220;We are taking steps to normalize traffic operations in the coming &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ratings Recap: Alterra (notes), Gulf Ltd., Barents Re, Middle East Insurance</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2010/09/28/113623.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International & Reinsurance News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bermuda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delaware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jordan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mergers and Acquisitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P&C Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trinidad and Tobago]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A.M. Best Co. has assigned a debt rating of &#8220;bbb&#8221; to the recently issued $350 million 6.25 percent senior unsecured notes due 2020 of Delaware-based Alterra Finance LLC. The senior notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Alterra Capital Holdings &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>People</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/mag-people/2010/09/06/160055.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[People & Places]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bermuda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P&C Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reinsurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Stephen A. Korducki, a senior insurance and reinsurance executive, has been elected president and CEO of Sunshine State Insurance Co. Inc. (SSIC), a homeowners insurance writer in Florida. Korducki succeeds John E. Rogan who is retiring after leading the company &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida Agents Group Appoints New Board Members</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/08/25/112725.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Florida Association of Insurance Agents has appointed three new members to its Board of Directors. The appointments were made during FAIA&#8217;s 106th Anniversary Convention and Education Symposium. &#8220;The FAIA board boasts a long history of exceptional leaders,&#8221; said Jeff &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Miami Has Greatest Hurricane Risk of Florida Cities</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/08/04/112180.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bermuda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disaster (Flood,Coastal,EQ,W-Fire,etc.)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricanes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Perhaps not surprisingly, Miami is Florida&#8217;s most vulnerable major city to strong hurricane winds, according to Florida State University researchers who developed a new tool to estimate the frequency of extreme hurricane winds at a particular location. The findings, from &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BP Looking to Raise $50 Billion to Cover Gulf Oil Disaster Costs</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/06/21/110888.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disaster (Flood,Coastal,EQ,W-Fire,etc.)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Liability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[British energy giant BP Plc is planning to raise $50 billion to cover the cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, while the head of a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the accident vowed Sunday that eligible &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Midwest Farmers Say Federal Risk Management Program Too Complex</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/05/19/110010.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Midwest News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agricultural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AP / Reuters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Lines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets/Coverages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Dakota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Farmers from across the Midwest told a U.S. House committee that a crop risk management program introduced in the 2008 farm bill is a good tool but it&#8217;s way too complex. The Average Crop Revenue Election program provides revenue support &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida FreedomWatch: McCarty&#8217;s Facts Are Suspect in Insurance Debate</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/04/15/109015.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricanes]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t agree more with Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty&#8217;s latest letter to the media asserting that facts &#8211; not mischaracterizations &#8211; should drive the public policy debate on Florida&#8217;s deteriorating property insurance market. The irony, Commissioner McCarty, is that &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ratings Roundup: ASSA, Eurasia, Sung Hung Kai Properties</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2010/04/05/108761.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International & Reinsurance News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kazakhstan]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of &#8216;A&#8217; (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of &#8220;a&#8221; of Panama City-based ASSA Compania de Seguros, S.A., both with stable outlooks. The ratings reflect ASSA&#8217;s &#8220;excellent capitalization, favorable operating results and &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ACE Makes Appointments to New Global Client Executive Practice</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/22/107524.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The ACE Group has announced its initial executive appointments to its newly-created Global Client Executive team. Those assigned to the team will &#8220;work collaboratively with clients and distribution partners in major markets around the world to respond to their needs &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IRS, States Target Employers&#8217; Use of Independent Contractors</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/16/107364.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that try to trim payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as full employees, The Associated Press has learned. The practice costs governments billions &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Max Capital Establishes Latin American Reinsurance Operation</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/12/03/105693.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Bermuda-based Max Capital Group Ltd. announced the establishment of a Latin American reinsurance operation and the appointment of two senior managers for the region. Carlos Caputo will serve as CEO of Max&#8217;s Latin American business, and Sonia Galvis will &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida State Senator Wants Clinical Trial Claims Covered</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2009/11/02/104987.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A powerful Florida state senator wants insurance companies and HMOs to stop denying coverage of routine medical treatment, such as doctor&#8217;s visits and X-rays, for Florida cancer patients participating in clinical trials. And if the insurers won&#8217;t do it voluntarily, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>James Elbert, Texas Insurance Agency Executive, Passes Away</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Long time Texas insurance agency executive James Peak Elbert, 72, of Galveston died suddenly on Oct. 11, 2009, at his home. Elbert was born in Pampa, Texas, on Feb. 5, 1937, and grew up in Lake Jackson. After working in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ratings Recap: Starr Surplus, Wethaq, Unity Re, Ansvar</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/10/01/104252.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of &#8216;A&#8217; (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of &#8220;a&#8221; to Chicago-based Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bermuda-based Starr Insurance &#038; Reinsurance Limited and an indirect &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pirates Attempt to Board Two Tankers near Singapore</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/09/14/103706.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Pirates attempted to board two tankers in a busy shipping lane off southern Malaysia on Monday, a regional government security agency said. Five men tried to board Panama-registered tanker Pacific Harmony early on Monday near the southern Malaysian port of &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Spanish Language Web site for CRM International in Mexico</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/08/04/102739.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Certified Risk Managers (CRM) International Program in México has a new home on the Web: www.crm-international.org. CRM en Espanol was first introduced in México by The National Alliance for Insurance Education &#038; Research in 2006, and is now the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seaworthy Launches Boat and Yacht Insurance Program</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2009/08/04/102746.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Seaworthy Insurance Co., which began in 1989 offering specialized boat insurance products to Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatU.S), has launched a new line of commissionable boat insurance policies sold exclusively through insurance agents and brokers. Now a &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Panama Moving Slowly on Making Tax Haven Law Changes</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/06/01/100978.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Panama&#8217;s ruling party is unlikely to pass tighter tax legislation seen as key for the signing of a U.S. free-trade deal before President Martin Torrijos steps down on July 1, legislators said this week. A bilateral trade pact has been &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AIR Analyzes Costa Rica Quake</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2009/01/13/96902.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimated that the earthquake, which struck Costa Rica last week, measured 6.1. The epicenter was located about 35 km (22 miles) northwest of the capital city, San &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ratings Roundup: Starr Insurance, Temple</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/12/29/96628.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of &#8216;A&#8217; (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of &#8220;a&#8221; to Bermuda-based Starr Insurance &#038; Reinsurance Limited (SIRL), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Panama-based Starr International Company, Inc. (SICO), a &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insurers Ponder Risk of Encouraging Trees to Fight Global Warming</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/12/01/95893.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Paying landowners to let forests grow is promoted by the United Nations as a viable way to fight global warming, but experts first have to puzzle out how to insure trees against going up in smoke. Under U.N. plans, owners &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Agents Prepared and Fared as Gustav Hit Gulf States</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/mag-features/2008/09/22/156947.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[On the morning of Sept. 1, Gustav&#8217;s eye made landfall on the Louisiana coast just shy of Category 3 status. Experts estimate Gustav caused about $8 billion to $10 billion in insured damage. On Aug. 29 as Hurricane Gustav headed &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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