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Supreme Court Allows Credit Scoring Discrimination Suit

National • April 28, 2004 “All the plaintiff attorneys have to do is contact any insurance agent within a 10 mile radius. We all have horror stories where company A and B score the same client and the scores don’t …

Supreme Court Allows Credit Scoring Discrimination Suit

National • April 28, 2004 “All the plaintiff attorneys have to do is contact any insurance agent within a 10 mile radius. We all have horror stories where company A and B score the same client and the scores don’t …

Letter to the Editor: Inspections

West • April 30, 2004 “Although it seems to be falling on deaf ears, something must be done about the “inspectors” the insurance companies are hiring to inspect the risks we submit. I have had policies cancelled and/or nonrenewed because …

N.C. Supreme Court Upholds Punitive Damages Cap

Southeast News • April 7, 2004 “We need more of these controls on the get rich quick low files out there. Other states need to incorporate the same cap, that’s more than enough.” — Weldon “Wally” Wallace, Weatherford, Texas

Slave Trade Suit Targets Lloyd’s, U.S. Companies

International News • March 30 “These parties obviously want to bring a reparations test case. I think the courts will continue to resist cases in which principals are deceased. All of our descendants were abused by someone, at some time …

PCI Urges NAIC to Leave Insurance Scoring to States

National News • March 16 “I have been a State Farm agent 34 years and have a little over 2000 cars insured. Because of credit scoring last year, I was only able to qualify 9 new auto sales for the …

CDI Files Lawsuit Against State Fund

West News • April 7 “Our insurance commissioner is doing what he did when he was first in the—campaigning to keep his name in the public eye so he can run for governor! I think that all of this posturing …

Agencies Underpay CSRs, Overpay Producers, Argues Consultant Bates

East News • April 15 “Right on the mark. Problem is that the insurance companies think the agency system would do better to fire all CSR’s and use their call center leaving just producers to sell. Sorry, I’m not buying …

Calif. Governor Wants Workers’ Comp Fix in a Week

West News • March 22 “I just wish the governor in my state had the backbone the “Terminator” appears to. Like California, our legislature (and our newly elected governor) is predominantly trial lawyers who have lined their pockets off the …

Underwriting the Guessing Game of EPL Premiums

Insurance Journal Magazine • March 8 issue “Fascinating article. I now know what to ask and look for when my EPL comes up soon.” — Joyce Nielsen, Exeter, Calif.

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