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SOUTHEAST AIA TO WATCH FLA., ALA. AND MISS. LEGISLATION

Jan 23 2006 // Managing the aftermath of the 2005 hurricanes from a legislative standpoint in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi will be the American Insurance Association’s biggest goal in 2006. “Managing the aftermath...

Fla. Insurance Council predicts hurricane coverage utmost concern

Jan 23 2006 // Florida Insurance Council Executive Vice President Sam Miller predicts hurricane insurance will be the most significant property and casualty issue in 2006, just as it was in 2005, on the state level.“Congress, at a...

W.Va. mine survivor Randall McCloy Jr., families of deceased, eligible for benefits

Jan 23 2006 // Randal McCloy Jr., the only survivor of the recent tragedy at the the 260-foot-deep Inter-national Coal Group Mine in West Virginia, will be eligible for medical benefits and wage replacement benefits immediately, and will...

Garamendi’s proposed auto rate regs will likely cause rate hikes

Jan 23 2006 // Insurers’ estimates say 61 percent of California drivers could pay more.Concern continues to build against California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s plan to impose new regulations for determining auto...

Colo. legislators to tackle auto insurance in 2006 session

Jan 23 2006 // The 2006 legislative agenda for property/ casualty insurers in Colorado will be dominated by automobile insurance and regulatory issues, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), based in...

Kentucky Miner’s Family Wins Increased Death Benefits

Jan 23 2006 // The family of an underground coal miner killed in a rock fall is entitled to increased death benefits because the company he worked for had violated several mine safety laws, the Supreme Court ruled last week.Ronnie...

Calif. puts more drive into new laws for residents hitting the road

Jan 23 2006 // New penalties for drunk drivers, street racers, and “pocket bike” riders–along with improvements to California’s teen driving requirements–are among the laws that took effect Jan. 1, 2006,...

People

Jan 22 2006 // Michael J. Roche, senior vice president of Protection Technology and Administration for Allstate Insurance Company, recently was named to IDG’s Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders Award Program. Roche was selected...

News Currents

Jan 22 2006 // Zurich and Hellman & Friedman call off Universal Underwriters sale after regulatory issues surfaceZurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) and affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC (H&F), a leading private...

News Currents

Jan 22 2006 // Kansas lawmakers push for tougher penalties for uninsured driversTwo tough bills to keep uninsured motorists off Kansas roadways will be on the agenda for consideration when the Kansas legislature convenes this January....

Ohio Insurance Deptartment amends financial regulation-related rules

Jan 22 2006 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently filed revisions to several rules that could impact property and casualty insurance companies.The rules deal with solvency surveillance, acquisition or mergers, reinsurance terms...

Aging baby boomers will mean more

Jan 22 2006 // rehabilitation centers.E&S market ready for some uncertainty Some price hardening possible due to hurricanes; new opportunities seen in housing and health care marketsExperts agree. The surplus lines market remains...

News Currents

Jan 22 2006 // From New England to Virginia, courts and juries made insurance headlinesUp and down the East coast, much of the most interesting local insurance news in 2005 took place in the courts of law and not in the court of public...

R.I.’s Beacon Mutual pursues rate cuts, restructuring plan

Jan 22 2006 // Beacon Mutual, Rhode Island’s biggest workers’ compensation writer with about 90 percent of the business, has some big plans.First is its plan to lower the loss cost portion of premiums for most employers by an...

Excess, Surplus & Specialty

Jan 22 2006 // Speculations for surplus lines market in 2006Experts agree. The surplus lines market remains alive, healthy and stable. Who can argue with the success of this niche-based market that has risen from 4 percent in 1984 to...

W.Va. mine survivor Randall McCloy Jr.,families of deceased, eligible for benefits

Jan 22 2006 // Randal McCloy Jr., the only survivor of the recent tragedy at the the 260-foot-deep Inter-national Coal Group Mine in West Virginia, will be eligible for medical benefits and wage replacement benefits immediately, and will...

News Currents

Jan 22 2006 // Surplus Line Market: Speculations for 2006Experts agree. The surplus lines market remains alive, healthy and stable. Who can argue with the success of this niche-based market that has risen from 4 percent in 1984 to almost...

News Currents

Jan 22 2006 // John GaramendiGaramendi’s proposed auto rate regs will likely cause rate hikes Insurers’ estimates say 61 percent of California drivers could pay more.Concern continues to build against California Insurance...

CALIF AUTO RATE REGULATIONS

Jan 22 2006 // ARE YOU REALLY HURT? Investigating Accident Fraud ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH PCI Opens Denver Office

News Currents

Jan 22 2006 // Colo. legislators to tackle auto insurance in 2006 sessionThe 2006 legislative agenda for property/ casualty insurers in Colorado will be dominated by automobile insurance and regulatory issues, according to the Property...