Latest Manufacturing Headlines
All the headlines from our Manufacturing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Facts and Findings about Windshields
May 1 2003 // Windshields are the number one insurance claim in the United States. Thirty percent of auto insurance claims are windshields. Edge cracks account for approximately 70-80% of these windshield replacement claims. Edge cracks...
Solution to Growing Asbestos Crisis May be on the Way
Apr 21 2003 // The ‘elephantine mass of asbestos cases lodged in state and federal courts, we again recognize, ‘defies customary judicial administration and calls for national legislation,'” wrote Justice Ruth Bader...
Midland Co. Reports Record First Quarter 2003 Results
Apr 17 2003 // The Midland Co. reported record results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2003. Net income per share was 56 cents, including 7 cents in realized capital losses. That compares with 44 cents per share in last...
Intellectual Property for Manufacturers
Mar 27 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Venture Programs Inc. introduced VIP Defender, designed to protect product manufacturers from claims brought against them for alleged infringement upon third-party patents, trademarks, copyrights and...
Intellectual Property for Manufacturers
Feb 25 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Venture Programs Inc. introduced VIP Defender, designed to protect product manufacturers from claims brought against them for alleged infringement upon third-party patents, trademarks, copyrights and...
Marine Surveyors Cast a Wide Net
Feb 24 2003 // Chances are if you’ve been working with the marine insurance market for some time, the term “marine surveyor” may not be unfamiliar to you. But how many property and casualty insurance agents and...
Marine Surveyors Cast a Wide Net
Feb 24 2003 // Chances are if you’ve been working with the marine insurance market for some time, the term “marine surveyor” may not be unfamiliar to you. But how many property and casualty insurance agents and...
Midland’s Fourth-Quarter P/C Premiums Up 8.9%
Feb 7 2003 // The Midland Co., a provider of specialty insurance products and services, reported fourth-quarter 2002 net income before capital gains/losses of $7.7 million, or 43 cents per share, compared with $9.3 million, or 51 cents...
Zurich North America Uses Online Technology to Partner with Other Carriers on Machinery and Equipment Breakdown Coverage
Sep 17 2002 // Zurich North America’s Machinery and Equipment Breakdown program (Zurich MEB), which has provided machinery breakdown coverages for more than 80 years, is using advanced online technology to partner with other...
Difficult Products/ Manufacturing
Jul 22 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: CRC of Atlanta has available a program for difficult products/ manufacturing. Among the accounts are heavy crane manufacturing, tank manufacturing (installation/repair), chemical manufacturing, go-cart...
Manufactured Homes
Jul 22 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Spectrum Brokers has available a program for manufactured home retail. Business is brokerage only. Endorsements include broad form. Dollars: Policy limits are $1,000/$2,000 general liability and...
The Midland Company Reports 2ndQ Gains
Jul 19 2002 // The Midland Company, a provider of specialty insurance products and services based in Cincinnati, reported gains in revenue and earnings for the second quarter 2002. The company said net operating income (net income...
New Market: Manufactured Home
Jul 4 2002 // Spectrum Brokers has available a program for manufactured home retail. Business is brokerage only. Endorsements include broad form. Policy limits are $1,000/$2,000 general liability and property, with deductibles of...
Report Notes “Factory Fires” Rise in Taiwan and China
Jun 25 2002 // A report from the Associated Press highlights the significant rise in the number of fires that have struck factories on Taiwan and mainland China, many of which have been of suspicious origin. The article discusses the...
Manufactured Homes: A Necessary Component for Your Agency
Jun 24 2002 // You’ve heard them called trailer houses … or mobile homes … or manufactured houses. No matter what you call them, it’s a fact that one out of every five new homes sold today is a manufactured home. That,...
Fake Stucco Trouble: EIFS Related Claims Constrict CGL Markets
Jun 10 2002 // Mold may be getting all the attention at the moment as a major threat to insurers, at least in Texas and California, but another problem has wreaked havoc for homeowners, carriers, and contractors nationwide for several...
Manufactured HO3
May 13 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Carnegie General Insurance Agency is offering a manufactured HO3 program. It is approved broker, and is owner-occupied, seasonal, rental, commercial, tenant, EQ, guaranteed replacement cost coverage...
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
NAII Says Insurers, Builders and Manufacturers Need Cooperation to Halt Construction Defect Problems
Apr 9 2002 // Builders, subcontractors, manufacturers and insurers need to work together to minimize the threat of construction defect exposures by promoting high-quality products and proven risk management techniques according to the...
