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Guns and Rose Gardens
Baumhammers killing spree in 2000 in western Pennsylvania. In both, children of the policyholders killed several people. Four insurers reportedly settled the Columbine case in ...
Source: Best's Review Date: November 1, 2009
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South Carolina Approves 35% Rate Boost for Wind Pool
Department Director Scott H. Richardson approved the rate increase and other changes effective July 19. The loss data initially indicated an overall increase of more than 65%, but ...
Source: BestWire Date: August 3, 2007
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A Catastrophic Battle
His name is Edward Liddy, and he is a man on a mission. Today's mission is to represent his company-Allstate Corp., the nation's largest publicly traded personal-lines insurance ...
Source: Best's Review Date: October 1, 2006
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Fate of Florida's No-Fault Law Hangs in the Balance in 2006
Some want it repealed, just as Colorado did in 2003. Others, want it to stay, albeit with several serious reforms. "All of the industry is in agreement that the system isn't ...
Source: BestWire Date: January 9, 2006
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Insurers Lament the Impact of 'Another Nail' Named Wilma
Florida homeowners insurance market, industry watchers said. "Wilma is another nail," said Sam Miller, executive vice president of the Florida Insurance Council. "It's not going to ...
Source: BestWire Date: October 27, 2005
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Florida Market Changes Following 2004 Hurricane Season
Legislature approved several changes in insurance law. One of the biggest was the clarification of the valued policy law -- the so-called Mierzwa fix. Need for this "fix" stemmed ...
Source: BestWire Date: July 25, 2005
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Ohio Set to Drop Newspaper Ad Requirement for Insurers
Representatives and is pending before the Senate. The American Insurance Association hailed the potential demise of the regulation, which Steve Schneider, AIA's vice president of ...
Source: BestWire Date: June 15, 2005
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Florida Lawmakers to Tackle Hurricane Insurance Proposals
March 8 to the Legislature. "Today, many communities still face challenges, and many residents are still rebuilding lives interrupted by the storms. But, our state continues to ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 9, 2005
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Governing Principals
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. "There are accounting firms that have to gear up for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley," he said. To the extent that those firms ...
Source: Best's Review Date: February 1, 2004
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New York Court Upholds New Rules on Auto Claims Reporting
New York," Insurance Superintendent Gregory V. Serio said in a statement. Both the Alliance of American Insurers and the American Insurance Association said the court decision was ...
Source: BestWire Date: October 22, 2003
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New Jersey Regulators Find Allstate's Practices Were Fair
Insurance said in a statement. The law requires insurers to cover all drivers with fewer than nine points on their licenses. Agents claimed Allstate avoided urban business by ...
Source: BestWire Date: July 8, 2003
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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
...Com include American International Group Inc., Hartford Financial Services Group, CNA Financial and Swiss Reinsurance Co., according to media reports. That coverage is likely to be ...
Source: Best's Review Date: August 1, 2002
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Public, Private Efforts Accelerate to Avoid N.J. Auto Crash
...The process is complicated," he said. There may be no sponsor until the bill is actually introduced." Meanwhile, Mary Cozzolino, a spokeswoman with the state's Department of ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 30, 2002
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