June 4, 2007
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Insurance Superintendent Eric R. Dinallo announced that they have negotiated a $2 billion settlement between Silverstein Properties and seven insurance companies covering all outstanding insurance claims arising from the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on …
June 4, 2007
N.Y. Gov. Spitzer brokers $2 billion settlement between Silverstein Properties and seven insurers New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Insurance Superintendent Eric R. Dinallo announced that they have negotiated a $2 billion settlement between Silverstein Properties and seven insurance companies …
June 4, 2007
About the Personal Lines Leaders: The Personal Lines Leaders in this special feature are taken from Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in April. This list utilizes only the personal lines numbers of agencies that submitted …
May 30, 2007
Outdated maps that don’t take into account years of development are leaving many northern New Jersey residents and builders unaware of actual flooding risks, experts say. Some of the maps of towns along the Ramapo, Pompton and Pequannock rivers date …
May 29, 2007
Aetna Inc. in Hartfors, Con. has agreed to buy a Phoenix-based company that manages health care for Medicaid plans and administers employers’ self-funded health plans. The Hartford-based insurer announced Thursday that it will buy privately owned Schaller Anderson Inc. for …
May 29, 2007
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A+” (Superior) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-“of Bermuda-based XL Capital Ltd’s operating subsidiaries. Best also affirmed the ICR of “a-” and the existing debt ratings of …
May 29, 2007
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has unveiled an online homeowner insurance tool that compares rates from 50 insurers and complements an auto insurance rate comparison that has been available since November. Denn said consumers will find that “prices among companies …
May 24, 2007
THI Holdings (Delaware) Inc., a Nationwide company, through one of its agency subsidiaries, has acquired Anaheim Hills, Calif.-based Eastwood Insurance Services Inc. The assets of Eastwood totaled $217 million. Financials for the transaction were not disclosed. Eastwood Insurance operates 47 …
May 23, 2007
Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has scheduled a May 29, 2007, hearing in Tumwater, Wash., to consider an Austrialian group’s request to purchase three Washington-based property and casualty insurance companies. QBE Insurance Group Ltd., an Australian corporation, and its …
May 23, 2007
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and Insurance Superintendent Eric R. Dinallo announced that they have negotiated a $2 billion settlement between Silverstein Properties and seven insurance companies covering all outstanding insurance claims arising from the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on …