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Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale Serving Eighth Term

Dec 5 2005 // In public and in an interview with Insurance Journal, Misissippi Insurance Commis-sioner George Dale comes across as a laid-back Mississippi farm-boy, but the commissioner, who has been reelected for eight terms, has...

Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale Serving Eighth Term; Hurricane Katrina Wasn’t Much, Compared to the After

Dec 4 2005 // In public and in an interview with Insurance Journal, Misissippi Insurance Commis-sioner George Dale comes across as a laid-back Mississippi farm-boy, but the commissioner, who has been reelected for eight terms, has...

N.Y. Gov. Hopeful Weld ‘s Insurance Chief in Massachusetts Stirred Controversy

Oct 19 2005 // As governor of Massachusetts, William Weld, a Republican who has said he wants to be governor of New York, helped turn around the state’s workers’ compensation system and introduce some competition into the...

Editor’s Note: Cracking the Cookie

Oct 17 2005 // Hurricane Katrina and Rita, then the Marsh indictments, oh my. Those subjects have made front page recently, and with good reason. No one could have foretold their outcomes, yet all will potentially affect how the...

IICF, Insurance Journal Partner to Help Katrina Victims

Sep 14 2005 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation is partnering with the Insurance Journal to reach out to the insurance community for support and help for the victims and families of Hurricane Katrina.Beginning early last...

In regards to your Editor’s Note in the July 18th issue of Insurance Journal West I think that [Congress] would have re

Sep 5 2005 // Underwriter Zurich-Glendale

Insurance Journal Makes Texas/South Central, Southeast Issues Available Online Free of Charge Due to Katrina

Sep 2 2005 // Due to severe facilities damage and other problems resulting from Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Postal Service has announced that, effective as of Aug. 31, it is not accepting any Standard or Periodicals mail – from...

Editor’s Note: All the News That’s Fit to Print

Aug 22 2005 // When I attended several recent news events and conferences I noticed thatwhen I entered the room, people’s “hackles” immediately went up-they either stopped talking or began speaking in muted tones, as if...

Insurance Journal Airs Fight against Fraud

Jul 21 2005 // Fraud costs the insurance industry between $85 billion and $120 billion a year, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). Independent agents, claims adjusters, and most importantly consumers are impacted...

Insurance Journal Airs Daily Fraudcaster Online

Jul 18 2005 // n6insurancejournal.xtg TITLE: Insurance Journal Airs Daily Fraudcaster Online Fraud costs the insurance industry between $85 billion and $120 billion a year, according to the Insurance Information Institute. Independent...

Farmers, Allstate Take Top Honors at IMCA 2005 Showcase Awards; Insurance Journal Honored

Jul 6 2005 // Farmers Insurance Group received the top honor and Allstate Insurance Company received nine Best of Show awards at the Insurance Marketing Communications Association (IMCA) 2005 Showcase Awards, held during the IMCA annual...

States Close In on Finite Reinsurance Disclosure; N.Y. Agrees to Adopt Model

Jun 13 2005 // State insurance regulators moved closer to final adoption of a model finite reinsurance disclosure regulation at the summer meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in Boston this weekend.As they did,...

More Agencies Join Insurance Journal Top Listing

Jun 6 2005 // Some missed the print deadline by mere minutes, others by not much more. Others fell victim to glitches in system. So Insurance Journal has updated its popular Top Independent Agency listing for 2005 that ran in its May 9,...

A Talk with New York Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills

May 23 2005 // Pataki’s appointee brings Albany background to Spitzer-era regulatory challengesI think I’m a pretty quick study,” Howard Mills told Insurance Journal. He’s not had much choice. The former...

Insurance Journal Salutes Nation’s Top Agencies for 2005

May 20 2005 // A record number of agencies submitted entries for the 2005 Top Independent Insurance Agencies listing in Insurance Journal, which was published in the May 9 edition of Insurance Journal’s five regional print...

Garamendi Covers Workers’ Comp to Run for Lt. Governor in Talk with Insurance Journal

May 17 2005 // With the list of insurance industry issues never small in California, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi recently took time out from his schedule to chat with Online Editor Dave Thomas. Is the workers’...

Agents and Brokers: Top 10 Reasons to Join the Top 100… and Let Your Success be Known

Apr 21 2005 // Insurance Journal’s search for the nation’s top privately-owned independent insurance agencies and brokerages is continuing but some qualified firms have not yet sent in their entry forms.The final deadline has...

Insurance Journal Wants to Hear About Your Family Agency

Apr 15 2005 // Are you a family-owned and operated retail agency doing business in the West? If so, Insurance Journal wants to hear from you. IJ will be profiling family agencies in its May 9 West issue. If you would like to be...

Search Underway for Nation’s Top Independent Insurance Agencies

Apr 15 2005 // Insurance Journal Says It’s Time to Recognize Top Performing AgenciesWith some 60,000 privately held independent agencies nationwide, locating the most successful ones is a tough job but some company’s got to...

Search for Nation’s Top Independent Insurance Agencies Commences

Apr 14 2005 // With some 60,000 privately held independent agencies and brokerages nationwide, locating the most successful ones is a tough job but some company’s got to do it. That company is Insurance Journal.Insurance Journal is...