Monthly Archives: <span>March 2006</span>

Growing Your Property Casualty Agency

The top functions of an agency newsletter are to keep in touch with existing insureds at times other than renewal and to establish or maintain contact with selected prospects. Is your agency’s newsletter a snooze-letter? If your agency sends out …

With eye on federal monies, more states adopting primary seat belt laws

Seventeen-year-old Brittney Hudson wasn’t wearing her seat belt when it mattered most, the moment her 2004 Toyota Celica rolled over along a rural stretch in western Colorado and ejected her from the vehicle. The crash happened a day before Thanksgiving …

US Airways can’t collect for 9/11 disruption, court rules

US Airways cannot collect insurance for post-9/11 business losses because it already received money for that purpose from the federal government, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled March 3, according to an Associate Press report. The Tempe, Ariz.-based air carrier received …

Legislation, fraud

S.C. Big ‘I’ topics: Insurance fraud and “hot topics” facing the insurance industry will be discussed by South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and Director of Insurance Elanor Kitzman during the March 22 and 23 annual Spring Conference and Exhibition …

Legislative Update

The Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia has suggested three bills and is closely watching over a dozen bills being proposed in this session of the Georgia Legislature. The Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia suggested three bills that were introduced to …

News Currents

Progressive drives into W.Va. The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies has announced it is now offering commercial auto insurance in West Virginia. While Progressive’s commercial coverages are available directly to consumers by phone and over the Internet, the company said …

Miss. suspends 180-day deadline on Katrina repairs

Commissioner of Insurance George Dale suspended the 180-day repair deadline provision in personal and commercial property replacement insurance policies as to Hurricane Katrina claims in Bulletin #2006-3 issued on Friday, Feb. 24. In the same bulletin the commissioner suspended the …

W.Va. Commissioner Cline Tells Big ‘I’ about Fraud Unit’s status; group hears catastrophe tips

David Daniel gives tips about how independent agents can prepare for disasters. The Insurance Commission’s status was discussed by Commissioner Jane Cline, and J. David Daniel, a member of the Big “I” executive committee gave tips about how independent insurance …

By Patricia A. Borowski

While Congress’ insurance regulatory reform efforts appear stalled as 2006 begins, it is important to note that the states continue to move forward. These efforts require all the states to continue to move their efforts ahead in concert-as they have …

Editor’s Note: 72 days and counting until

Legislators are meeting across the Southeast to discuss a wide variety of insurance issues: Proposals in Florida would designate hurricane tax revenue to help pay for hurricane repairs; there are a dozen proposals in Georgia, including one to give a …