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INSURER UNITED P&C ORDERED TO REFUND FLORIDA HOMEOWNERS

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty is requiring United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. to refund millions of dollars in unapproved homeowners’ insurance rate increases. Last October, United began charging higher insurance rates before the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation officially …

TENN. COLLECTS RECORD IN WORKERS’ COMP PENALTIES

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced a record penalty collection of $1,012,161 assessed against employers for non-compliance with the insurance requirements of the state’s workers’ compensation law during fiscal year 2007. State law mandates that the state’s …

NFIP ACCOMPLISHMENTS

More than $1 billion in flood damage is avoided each year through mitigation efforts. More than 20,300 communities have flood maps as a basis for flood insurance rates, insurance purchase requirements, and local floodplain management programs. An estimated 9,000 square …

NFIP ACCOMPLISHMENTS

More than $1 billion in flood damage is avoided each year through mitigation efforts. More than 20,300 communities have flood maps as a basis for flood insurance rates, insurance purchase requirements, and local floodplain management programs. An estimated 9,000 square …

MO. EMPLOYERS PAYING LESS TO COVER INJURED WORKERS

Two years after Missouri lawmakers tightened eligibility for benefits to injured workers, the insurance premiums businesses must pay to care for injured workers have dropped to 1994 levels. In 2005, Gov. Matt Blunt and the Republican-led Legislature limited what kinds …

AMA JOURNAL COVERS DISASTER PLANNING/RESPONSE

The American Medical Association introduced a new medical journal billed as the first of its kind devoted to the science of disaster planning and response. The peer-reviewed quarterly journal is titled Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Its first edition …

NFIP ACCOMPLISHMENTS

More than $1 billion in flood damage is avoided each year through mitigation efforts. More than 20,300 communities have flood maps as a basis for flood insurance rates, insurance purchase requirements, and local floodplain management programs. An estimated 9,000 square …

N.H. PASSES TORT REFORM MEASURE

The New Hampshire House last month gave final approval to the bill that defines who can be sued and ordered to pay damages in a lawsuit, even after some lawmakers complained the language is confusing. The bill defines parties in …

NFIP ACCOMPLISHMENTS

More than $1 billion in flood damage is avoided each year through mitigation efforts. More than 20,300 communities have flood maps as a basis for flood insurance rates, insurance purchase requirements, and local floodplain management programs. An estimated 9,000 square …

BEAZLEY TURNS FOCUS TO MEDIA IN COVERAGE FOR DESIGN PROS

Beazley Insurance Co. takes a unique approach to architects and engineers professional liability by focusing on various media-related coverages needed by design professionals. “We are still the only company at this point who has taken a media technology policy and …

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