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Marsh’s Tax and Regulatory Unit Responds to Evolving Global Environment
Multinational Insurance Proposition of Zurich Financial Services Group. In this, Zurich underlines its refusal to cover risks located in countries where it is not licensed, Sharma ...
Source: BestWire Date: June 23, 2008
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Ace Settles for $80 Million With Three States in Finite Reinsurance, Brokerage Probes
New York, Connecticut and Illinois. Those settlements will cost Ace $80 million pretax, a charge to first-quarter earnings that cut into an otherwise impressive performance. Ace ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 26, 2006
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Insurer Zurich to Pay $171 Million to Settle Bid-Rigging Investigations
... York State Insurance Department. According to Marsh, about 70,000 eligible policyholders across the United States have elected to receive distributions from the fund. Three ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 20, 2006
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Citing Regulatory Glitch, Zurich Scraps Sale of U.S. Commercial Unit
North America commercial division. Thomas A. Bradley, current chief financial officer of North America commercial, was appointed president of Universal, Zurich said. According to ...
Source: BestWire Date: January 17, 2006
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Former Universal Underwriters Group Exec Is Maryland's New Insurance Commissioner
Maryland state Senate in its 2006 session. Redmer, the former commissioner, resigned in October 2005 to become chief executive officer at Coventry Health Care Inc. of Delaware, a ...
Source: BestWire Date: January 9, 2006
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Georgia Regulator to Subpoena Lloyd's, Other Offshore Insurers Over Finite Reinsurance
March 28, "We haven't received one." When it arrives, there will be little problem in answering, James said. Finite reinsurance accounts for a negligible portion of the business, ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 7, 2005
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Texas Appeals Court Strikes Down $117.5 Million Farmers Settlement
... Farmers policyholders get that money that the parties agreed to." A.M. Best rates the financial strength of Farmers Insurance Group as A (Excellent). (By R.J. Lehmann, associate ...
Source: BestWire Date: January 25, 2005
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Spitzer Nets Guilty Pleas From Two Zurich Underwriters in Brokerage Probe
Edward Coughlin -- are senior underwriters with Zurich American. Each pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of violating New York's Donnelly Act, which prohibits agreements in ...
Source: BestWire Date: November 17, 2004
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Zurich, Hartford Take Employee Actions as Probes Expand Further
American commercial excess casualty unit. The company offered no further comment on the action and wouldn't identify the employees. Meanwhile, Hartford Financial Services Group ...
Source: BestWire Date: November 12, 2004
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Texas Accuses Farmers Group of Deceptive Homeowners Practices
The Texas attorney general is suing Farmers Group Inc. and four of its subsidiaries for what he calls "deceptive, misleading and discriminatory homeowners insurance practices," ...
Source: BestWire Date: August 6, 2002
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Briefing: Agreement With Switzerland Boosts China's WTO Standing
World Trade Organization. Although the agreement doesn't specify which companies will be authorized to set up in China, the beneficiaries are expected to be Zurich Financial ...
Source: Best's Review Date: November 1, 2000