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Insurance Institute of Mich. Launches Web Site

Mar 3 2004 // There’s a new site on the World Wide Web and it is loaded with timely insurance information for Michigan residents. Web surfers can find the new website recently unveiled by the Insurance Institute of Michigan (IIM)...

NCRIC Group Appoints Financial Expert Frank Ross to Board

Mar 1 2004 // The NCRIC Group, Inc., a leading provider of medical professional liability insurance and physician practice management services in the Mid-Atlantic region, announced that Frank Ross has joined its Board of Directors,...

ACE Select Markets Chosen by NCCC as Exclusive Provider of Collector Car Insurance

Feb 13 2004 // ACE Select Markets, a division of ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group of Companies, announced that it has been selected by the National Council of Corvette Clubs (NCCC) to be the exclusive provider...

Texas Man Convicted on Federal Workers’ Comp Charges

Feb 11 2004 // A Dallas jury convicted aviator Michael Lee Harms, of Grapevine, Texas, on federal charges that he defrauded the Office of Workers’ Compensation program.The Associated Press reported that the charges stem from a...

Valley Oak Systems Develops Data Interface for the PERI Data Exchange

Feb 6 2004 // Valley Oak Systems, Inc. (VOS), a national provider of claims management software, services and support, has completed development of a new data extraction tool that will streamline the submission of claims data to the...

Keenan Appoints Molly Joel Coy to Advisory Board

Feb 3 2004 // Keenan, the largest privately held brokerage firm in California, announced the appointment of Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH, to its Advisory Board. Dr. Coye served as the Director of the California Department of Health Services...

D&O Liability Premiums Jump 33 Percent; Tillinghast Study Reports Hard Market is Stabilizing Despite Record Premiums

Jan 27 2004 // Directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance premiums grew approximately 33 percent on average from 2002 to 2003, according to the Tillinghast business of Towers Perrin’s 2003 Directors & Officers...

Fla. Workers’ Comp Market In Need of Time to Recuperate

Jan 21 2004 // Although the Florida workers’ compensation market is still under stress, and the Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (FWCJUA) prepares to post hefty deficits, observers are confident...

Calif. Workers’ Comp Costs Per Claim Continue Rapid Growth

Jan 21 2004 // California workers’ compensation costs per claim in California continue to grow rapidly, increasing 15 percent from 2000 through 2001 (as of 2002) and are accelerating, according to a new study from the Cambridge,...

NIF Forms New Alternative Markets Division

Jan 13 2004 // New York’s NIF Group Inc., a leading program administrator and managing general insurance agency, announced the formation of a new underwriting division, NIF Risk Management, which will serve public entities,...

The Hartford Awards Nearly $1 Million in Grants to Organizations

Jan 9 2004 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, headquartered in the city that bears its name, recently awarded $929,500 in grants to 20 nonprofit organizations in the Greater Hartford area. The company awards grants four times a...

NAII Applauds N.Y. Court Decision Rejecting Absolute Liability Concept for Labor Law

Jan 8 2004 // The National Association of Independent Insurers issued a bulletin praising a recent decision by the New York Court of Appeals that rejected a plaintiff’s claim that he is entitled to collect injury damages under the...

ACE Global Markets Privacy And Security Policies for URAC HIPAA Approved Facilities

Jan 7 2004 // URAC, the nonprofit organization that accredits and certifies (AC) health quality after utilization review (UR) has selected ACE Global Markets (AGM), a subsidiary of ACE Limited, to provide Privacy and/or Security...

IIANJ Young Agents Council Donates Christmas Gifts to Foster Children

Dec 23 2003 // A bulletin from the Young Agents Council (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey notes that members have “spread holiday cheer by donating gifts to foster children this season through The Foster...

Gallagher Acquires Calif. Broker

Dec 15 2003 // Itasca, Ill.-based brokerage giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Avery-Hammer Insurance Associates, Inc. of Fresno, California. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1980,...

Insurers Question NAIC Budget Reserves

Nov 17 2003 // Insurance industry representatives are unhappy with a budget proposed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the quasi-governmental body that collects insurers’ annual financial statements and...

Do Not Call Legislation: Are You in Compliance’

Nov 17 2003 // In this ever-changing world of privacy regulation and legislation, many in the insurance industry are left wondering, ‘Where do I fit in?’ There are a number of insurance agencies that use telemarketing to...

Insurers Question NAIC Budget Reserves

Nov 17 2003 // Insurance industry representatives are once again unhappy with a proposed budget of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the quasi-governmental body that collects insurers’ annual financial...

Allstate Foundation Establishes $1 Million Wildfire Relief Fund

Nov 10 2003 // The Allstate Foundation joined with The California Community Foundation (CCF) to establish a $1 million fund to aid in the recovery and rebuilding efforts in response to the Southern California wildfire...

Don Friedman Elected PLAN President

Nov 7 2003 // Donald A. Friedman has been named president of the Monterey, Calif.-based Professional Liability Agents Network (PLAN). PLAN is a national nonprofit organization of insurance agencies specializing in risk management and...