Monthly Archives: <span>April 2004</span>

MEADOWBROOK CHAIRMAN TO SELL 18 PERCENT OF HIS HOLDINGS:

Southfield, Mich.-based alternative-risk insurer Meadowbrook Insurance Group announced that the company’s chairman and founder, Merton J. Segal, has established a personal stock sale plan in accordance with SEC Rule 10b5-1, under which he will sell up to 550,000 shares (about …

2 MICH. AUTO INSURERS FACE PENALTIES FOR LATE DATA:

Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) Commissioner Linda Watters said that two insurance companies that failed to submit information requested through an auto insurance data call by March 15 now face compliance penalties that could include a suspension …

CNA CEO GETS 43 PERCENT PAY HIKE:

A proxy filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that that the CEO of Chicago-based CNA received a 43 percent pay increase last year, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. CEO Stephen Lilienthal received $986,538 in salary and a $1.9-million …

Segal Wants Call Girl Testimony Kept From Jurors in Fraud Trial

Attorneys for Chicago-based insurance broker Michael “Mickey” Segal have asked a federal judge to bar testimony in his upcoming trial that accuses him of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in ill-gotten funds on female escorts and other personal expenses. …

Gov. Granholm Gives Michigan Drivers a Pass on Insurance Proof

Michigan drivers who have auto insurance but can’t immediately prove it when stopped by police no longer will face a $300 fine. Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a bill that changes the state’s driver responsibility laws. If motorists can show before …

Get With the Program

Ooh! We’ve got a biggie for you this time, folks. One hundred and twenty pages, the bulk of that taken up by volume two of our 2004 program directory. Along with this expansive, inclusive directory comes a very insightful story …

Program Specialists Work Together For Success

“We must all hang together or assuredly we will all hang separately.” – Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin’s famous statement during the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 could just as easily be directed to a gathering of program …

ISO Symbols Rate Liability By Make and Model

Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has introduced a personal auto rating program carriers can use to tailor the cost of insurance for bodily injury and property damage liability and no-fault/medical payments coverage based on a car’s make and model. ISO …

The Costly Reality: 10 Myths of Uninsured Americans

If members of Congress want to make a “serious dent” in reducing the number of Americans without health insurance, they will have to “claim and redirect a considerable amount of public resources,” according to economist Len Nichols, Ph.D., vice president …

Automakers’ Product Could Help Prevent Drowsy-Driving Crashes

Volvo is trying to retain its image as a leader in safety with new technology designed to help drowsy drivers. Volvo and its owner, Ford Motor Co., released results of a study on the problem at the New York Auto …