October 16, 2000
It was the dawning of a new era in e-commerce Oct. 1 as the U.S. digital signature law went into effect. But much of the insurance industry is still stretching, scratching its head and rubbing its eyes, trying to determine …
October 9, 2000
Just 10 months after selling his company to Des Moines, Iowa-based insurer GuideOne, Clifton Robinson is buying it back. Robinson, the previous owner of National Lloyds Insurance Co. in Waco, Tex. signed a definitive agreement with GuideOne a few weeks …
October 9, 2000
On June 2, 1944 at 9:30 a.m. in the roof garden of the Hotel Adolphus in Dallas, the first meeting of the Insurance Women of Texas was opened by call to order by Mrs. Ruth A. Fredde, president of the …
September 4, 2000
Reliance Group Holdings Inc. was granted more time from creditors late last month to deal with repaying $237.5 million in bank debt. The troubled insurer said bankers extended the due date to Nov. 10 from Aug. 31. No information was …
September 4, 2000
Reliance Group Holdings Inc. was grant- ed more time from creditors late last month to deal with repaying $237.5 million in bank debt. The troubled insurer said bankers extended the due date to Nov. 10 from Aug. 31. No information …
August 14, 2000
The Insurance Industry’s Increased Interest in Auto Safety Has Produced Research that Provides Compelling Reasons to Send Our Traffic in Circles Each year in the United States more than 800 people die and an estimated 200,000-plus are injured in crashes …
August 14, 2000
They were supposed to make multi-tasking quotes a cinch for auto insurance agents, but the recent releases of Windows-based comparative raters by QuickQuote and TurboRater weren’t all they were cracked up to be. Conversions from the former DOS operating systems …
August 14, 2000
As Losses Top 66 Percent Will Texas Soon Bench the Benchmark System? Personal auto losses increased last year in 35 of 51 markets across the country, making for an average pure loss ratio of 65.6 percent, the highest level since …
August 7, 2000
On July 31, California Gov. Gray Davis appointed retired Court of Appeal Justice Harry Low to replace former Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush who resigned from office last month. The 69-year-old Democrat served as a judge in the San Francisco area …
August 7, 2000
On July 31, California Gov. Gray Davis appointed retired Court of Appeal Justice Harry Low to replace former Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush who resigned from office last month. The 69-year-old Democrat served as a judge in the San Francisco area …