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Tool Helps Insurers Identify, Quantify Terrorism Risks

Feb 5 2003 // Insurers looking to identify and price terrorism exposures have a new tool available from decision-data expert Oxxford Information Technology, Ltd.Oxxford’s Vulnerability Index (www.risk-mkt-data.com), as the product...

Alliance Urges NY Legislators to Delay Action on Implementing Terrorist Risk Act

Feb 3 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers urged New York legislators to “resist the temptation” to implement state-specific legislative or regulatory measures involving the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA)...

PIANY President Points to Producers Role in Implementing Federal Terrorism Risk Act

Feb 3 2003 // David Isenberg, president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc., also testified at hearings considering the implementation of the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, telling the Assembly...

Big Turnout at PIANY’s MetroRAP 2003; Keynoter Warren Heck Addresses Terrorist Coverage Concerns

Jan 28 2003 // The recent Professional Insurance Agents of New York’s Metropolitan Regional Awareness Program (MetroRAP) broke previous attendance records. Nearly 500 agents, company representatives, exhibitors and other New York...

New AIR Estimation Model Helps Insurers Price Terrorism Risk

Jan 27 2003 // In an effort to help property/casualty carriers racing to price and offer terrorism coverage after the passage of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, AIR Worldwide Corporation has introduced a new estimation model, the...

CDI Approves Terrorism Risk Insurance Act Endorsement

Jan 27 2003 // On Jan. 14, 2003, the WCIRB advised its members that several forms had been filed with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) related to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act which became effective on Nov. 26, 2002. The...

New AIR Estimation Model Helps Insurers Price Terrorism Risk

Jan 27 2003 // In an effort to help property/casualty carriers racing to price and offer terrorism coverage after the passage of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, AIR Worldwide Corporation has introduced a new estimation model, the...

AAI Says It Is Pleased with Third Interim Guidance on Terrorism Insurance

Jan 24 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) reports it is pleased with the U.S. Treasury Department’s third set of guidelines to help insurers comply with the Federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. Issued Jan. 22,...

AIA Conference Explores Challenges of Terrorism Ins. Law

Jan 23 2003 // Top government officials, along with insurance industry experts and leaders, kicked off an American Insurance Association (AIA) conference this week focused on the recently enacted Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of...

WCIRB Releases Summary of Terrorism Loss Cost Estimates for 11 States & D.C.

Jan 23 2003 // The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) has prepared and released a summary of loss cost estimates for 11 states and the District of Columbia that were published by the NCCI based on the...

Fredrik Murer Named as Zurich’s Senior Political Risk Underwriter in London

Jan 22 2003 // Zurich North America and Zurich London Limited, two of the main operating companies of the Swiss-based Zurich Financial Services Group (ZFS) announced that Fredrik Murer has joined the Zurich Emerging Markets group as a...

WCIRB Releases Summary of Terrorism Loss Cost Estimates for 11 States & D.C.

Jan 22 2003 // The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) has prepared and released a summary of loss cost estimates for eleven states and the District of Columbia that were published by the NCCI based on...

Calif. WCIRB To Study Terrorism Costs

Jan 20 2003 // The Calif. Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) Governing Committee authorized the WCIRB to pursue developing estimates of potential terrorism losses for California. The estimates will be based upon...

AAIS To File Endorsements Excluding Non-Certified Terrorism Losses

Jan 17 2003 // The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) is initiating state-by-state filings of commercial lines terrorism endorsements excluding losses arising from “non-certified” acts of...

Calif. WCIRB To Study Terrorism Costs

Jan 17 2003 // The Calif. Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) Governing Committee authorized the WCIRB to pursue developing estimates of potential terrorism losses for California. The estimates will be based upon...

N.Y. Dept. Issues Guidance on Federal Terrorism Bill

Jan 1 2003 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio has issued guidance to the industry on the Federal Terrorism Bill. Circular Letter 25 of 2002 lays out the applicability, guidelines, and compliance procedures for the...

SPIR Meets Increasing Demand for Terrorist Cover

Dec 27 2002 // Special Risk Insurance and Reinsurance Luxembourg S.A. (SRIR), established last March by Germany’s Allianz AG, several other European insurers and Bermuda’s XL Capital, offers property and business interruption...

AAI Pleased with Second Interim Guidance on Terrorism Insurance

Dec 20 2002 // The U.S. Treasury Department’s second set of guidelines to aid insurers in complying with the Federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, issued Dec. 18, addresses insurer participation in general, scope of coverage,...

IIAANY Provides Online Terrorism Insurance Kit to Members

Dec 19 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents Association of New York Inc. (IIAANY) announced it will offer an electronic kit to member agents explaining how the recently passed Terrorism Risk Insurance Act would affect them. Available...

Alliance, NAII Host Meeting on Terrorism Risk Act Implementation

Dec 16 2002 // The success of the newly enacted federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act hinges on how smoothly the implementation process will be for insurers faced with a number of compliance issues.Enactment of the new legislation imposes...