Maintaining existing markets and finding new ones, especially in coastal areas, is the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents most important 2006 goal, according to Victor McCarley, AIIA executive director. “We will conduct new sales education coursework in 2006 and provide education-related …
Fla. Insurance Council predicts hurricane coverage utmost concern Florida Insurance Council Executive Vice President Sam Miller predicts hurricane insurance will be the most significant property and casualty issue in 2006, just as it was in 2005, on the state level. …
NCCI criticizes AP’s report on S.C. workers’ comp as ‘factually incorrect’ The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. has criticized recent Associated Press articles about NCCI’s review of the South Carolina Governor’s Workers Compensation Task Force proposal as being “factually …
CHANGES DUE AT CITIZENS Legislature mulls solutions REFORMING CERTIFICATE ABUSES? FAIA suggests an equitable solution
Managing the aftermath of the 2005 hurricanes from a legislative standpoint in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi will be the American Insurance Association’s biggest goal in 2006. “Managing the aftermath successfully includes minimizing onerous insurance legislation and regulation and keeping the …
Weather forecasters predicted that the 2005 hurricane season could be more active than normal, but no one thought it would produce 26 named storms and the most destructive storm on record-Hurricane Katrina. Katrina tested the mettle of the insurance industry …
A mediation program for homeowners battling insurance companies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina has been unveiled by George Dale, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner. Dale’s staff researched Florida’s program for months, and a spokesperson told the Jackson Clarion-Ledger it hopes to …
Workers’ compensation reform tops PCI’s legislative agenda in S.C. Comprehensive reform of South Carolina’s workers’ compensation system, including repeal of the Second Injury Fund are top legislative priorities of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America during the state’s 2006 …
A lawsuit asking a Miami-Dade Circuit Court to make sure victims of a Chalk’s Ocean Airways crash receive their share of the company’s insurance money, was filed on by relatives of a woman and her infant daughter who were killed …
New Markets Nuts & Bolts: AIG Excess Casualty, a division of American Home Assurance Company, part of American International Group Inc., introduced xsInResponse, a new product that provides excess liability coverage for risks previously covered by an insurance carrier that …
