Monthly Archives: <span>June 2001</span>

Hailstorm Causes an Estimated $220M in Damage

Perhaps one of the most expensive hailstorms in North Dakota history struck the south central part of the state on June 9, 2001. The North Dakota Department of Insurance reported an estimated $220 million in property damages from the storms. …

Sterling Cooke Forms New Special Risks Division

London-based Stirling Cooke Brown Insurance Brokers Ltd. (SCBIB), a subsidiary of the Bermuda company, announced it has formed a “Special Risks Division” to design and place “insurance and reinsurance programs involving warranty, residual value and related coverages, primarily on behalf …

RMS Releases New European Windstorm Models

Newark, California-based Risk Management Solutions has released “two comprehensive data products designed to quantify the risks associated with European windstorms.” The heavy losses, $14.4 billion ($7.8 billion insured), caused by the storms Lothar and Martin at the end of 1999 …

Independent Investigation Heats Up as PwC Finds $87.8 Million in Unrecorded Claims

PricewaterhouseCoopers, the provisional liquidators appointed last Monday to sort out the financial mess at the U.K.’s Independent Insurance, have so far uncovered £62 million ($87.8 million) worth of insurance claims that were never entered into the company’s accounting systems. The …

Medical Advisory Systems To Launch Travelers’ Angel Protection Plan

Medical Advisory Systems, which for 20 years has been one of the leaders in providing offshore medical services through telephone and Internet connections, announced that it would offer a new travel assistance program, “Travelers’ Angel,” for the more than 40 …

Travelers Instrumental in Hartford Revitalization Project

Ceremonies attended by civic leaders and representatives of Travelers and Citigroup marked the completion of the first building in the revitalization plan for Hartford’s Mortson Street and Putnam Heights. The area, where many buildings have been abandoned or destroyed, is …

First Arrest in Nassau County Health Care Probe

Robert Friemann, a Huntington Bay accountant, was arrested by FBI agents on charges that he participated in a scheme to defraud Nassau County of “tens of millions of dollars” and was part of a group which pocketed around $2 million …

Newark Wants Out of NJ Auto Market Too

The break in the dam, that started with the announcement by State Farm Indemnity that it planned to leave New Jersey’s auto insurance market, now threatens to become a flood, as yet another state carrier, Newark Insurance Co. wants out …

Former San Diego Agent Receives Seven Year Sentence

The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced that Ronald Allen Prasky, 31, owner and operator of Border Pacific Insurance Services, was sentenced in San Diego Superior Court today to seven years in state prison. The sentencing is the result of …

InsWeb Corp. Plans Stock Repurchase

California-based InsWeb Corp., an online insurance marketplace, has received the go-ahead from its board of directors to authorize a program to repurchase up to 1 million shares of common stock during the next six months. Hussein Enan, CEO for InsWeb, …