Kentucky competes in captive horserace; keeps eye on workers’ comp Julie Mix McPeak, an attorney with more than a decade of experience in state government, was appointed executive director of the Kentucky Office of Insurance (KOI) by Gov. Ernie Fletcher …
Caribbean countries joined by outside donors and international and regional organizations established a $47 million insurance pool to soften the blow from earthquakes and hurricanes. Called the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, the program grew out of member governments’ determination …
The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season came and went with barely a blip — despite initial projections by some that there would be two to five major hurricanes that year. How could insurance industry predictions be so wrong? They weren’t, according …
Caribbean countries joined by outside donors and international and regional organizations established a $47 million insurance pool to soften the blow from earthquakes and hurricanes. Called the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, the program grew out of member governments’ determination …
Memphis, Tennessee – London American Risk Specialists, Inc. and Integon Specialty, a division of GMAC Insurance, are pleased to introduce the immediate launch of a Non-Franchised Auto Dealer’s Physical Damage (DOL) Program for dealerships located in Tennessee, Arkansas, & Mississippi. …
In a just released report – “Topics Geo — Natural catastrophes 2006” – Munich Re maintains that “continuing unfavorable natural climate cycle and additional effects of global warming will increase the risk of hurricanes in the current and forthcoming years.” …
Preliminary reports indicate that at least 70 people have been killed by a powerful earthquake that struck the Indonesian Island of Sumatra early this morning. Many more have been injured, and local authorities expect the death toll to rise. The …
Guy Carpenter & Co., the global risk and reinsurance specialist of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, and its affiliate MMC Securities Corp. have published their fifth annual Cat Bond survey: “Catastrophe Bond Market at Year-End 2006: Ripples Into Waves.” The …
National Guardsmen and emergency management officials in 13 western Kentucky counties spent last week responding to an earthquake that hadn’t actually occurred. The exercise simulated response to a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hitting at 3 a.m. CST last Tuesday along the …
Caribbean countries joined by outside donors and international and regional organizations established a $47 million (euro35.7 million) insurance pool this week to soften the blow from earthquakes and hurricanes. Called the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, the program grew out …
