Kathleen Sebelius, who currently heads the Kansas Insurance Department, as well as serving as NAIC Chairman, will face Republican Tim Shallenburger in the state’s gubernatorial election on November 5. The 54 year old Sebelius is an experienced politician. She served …
According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), The California Insurance Department’s latest revisions to its proposed consumer financial privacy regulations are still at odds with state and federal statutes and do not create uniformity and consistency with other …
The 107th annual convention of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) will take place Sept. 15-18, at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina in San Diego. The convention will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American mutual …
The Target Markets Program Administrators Association announced that 10 insurance companies specializing in program business will be attending their Second Annual Summit meeting to be held in Tempe, Arizona Oct. 21-24. Included are: The St. Paul Companies, Gulf Insurance Group, …
Bermuda’s PartnerRe upped its earlier loss estimate from claims due to the recent floods in Eastern Europe from around $100 million to between $110 and $120 million. Swiss-based Converium indicated its pretax losses would be in the $50 million range. …
As the 16,000 plus members of Lloyd’s began preparing to cast their votes for or against the reform proposals at a special meeting on Thursday, Sept. 12 (See IJ Website Aug. 30, Sept.3) Chairman Sax Riley made what Lloyd’s called …
Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) has redesigned its Web site (www.iso.com) for a more cohesive graphic look, improved search capability and greater functionality. The redesign includes summaries of ISO’s research findings on a wide range of industry topics for insurance …
The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has released a four-page guide, the Cyber Risks Needs Analysis, to provide corporate board members, risk managers and information technology security professionals with a methodology to identify and mitigate their organizations’ cyber exposures. The …
The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) will hold the second of its Web-based seminars with a Sept. 25 presentation on a new revision of its Commercial Output Program (COP). The 40-minute presentation, scheduled to start at 10 a.m. CDT, …
Kevin Callahan has joined the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) communications department as the new manager of consumer media. Callahan is replacing Kevin Craiglow, who will leave the association Oct. 1. Callahan will manage the association’s media …
