Latest NonProfits Headlines

All the headlines from our NonProfits Topic Page, ordered by recency.

SPECIAL REPORT: Surplus Lines

Mar 19 2006 // With the eyes of Congress turning to insurance reform, most commentators are focused on how change might affect the overall insurance industry and agents. But the often-overlooked surplus lines segment of the industry...

Insurance Crime Bureau Lists Top 10 Cities for Staged Accident Scams

Mar 10 2006 // In a worst-case scenario of greed-driven criminal activity, Waurd Demolaire, 25, of Brooklyn, New York, was convicted Feb. 16 by a Queens County jury of killing a 71-year-old grandmother in 2003.Demolaire intentionally...

Rayborn outlines Florida insurance agency requirements to Latin Association

Mar 6 2006 // The requirements for Florida insurance agencies to be licensed by the state before Oct. 1, with fines of up to $10,000 for not licensing, were discussed in a presentation “Agency Licensing, Are You Prepared? That is...

How agents can meet the affluents’ expectation of a luxury experience

Mar 6 2006 // Luxury used to be associated with a price, a label on a product and acquiring expensive items. Today, luxury is about service. The experience is defined by services that make the consumer feel pampered and unique. The more...

Standard Insurance Celebrates 100th Year in Business

Feb 21 2006 // Portland, Ore.-based Standard Insurance Company is celebrating its 100th year in business by forming The Standard Charitable Foundation and hosting a year-long celebration that honors its founder’s commitment to...

Miss. Communities Have Until Feb. 28 to Collect Debris Roe Requests

Feb 21 2006 // Local governments in Mississippi requesting federal funding for debris removal on private property have until Feb. 28, 2006, to collect signed Right of Entry (ROE) requests from residential property owners.The date...

WHEN THE NONPROFIT

Feb 20 2006 // While nobody wants to report a loss, there are several insurers that are not bothered if they don’t report a profit. They serve the nonprofit market and are themselves nonprofit organizations.One of the nonprofit...

When the nonprofit insurer is itself a nonprofit

Feb 20 2006 // Over the years, many a vexed property casualty insurance company executive has joked about his firm being a nonprofit, blaming pricing regulation, market cycles, high loss ratios, low investment income or some combination...

Nonprofits invite new exposures when they act like for-profits<t0h95z10>

Feb 20 2006 // As they face pressure to do more with less, nonprofit organizations are increasingly modeling some of their fund raising, employment practices and even marketing of services after for-profit businesses. According to a...

When the nonprofit insurer is itself a nonprofit

Feb 20 2006 // Over the years, many a vexed property/casualty insurance company chief executive has joked about his firm being a nonprofit, blaming pricing regulation, market cycles, high loss ratios, low investment income or some...

Nonprofits invite new exposures when they act like for-profits

Feb 20 2006 // As they face pressure to do more with less, nonprofit organizations are increasingly modeling some of their fundraising, employment practices and marketing of services after for-profit businesses. According to a recent...

When the nonprofit insurer is itself a nonprofit

Feb 20 2006 // Over the years, many a vexed property casualty insurance company executive has joked about his firm being a nonprofit, blaming pricing regulation, market cycles, high loss ratios, low investment income or some combination...

Nonprofits invite new exposures when they act like for-profits

Feb 20 2006 // As they face pressure to do more with less, nonprofit organizations are increasingly modeling some of their fundraising, employment practices and marketing of services after for-profit businesses. According to a recent...

Nonprofits invite new exposures when they act like for-profits

Feb 19 2006 // The risk to nonprofits may actually exceed that facing for-profits because nonprofits may have smaller budgets, less financial and legal help, and undefined employment practices.As they face pressure to do more with less,...

Closer Look: Nonprofits

Feb 19 2006 // Over the years, many a vexed property/casualty insurance company chief executive has joked about his firm being a nonprofit, blaming pricing regulation, market cycles, high loss ratios, low investment income or some...

Nonprofits

Feb 19 2006 // Over the years, many a vexed property casualty insurance company executive has joked about his firm being a nonprofit, blaming pricing regulation, market cycles, high loss ratios, low investment income or some combination...

Nonprofits invite new exposures when they act like for-profits

Feb 19 2006 // The risk to nonprofits may actually exceed that facing for-profits because nonprofits may have smaller budgets, less financial and legal help, and undefined employment practices.As they face pressure to do more with less,...

SBA Loan Application Necessary for Assistance in Ala. Recovery

Feb 17 2006 // The U.S Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) urges Hurricane Katrina survivors who registered for disaster assistance to complete and return the loan application they received...

Calif. State Fund Raises More than $100,000 for United Way

Feb 14 2006 // California State Compensation Insurance Fund employees have raised more than $102,000 in donations for United Way in its annual Bay Area California State Employees Charitable Campaign Drive. Donations collected will help...

Study Examines Non-Profit Exposures and Legal Risks

Feb 1 2006 // Non-profits face exposure to a wide array of legal risks, according to a study on non-profit organizations’ risks. The study suggests that some exposures are unique to non-profits and may arise, for example, from an...