Latest NonProfits Headlines
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N.D. Gov. Notes Additional County Eligible for Aid
Jul 27 2004 // North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven announced that Eddy County is now eligible for disaster assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance program. The move came in response to...
Swett & Crawford Forms Professional Services Division
Jul 19 2004 // The Power of Many Specialists Rolled into One With the softening market at the front door of the insurance industry, brokers in the wholesale industry have been scurrying about to prepare for the inevitable dawn of hard...
Industry Ethics Executive to Participate in National Conference of State Legislatures Discussion
Jul 15 2004 // Donald Walters, general counsel and deputy director of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA), will be among the speakers addressing the issue of regulatory reform in the insurance industry at the 2004...
Va. Gov. Applauds State for Earning Special Recognition for Drop in Traffic Fatalities
Jul 9 2004 // Virginia Gov. Mark Warner on Thursday applauded Virginia’s law enforcement, transportation officials, and motorists for doing their part in making the Commonwealth’s highways among the safest in the...
IADA Holds 39th Annual Conference
Jun 30 2004 // The Independent Automobile Damage Appraisers Association (IADA) held its 39th annual conference at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in New Orleans recently. The conference was reportedly well attended with 130 registrants and the...
Regional Focus
Jun 21 2004 // Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill once famously said, “All politics is local.” The same could be said for the insurance industry—insurance coverage is definitely local. In addition, there...
Applied Wins ACORD’s Upload/Download Vendor Award
Jun 16 2004 // University Park, Ill.-based agency management system provider Applied Systems Inc. was named the upload and download vendor of the year for 2003-04 by ACORD at the recent ACORD LOMA conference held in Las Vegas. This is...
W. Va. Gov. Signs Federal Disaster Declaration
Jun 10 2004 // Gov. Bob Wise has signed an agreement between the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, allowing aid to begin flowing to the West Virginia residents affected by the recent floods. “This is a continuation...
Workers’ Compensation Legislative Reforms in California
Jun 7 2004 // Avoiding the Trap of Failed Promises After four months of debate and intense pressure from the business community, the California Legislature and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger approved a comprehensive workers’...
Vermont to Mandate Safety Course for Motorcyclists
Jun 1 2004 // Vermont motor vehicles officials are preparing a mandatory four-hour classroom course for new motorcyclists. The state is working with the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, a national nonprofit organization in Irvine, Calif.,...
PLICO Plans to Raise Rates in Oklahoma
May 18 2004 // Physicians Liability Insurance Corporation (PLICO), a nonprofit insurance company that provides coverage to more than 70 percent of Oklahoma doctors plans to increase its rates this summer, but promised not to raise its...
R.I. Lawmakers Tackle Blue Cross Management
May 12 2004 // The legislation promised by House and Senate leaders to address the management of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island and oversight of the insurance industry in the state has been introduced in both chambers. The...
IINC: Half of California Homes Face Wildfire Dangers
May 5 2004 // More than half of California’s 12.5 million homes face wildfire dangers that pose a financial loss potential well in excess of $106 billion, according to state fire statistics. California Department of Forestry...
Agents Add Value with Customer Self-Service
May 3 2004 // From the consumer’s perspective, the insurance industry often seems schizophrenic about service. Who do you contact for help on routine billing or policy matters? The agent? The carrier? Either one? Depending on the...
Big I, Fireman’s Fund Offer Nonprofit D&O Market
Apr 8 2004 // Fireman’s Fund is offering two nonprofit director and officer (D&O) liability insurance products to Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) members in states where the online market access...
Industry Advised on Ethical Multi-Cultural Sales
Mar 29 2004 // “Ethical marketing in the multicultural market is needs-based selling at the most fundamental level,” according to Brian Atchinson, executive director of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA),...
Commissioner Fisher May Face Impeachment Proceedings in Oklahoma
Mar 24 2004 // Two Republican legislators in Oklahoma are pushing the Oklahoma House of Representatives to launch a probe “to determine whether Articles of Impeachment should be preferred” against Insurance Commissioner...
Innovation Key to Comp Quandary
Mar 22 2004 // The workers’ compensation system — the country’s largest line of commercial insurance — is in crisis, as contributing writer Tom Slattery points out in his excellent overview of where comp has gone in the...
NEW JERSEY EYES CHARITABLE IMMUNITY:
Mar 22 2004 // Sex abuse victims in New Jersey would be able to seek damages from churches and other nonprofit organizations under terms of a bill approved by a state Senate committee. The Senate Judiciary Committee also added an...
Delaware Mulls Dissolving CareFirst Affiliation with Blue Cross
Mar 12 2004 // Delaware’s insurance commissioner moved a step closer to dissolving the existing affiliation between CareFirst and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware. Commissioner Donna Lee Williams presided over a hearing to...
