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Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban Interstates are now congested and traffic fatality rates rose slightly, but road surface conditions and bridge conditions improved, according to the Reason Foundation’s latest annual highway performance report. “Gridlock isn’t going away,” said David …
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Edgewood Partners, Calco Insurance Edgewood Partners Insurance Center, a California retail property and casualty and benefits insurance brokerage firm announced an agreement in principle has been reached with Calco Holdings Inc. to acquire Calco Insurance Brokers and Agents Inc. to …
Hawaii governor vetoes workers’ comp bills The Hawaii Legislature has failed to override Gov. Linda Lingle’s vetoes of two workers’ compensation bills. A two-thirds majority vote was required in both the House and Senate to override the vetoes. Both bills …
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Hawaii auto insurance companies are dropping their Hawaii rates as local traffic accidents and claims fall. Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt said the state has approved rate reductions for four major carriers in Hawaii during the past several months. “Insurance companies …
Troy, Ohio-based Hylant Group, Inc. and Dayton, Ohio-based Norman-Spencer McKernan, Inc. have received the 2006 Chairman’s Award, which is presented to the highest performing insurance agencies appointed with Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group’s Agency Markets business unit. …
The Hawaii Legislature has failed to override Gov. Linda Lingle’s vetoes of two workers’ compensation bills. A two-thirds majority vote was required in both the House and Senate to override the vetoes. Both bills failed the receive the required votes …
As Ed Rathje sees it, his first foray into the Nevada Legislature as a citizen-activist ended in “total defeat” earlier this month when a bill he was pushing to limit the insurance industry’s use of credit histories to set rates …
