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

Gray-Stone & Co. Makes Management Changes

Howard Stone, president of Gray-Stone & Company announced recently that with the resignation of Denis deBaroncelli, on June 30, 2001, the Thousand Oaks office of Gray-Stone will be making some major management announcements. Stone stated that several promotions will soon …

Report Says Calif. Benefit Delivery Expenses Absorb Higher Share of W/C Costs

With workers’ compensation claim costs rising rapidly in California, policymakers look for opportunities to reduce costs without reducing benefits to injured workers. Nearly one in every eight dollars paid for workers’ comp claims is paid for benefit delivery expenses, the …

Aon Launches Political Risk Management Service

Aon Corporation launched a Political Risk Exposure Profile (PREP) service that provides customized financial analysis of political threats to a company’s global operations. According to John Minor, senior vice president of Aon Trade Credit, the company’s survey of the Fortune …

Joint Venture Goss LLC to Offer Coverage for Automotive Suppliers

The Goss Group Inc., Marsh Inc. and the GMAC Insurance Group announced the establishment of a joint venture company, Goss LLC, to serve the specific insurance needs of automotive suppliers and original equipment manufacturers. The Goss Group, an insurance agency …

Great American Offers New Stand-Alone Employment Practices Liability

Great American Insurance Company’s Executive Liability Division announced new Employment Practices Liability coverage within its ExecPro® series of products. According to the company, the stand-alone ExecPro® Employment Practices Liability Insurance Policy is a state-of-the-art liability policy with broad language and …

Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. Announces 2Q Results

Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. reported its second quarter 2001 net income of $21.9 million, an increase of 110.6 percent compared to $10.4 million in the same quarter of the prior year. Catastrophe losses included in the second quarter were within …

AIA to Host Mold Seminar

The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced that it will host a November seminar in Washington to address the emerging issue of mold. The seminar, to be held November 8 and 9, 2001 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C., will …

NAII Says Legislative Inaction Threatens Insurance Market; No-Fault Fraud Still Rampant August 10,

According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), rather than address the rampant no-fault fraud that costs New York consumers over a billion dollars each year, the legislature yesterday allowed several key provisions of insurance law to sunset. Joseph …

Gunmakers Can’t Be Sued for Criminal Acts of Gun Buyers

Victims cannot sue gunmakers when criminals use their products illegally, the California Supreme Court ruled Aug. 6. According to AP Online, the 5-1 decision, which rejects a suit based on the 1993 massacre of eight people in a San Francisco …

Insurers To Be Reimbursed for Cerro Grande Fire Claims

The federal government is working to reimburse insurance companies for all claims they paid to their customers for damage caused by the Cerro Grande fires in New Mexico last year. Payments are expected to begin in January 2002. The Federal …