All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 12 2007 // U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, a Democratic presidential hopeful, said he’s angry with the insurance industry’s response to the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes and said Mar. 9 he will hold senate committee hearings on...
Mar 12 2007 // Eighteen months after the hurricanes, “crisis” is the term everyone uses to describe Louisiana’s insurance problems. The governor spends much of her time begging insurance companies to continue doing...
Mar 12 2007 // Director of Insurance L. Tim Wagner has spent close to 40 years in the insurance industry, the last nine as the appointed Nebraska regulator. He takes his role seriously and believes the insurance industry has a real...
Mar 1 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has named his 14-member executive team at the Department of Insurance.Earlier in February, Poizner was criticized for naming insurance industry representative, Bill...
Feb 28 2007 // Insurance industry advocates urged Congress today to ensure the availability of terrorism risk insurance through a continued federal government role and to examine long-term solutions before the current backstop...
Feb 26 2007 // Superior Court Justice Burnes is well aware that politics comes into play in Bay State insurance regulationThe new insurance commissioner for Massachusetts thinks her years of experience in a judge’s robe will serve...
Feb 26 2007 // Antitrust laws “Federal oversight would provide confidence that the industry is not engaging in the most egregious forms of anticompetitive conduct — price fixing, agreements not to pay, and market allocations...
Feb 26 2007 // The insurance industry is over-reacting to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, threatening the region’s recovery by withdrawing coverage and charging exorbitant rates, Gov. Kathleen Blanco told a gathering of insurance...
Feb 26 2007 // Battered but not beaten, Mississippi focuses on helping peopleA former high school principal, George Dale is now the longest serving state insurance commissioner in the nation. He has been elected by the people of...
Feb 26 2007 // Changing corporate governance practices and excess capital in the insurance market have made directors’ and officers’ liability premiums drop in recent years, and rate level erosion in almost every line of...
Feb 26 2007 // Could federal regulation of the insurance industry become a reality, now that Democrats control both the House and Senate in Congress?And are consumers and the insurance industry ready for such a scenario? Other financial...
Feb 26 2007 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation announced it will be hosting its third annual Club100 Dinner on Thursday, March 8, 2007, at the Getty Center Restaurant in Los Angeles. Attendees will enjoy networking...
Feb 26 2007 // Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Judiciary Committee, joined with Senate Democratic and Republican leaders earlier this month to introduce a bipartisan bill that would strip the insurance industry of its limited...
Feb 25 2007 // Antitrust laws“Federal oversight would provide confidence that the industry is not engaging in the most egregious forms of anticompetitive conduct – price fixing, agreements not to pay, and market allocations...
Feb 25 2007 // A former high school principal, George Dale is now the longest serving state insurance commissioner in the nation. He has been elected by the people of Mississippi since 1975 and recently announced he would run for...
Feb 25 2007 // Covington, La.-based First Premium Insurance Group Inc., a regional property and casualty insurance broker, added a new team member, Crystal DePascual.DePascual joined First Premium’s staff as marketing...
Feb 25 2007 // Could federal regulation of the insurance industry become a reality, now that Democrats control both the House and Senate in Congress? And are consumers and the insurance industry ready for such a scenario? Other financial...
Feb 25 2007 // Changing corporate governance practices and excess capital in the insurance market have made directors’ and officers’ liability premiums drop in recent years, and rate level erosion in almost every line of...
Feb 25 2007 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation announced it will be hosting its third annual Club100 Dinner on Thursday, March 8, 2007, at the Getty Center Restaurant in Los Angeles. Attendees will enjoy networking...
Feb 25 2007 // News CurrentsSen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Judiciary Committee, joined with Senate Democratic and Republican leaders earlier this month to introduce a bipartisan bill that would strip the insurance industry of...