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CSE Sponsors Essay Contest To Promote Driver Safety
San Francisco-based Civil Service Employees Insurance Group (CSE Insurance) has launched the 2010 CSE Youth Scholarship Program, an annual essay competition designed to promote awareness of driver …
IMA Adds Allen, Davies-Downing in Wichita, Kansas, Office
Mark Allen and Christy Davies-Downing have joined the Wichita, Kan., office of insurance broker IMA Inc.
Kansas State Fair Wants to Opt Out of Workers’ Comp Pool
Kansas State Fair officials are asking the legislature to allow the fair to opt out of the state workers' compensation insurance pool. Fair officials want to be able to buy insurance from a …
Water, Wind and Hail Common Claims in Texas; Liability Costly for Individuals
Water, wind and hail damage top the list of most common homeowner insurance claims in Texas, according to a review by Allstate Insurance Company of aggregated insurance carrier claims …
Idaho Insurance Department Recovers Over $4 Million
The Idaho Department of Insurance reported it has recovered more than $4 million for Idaho consumers in 2009, by helping hundreds of Idahoans settle disputes with insurance companies. According to …
Chimpanzee Attack: Clinic Can’t Do Transplants for Connecticut Victim
A hospital that performed America's first face transplant has told the family of a woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee a year ago that she is not a candidate for a face and hand …
Aon Benfield Launches Global Facultative Re Platform
Aon Benfield announced the launch of its proprietary facultative broking platform. The web portal, FAConnectSM, “brings the broker marketplace to clients’ computer desktops, allowing them to …
U.S. Treasury Investigator Says French Regulator Was Open to AIG Talks
An overseer for the U.S. bailout program said Tuesday that France's banking regulator was open to further negotiations over possible concessions on payments from bailed out insurer AIG,
PartnerRe’s January Non-Life Treaty Renewals ‘Stable’
Bermuda,-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that during the January 1, 2010 treaty renewal season it expects to write and bind approximately $2.6 billion of non-life premium. The bulletin added that …
Treasury Chiefs Paulson, Geithner Defend AIG Bailout
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson staunchly defended the decision to rescue troubled insurer American International Group Inc
Oregon Emergency Service Volunteers Entitled to Workers’ Comp Benefits
Emergency service volunteers that are injured while assisting with a state of emergency may be entitled to workers' compensation benefits, according to the state Department of Consumer and …
Illinois Fines Insurance Agent, Agency $100K and Revokes Licenses
The Illinois Department of Insurance has revoked the licenses to sell insurance of Daniel Martin Deitz of Bloomingdale and his Schaumburg-based agency Danny Martin CLU and Associates (collectively …
Florida’s Citizens to Re-Bid Part of Contract for Property Reinspections
Florida’s state-backed property insurer will seek competitive bids on part of a contract to reinspect as many as 400,000 properties that have been awarded $700 million in mitigation …
Torus Appoints Guesde to Lead European Casualty
Torus has appointed Thomas Guesde as Senior Vice President of its new European Casualty platform. His appointment follows Torus' launch of its operations in Continental European in September …
Ironshore Names Fitzmaurice in Southeast Region, Koller in California
Specialty insurer Ironshore Inc. has appointed Scott Fitzmaurice as regional executive for the Southeast and John Koller as branch executive in San Francisco, California
Spitale Insurance Agency Joins SAN Group
Spitale Insurance Agency of Baltic, Connecticut has joined the Satellite Agency Network Group Inc.
Bailout Watchdog Launches Probes of N.Y. Fed’s Disclosure on AIG
A U.S. bailout watchdog has launched two new investigations into the New York Federal Reserve Bank's actions on insurer AIG's disclosure of payments to banks after its 2008 rescue, excerpts of …
AIG Asks Financial Product Employees to Take Retention Pay Cut
American International Group Inc.
IPCC Acknowledges Himalayan Glacier Error; Defends Overall Assessment
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has admitted that its Fourth Assessment Report contained an error – in one paragraph of the 938 page document – in asserting that global …
BB&T Insurance Services of California Names Justyn Senior VP
San Francisco-based BB&T Insurance Services of California Inc. announced that Wesley G. Justyn has joined its San Francisco office as a senior vice president
Jordan Sells California Insurance Agency to Daughter
Elmer R. Jordan, past president of the Independent Agents and Brokers Association of the San Fernando Valley, Calif., has sold his agency to his daughter Karen Jordan-Quigley. The new name of the …
Midwest Cities Say New FEMA Flood Maps Are Full of Errors
More than a year and a half after a massive flood left a huge swath of eastern Iowa underwater, the tiny farming community of Oakville is clinging to survival. Many of the town's 400-or-so …
TV Networks, Talent Firm Reach $70 Million Settlement With Older Writers
Seventeen major television networks and production studios and seven talent agencies have reached a $70 million settlement of complaints brought by 165 writers aged 40 or older who alleged age …
Nebraska Extends Non-Resident Producer Licensing Renewal Period
Effective Feb.
Markel Selects Wilson to Direct International Development
Markel International has appointed Simon Wilson to the role of director, international development. He joins Markel International from Lloyd’s.
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Adds Options to Deductible Program
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) is expanding a deductible program put in place last year.
New Hampshire Avoids Malpractice Funds to Balance 2009 Books
New Hampshire is dipping into its savings — rather than a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance — for $80 million to close the books on the fiscal year that ended June 30. The state wanted …
Massachusetts Safety Officials Warn of Home Oxygen Risks
Massachusetts fire safety officials have begun a campaign to raise awareness about the d angers of home oxygen use. Fire officials say home oxygen use has been a factor in 24 fire deaths and 50 …
UK Fraud Costs $48 Billion a Year; ABI Calls for ‘Zero Tolerance’
The UK's National Fraud Authority's Annual Fraud Indicator has concluded that fraud costs the UK over
Ethiopian Airlines Plane Crashes in Sea off Beirut, Bodies Found
An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut in bad weather early on Monday. Four bodies were recovered as a search for survivors …
