Delaware News

Cover-All Technologies Announces $1.8M Convertible Debentures Financing and Full Settlement of $3M D

Cover-All Technologies Inc., a Delaware Corporation, announced that on June 28, 2001, it raised $1.8 million through a private placement of 8 percent convertible debentures with investors headed by the Renaissance Capital Group of Dallas, Texas. According to Cover-All Technologies, …

AIA Praises Work of Delaware Legislature

Taylor Cosby, American Insurance Ass’n., VP – mid Atlantic region, praised the work of Delaware’s General Assembly as it wound up the first part of its two year session. Cosby noted that financial service regulation reform, as provided for by …

Delaware Senate Passes Privacy Bill

The Delaware Senate passed House Bill #205, which authorizes the insurance commissioner to adopt regulations on consumer privacy consistent with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Joseph Termini, associate counsel for the National Association of Independent Insurers, cautioned that regulators should apply a …

Jury Sends Message to Insurance Industry in Toxic Mold Case

A recent jury decision should put up red flags for insurers: Take care of toxic mold claims adequately and promptly, or risk being assessed millions of dollars. That warning came in the form of a $32-million award to a Dripping …

meVC Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund I Leads ProcessClaims’ 4.0 million C Round

Redondo Beach, Calif.-based ProcessClaims announced the closing of their latest round of financing led by meVC Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund I. Big Sky Partners, who led the previous round, is again participating in the current round of financing. meVC Draper …

Jury Sends Message to Insurance Industry in Toxic Mold Case

Travis County District Court jury to the insurance industry: take care of toxic mold claims adequately and promptly or risk being assessed millions of dollars. That warning came in the form of a $32-million award to a Dripping Springs family …

The Middleton Group Releases its Biannual Compensation Survey: How Does Your Agency Compare’

Not surprisingly, compensation continues to be the single largest agency expense. The average independent agency in the U.S. spent between 62.2 percent and 66.3 percent on compensation in 2000, according to The Middleton Group’s biannual Compensation Survey. Some 2.3 million …

NAMIC Survey Shows Most States Will Not Meet GLBA Deadline

Less than half of the states are likely to have their own privacy rules in place by the July 1 deadline imposed by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), a survey conducted by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) shows. …

Sable Insurance ‘R’ Rated

Sable Insurance Company received an “R” FSR from S&P. The company was placed into conservation in May by the California Department of Insurance, relating to an insolvency of more than $12.9 million. A subsidiary of Reliance National Indemnity Co. and …

Alliant Resources Group Acquires Robert F. Driver Company

The insurance brokerage and financial services distribution company Alliant Resources Group Inc. announced its acquisition of San Diego-based Robert F. Driver Co. Inc., one of the largest independent insurance brokerage firms on the West Coast. Driver Chairman and CEO Tom …