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AIA Joins in Pursuit of Greater Access to India’s Market

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. …

‘Mission Jehad,’ Policy Sales Campaign Lands ICICI Employees in Indian Jail

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 …

People

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 …

People & Places

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 …

Pan-American Life Names Mickan Executive VP and CFO

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 …

SCOR Reports Strong Asian April Renewals

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 …

Aon Units Release Global Climate/Catastrophe Report

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 …

Kyoto, Scripps Study, Put Greenhouse Gases in Global Warming Spotlight

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 …

Ala., N.C. Agents Join Assurex Global Network

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 …

Kyoto Protocol Comes into Force; Debate on Global Warming Continues

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 …