August 4, 2005
The American Insurance Association (AIA) has urged the U.S. and Indian governments to make market liberalization in India a major trade priority. “Considering India’s size and potential as one of the world’s largest insurance markets, we call on the U.S. …
July 21, 2005
Five employees of insurance firm ICICI Prudential in New Delhi, India have been jailed for launching a “Jehad” sales campaign in which they glorified Osama bin Laden and his “focused determination” in an effort to increase business by likening successful …
June 20, 2005
Pan-American Life Insurance Company, headquartered in New Orleans, announced the selection of Carlos F. Mickan as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mickan’s appointment is effective June 20. Previously, Mickan served as senior vice president and CFO of Principal …
June 20, 2005
Carlos Mickan Pan-American Life Insurance Company, headquartered in New Orleans, announced the selection of Carlos F. Mickan as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mickan’s appointment is effective June 20. Carol Fischer Previously, Mickan served as senior vice president …
June 7, 2005
Pan-American Life Insurance Company, headquartered in New Orleans, announced the selection of Carlos F. Mickan as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Mickan’s appointment is effective June 20. “One of Pan-American Life’s strategic objectives is to increase our …
April 13, 2005
France’s SCOR Group reported that treaty renewals in the Asian market, concluded on April 1, showed good gains. “Non-Life treaties in Japan and Korea (72% of the 2004 Asia-Pacific zone Property & Casualty treaties) were up for renewal at 1 …
March 11, 2005
Two Aon subsidiaries, Aon Re Global and Impact Forecasting, LLC, have released a report on 2004’s natural catastrophes, describing “a year of freakish weather patterns, ending with the worst natural disaster in modern times: the December 26th tsunami.” The report …
March 7, 2005
The week of Feb. 14-20, 2005 may have been a turning point in the debate over global warming. Either from incisive planning or pure serendipity, the “Kyoto Protocol” or Treaty, a global agreement aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, came into …
February 24, 2005
Cobbs Allen & Hall Inc. of Birmingham, Ala., and Senn Dunn, of Greensboro, N.C. have been accepted as members of Assurex Global of Columbus, Ohio, the world’s largest insurance association designed specifically to meet the needs of independent agents and …
February 17, 2005
The “Kyoto Protocol” or Treaty, a global agreement aimed at reducing greenhouse gasses, has come into force seven years after it was established. So far 141 countries, accounting for 55 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, have ratified the treaty, which …