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

N.Y. Gov.-Elect Spitzer Nominates Dinallo as Insurance Chief

Mass. Incoming New York Governor Eliot Spitzer will nominate Eric Dinallo, the former head of Spitzer’s own investment public protection division while he was attorney general and currently general counsel of Willis Group Holdings, to be superintendent of insurance in …

Maine’s Iuppa Joins Zurich as Government Affairs Head

Zurich Financial Services Group has appointed Maine Insurance Superintendent Alessandro A. Iuppa as head of Government and Industry Affairs for General Insurance, and as chief government affairs officer, North America. Both appointments are effective Jan. 15, 2007. Based in Washington, …

Portland Archdiocese, Sex Abuse Claimants Agree to Settle

Nearly all the some 170 people claiming they were sexually abused by priests who once worked in Western Oregon have agreed to settle their lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, a federal judge who mediated the deal announced …

Calif. Senator Wants Businesses, Workers to Share in Covering Uninsured

Staking out the middle ground in the burgeoning health care debate, Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata outlined a plan to cover 4.2 million uninsured Californians, mostly the working poor. Perata’s plan would require both employers and employees who do …

Malpractice Insurance Pushing Wyoming Doctors Out of State

Nearly one-third of Wyoming doctors are planning to leave the state eventually and many of those say the cost of malpractice insurance is a factor, a new state report shows. The Wyoming Healthcare Commission this week released a report giving …

NCCI Proposes Increase for Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs

The National Council on Compensation Insurance has submitted a filing for an average increase of 3.4 percent for workers’ compensation voluntary insurance loss costs, according to Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman. The NCCI has also filed for an average …

Calif. State Fund Receives More Than $3 Million in Fraud Restitution

San Diego Superior Court Judge William H. McAdam has ordered the owners of a San Diego area roofing company to pay $3 million in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund, $81,649 in investigation costs and sentenced the company owners …

Conn. Approves Slightly Lower Workers’ Comp Loss Costs

Arkansas Reminds Producers of Flood Insurance Training Requirements

The Arkansas Insurance Department issued a bulletin regarding training and education requirements for producers selling flood insurance policies from the National Federal Insurance Program (NFIP). Section 207 of the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 (the “Act”) requires all producers …

Integro Hires Risk Professional for Chicago Office

Integro Insurance Brokers today announced that Lynn Ambrose has joined the Chicago office as a principal in the Management Risk Practice. Ambrose has 15 years of experience in Directors and Officers, Employment Practices Liability, Fiduciary and Crime. She joins Integro …