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

News Currents

AAA holiday concerns: speeding triples odds of crashing Lower fuel prices, mild weather spur more trips to holiday favorite spots. Anxious to arrive quickly at your destination this holiday season? Well, what about safely? Driving faster than surrounding traffic, driving …

New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation

The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg, Pa., while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the scene. The …

People

Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected 2007 officers during the group’s winter meeting in San Antonio. Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell was named president, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger was chosen as president-elect, New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner …

TOP 10 STORIES

38 New era in arson investigations 33 Mass. risk transfer: will Gov. Patrick follow Bowler’s plan? 34 Top Stories: Carcieri v. Beacon

Figures

8% The drop in premiums sought by the largest medical malpractice insurer in Maryland for next year in what would be its first rate reduction since at least 1992. The potential rate cut by Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of …

News Currents

NFL Steeler Webster’s estate awarded disability benefits The estate of NFL Hall of Fame center Mike Webster is entitled to collect more than $1.5 million in disability benefits because brain damage left him unable to work following his football career. …

Editor’s Note: Down to mirth

Insurance is a serous business. It’s not easy finding humor in the insurance headlines. But in 2006, a few stories that brought a smile snuck through the disasters and dire warnings. No belly laughs, for sure, but a little relief …

News Currents

Report recommends phase-out of Pennsylvania med-mal subsidies Pennsylvania should get out of the medical malpractice insurance business and return the medical malpractice market to the private sector as soon as possible, according to a recent report. Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken …

Mass. auto rates cut 11.7%

As expected, auto insurance rates in Massachusetts will be going down again in 2007, this time by as much as 11.7 percent on average statewide. The new rate takes effect April 1, 2007, and translates to an average decrease of …

Top 10 Stories of 2006

1. Unsettling Deals on Agent Compensation Agents battle to save contingent pay. 2.Flood Realities Water, water everywhere but not always coverage. 3. Political Climate Change Midterm elections promise new faces and fresh starts. 4. Don’t Go Near the Water Insurers …