All the headlines from our Numbers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 18 2002 // AgentSecure, a division of InsureZone that provides agents with online access to big-brand P/C and life products through a single-entry, multiple-carrier interface (SEMCI), has received exclusive endorsements from five...
Jun 13 2002 // The New York State Insurance Department announced the arrest of Eugene Turner and Marcus Jefferson, both of Syracuse, following an investigation into a “staged accident” by the two men. They allegedly rented a...
Apr 12 2002 // Two New York doctors, charged as part of a fraud ring last December, have pleaded guilty to “felony insurance fraud charges admitting to fraudulently embellishing and falsifying their reports of the examinations of...
Apr 5 2002 // Six of the world’s largest insurance companies announced that they intend to establish a joint venture in Luxembourg, named Special Risk Insurance and Reinsurance Luxembourg S.A. (SRIR), to provide “limited...
Mar 15 2002 // Ohio-based Central Insurance Companies, California Insurance Group and Cascade National Insurance, all regional insurance providers, are the newest company partners for Trusted ChoiceSM—the Independent Insurance...
Feb 15 2002 // As of Feb. 12, 2002, 21 states have introduced bills that would ban or restrict the use of credit-based insurance scoring according to the National Association of Independent Insurers. On Feb. 13, the Minnesota House...
Feb 6 2002 // Three bills designed to help clarify and simplify the auto insurance process in Colorado, including one that would reduce the number of required options in the no-fault law, have passed the House.National Association of...
Jan 11 2002 // Terry Thomas, 31, a resident of Downey, Calif., was sentenced in Los Angeles Superior Court on Jan. 4, to five years in state prison for his conviction on one count of insurance fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit...
Dec 17 2001 // A. Quentin “Skip” Orza II, vice president, RLI EPG, gives his first-hand account of the events of Sept. 11Although RLI lost its branch office in the World Trade Center as a result of the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Dec 10 2001 // Although RLI lost its branch office in the World Trade Center as a result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the company was fortunate to have all its New York branch employees escape safely. And while the Executive...
Oct 29 2001 // Four leading insurance carriers have signed on as founding sponsors of Trusted Choice, the new consumer marketing brand created by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) and independent agency insurance...
Aug 31 2001 // Investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch, Fraud Division, served arrest warrants on five local Fresno residents last week.The arrests concluded a six-month...
Aug 20 2001 // As the Atlantic hurricane season’s second named storm has faded into memory, hurricane forecaster William Gray predicts two more named storms in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico during the month of August.One of...
Aug 2 2001 // According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, automakers are marketing new midsize SUV models for 2001 and 2002, but most of these vehicles aren’t being equipped with bumpers that resist damage in the...
Jul 25 2001 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested three Modesto residents on charges of insurance fraud.Johnny B. Slefo, 42, Wylet G. Slefo, 42...
May 30 2001 // Two bills that would have increased the cost of auto insurance in Oklahoma died in the state House/Senate conference committees as the 2001 legislature adjourned on May 25.The National Association of Independent Insurers...
May 29 2001 // Seven New York individuals were arrested for their alleged participation in a variety of insurance scams which amounted to more than $100,000 in fraudulent claims. Superintendent Gregory Serio along with Nassau County...
Apr 16 2001 // American International Group Inc., Kemper Insurance Companies and Prudential Insurance Company of America recently announced plans of a joint venture called Fusura, a web-based insurance agency that will allow consumers to...
Apr 9 2001 // The toll from the ongoing adverse streak for the California workers’ compensation market just keeps rising. The California Department of Insur-ance (CDI) recently conserved two more insurance companies domiciled in...
Apr 9 2001 // American International Group Inc. (AIG), Kemper Insurance Companies and Prudential Insurance Company of America recently announced plans of a joint venture called Fusura, an innovative web-based insurance agency that will...