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Honda Civic, Accord Top 2008 List of Most Stolen Cars
Jul 9 2008 // The 1995 Honda Civic was the car stolen the most in 2007, according to “Hot Wheels 2008,” the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) study that determines the vehicle make, model and model year most...
Non-Profits Say Resources Very Low After Midwest Flooding Disaster
Jul 2 2008 // Dallas, Texas-based Ketchum, Inc., a non-profit consultant in the area of fundraising, recently conducted a survey with over 50 not-for-profit organizations in the Midwest flood zone. The results showed that resources have...
NIF Goes Beyond Insurance With Advisory Services for Nonprofits
Jun 27 2008 // Insurance agents in search of a way to separate themselves from the pack with their nonprofit clients might want to think beyond offering only insurance. Manhasset, New York- based NIF Group, a national insurance program...
West Virginia Disaster Aid Includes Hazard Mitigation Grants
Jun 25 2008 // The federal government approved disaster assistance for a majority of the West Virginia counties Gov. Joe Manchin requested after severe weather caused significant damage in the state from June 3 through June 7. The...
RenRe Hosts Hurricane Risk Mitigation Leadership Forum
Jun 20 2008 // Bermuda’s RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. marked the start of the 2008 hurricane season by holding a seminar, the first ever “Hurricane Risk Mitigation Leadership Forum”, which announced some key findings on...
BYU Professor Sets Up Disaster Education Group
Jun 20 2008 // A Brigham Young University professor feels the more people know about natural disasters, the more likely they are to survive them. Whether it’s earthquakes, hurricanes or tsunamis, professor Ron Harris says a little...
Feds Open Loan Office for Mississippi Flood Victims In Yazoo County
Jun 16 2008 // The U.S. Small Business Administration will open a disaster outreach loan center in Mississippi for Yazoo County flood victims. The SBA announced a disaster declaration for the county June 12. It’s in response to...
Liberty Mutual, Negley Offer Behavioral Health Care Agency Package
Jun 10 2008 // Retail and wholesale brokers working with Negley Associates can now add workers compensation coverage to their clients’ professional liability, general liability, directors and officers liability, excess liability...
Study: Moderate Income Households an Untapped Insurance Market
Jun 2 2008 // Many low- and moderate-income households need more insurance and want to know more about it, according to a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Overall, these consumers hold positive views about insurance,...
Financial Relief on the Way to Alabama for Tornado Damage
May 20 2008 // Residents and business owners in several northeast Alabama counties will get financial help to rebuild and repair property affected by the severe storms and tornado on May 11. Officials announced May 16 that beginning May...
Alabama Raises Required Auto Liability Limits for First Time Since 1983
May 19 2008 // The Alabama Legislature has voted to raise the minimum amount of auto liability insurance that motorists must purchase. The current limits under Alabama’s mandatory insurance law are $20,000 for a single injury or...
Insurance Industry Celebrates Women’s Achievements
May 19 2008 // Fortune 500 companies with the highest representation of women board directors have significantly higher financial performance, on average, than companies with the lowest representation of women board directors, according...
Study: Moderate Income Households an Untapped Insurance Market
May 15 2008 // Many low- and moderate-income households need more insurance and want to know more about it, according to a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Overall, these consumers hold positive views about insurance,...
Alabama Legislature Raises Auto Liability Insurance Minimums
May 12 2008 // The Alabama Legislature is ready to raise the minimum amount of auto liability insurance that motorists must purchase. The current limits under Alabama’s mandatory insurance law are $20,000 for a single injury or...
Time to Expand Risk Retention Law to Property
May 5 2008 // The Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 (LRRA) was enacted for the specific purpose of providing options to businesses and nonprofit organizations that were having trouble finding commercial liability insurance that...
Lloyd’s Finds 25 New Risks for Industry to Worry About
Apr 10 2008 // As if the insurance industry didn’t already have a heaping plate full of risks, Lloyd’s has summarized the results of a scientific conference and added 25 more. An article on its web site (www.lloyds.com)...
Is Now a Subprime Time To Be in D&O?
Apr 7 2008 // Execs ponder Stoneridge, plaintiffs bar shakeups and market volatility at PLUS Symposium Despite the calm, cool manner of the 1,300 well-coiffed underwriters and brokers in attendance, volatility was on the minds of most...
Arizona Insurance Council Elects Officers, Names Communications Manager
Apr 4 2008 // The Arizona Insurance Council (AIC) has elected new officers for 2008. AIC is a non-profit organization dedicated to consumer education and partnership building on behalf of property and casualty insurers in Arizona. The...
Pacific Underwriters Adopts (I-Bind)® For Private Company and Non-Profit Risks
Mar 20 2008 // New York, NY- March 20, 2008: Pacific Underwriters announced that it has partnered with Darwin Professional Underwriters to place management liability insurance for private company and not-for-profit risks utilizing...
Insurance Crime Bureau Names Wehrle Senior Vice President, CEO
Mar 17 2008 // Robert M. Bryant, president and chief executive officer of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), recently announced the appointment of Joseph H. Wehrle, Jr., as senior vice president and chief operating officer for...
