November 27, 2006
The Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission created by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners installed its Management Committee and elected a Committee chair, vice-chair and treasurer recently during the Commission’s inaugural annual meeting in Lansdowne, Va. The Commission elected Pennsylvania …
November 20, 2006
Rep. Pat Murphy, D-Dubuque, in line to become Iowa’s next House speaker, said House Democrats unveiled a package of proposals before this month’s election, including the creation of insurance pools for small businesses, raising the minumum wage and dealing with …
November 20, 2006
Greg Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Thomco, is the new president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association, a national organization serving program managers. Thomco, headquartered in metro-Atlanta, was established in 1977 and has been an MGA focused …
November 20, 2006
2 percent Four of the Ohio’s five largest medical malpractice insurers have revised their rates to produce an average decrease of almost 2 percent for Ohio doctors this year, following years of increases, the Ohio Department of Insurance said. The …
November 19, 2006
Greg Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Thomco, is the new president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association, a national organization serving program managers. Thomco, headquartered in metro-Atlanta, was established in 1977 and has been an MGA focused …
November 15, 2006
The van Aartrijk Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-area marketing and communications firm, is augmenting its branding and public affairs capabilities with the promotion of one executive and addition of another, according to Peter van Aartrijk, chief executive officer and managing …
November 14, 2006
It will likely cost $10 million for the University of Northern Iowa to restore a building that was damaged in a fire more than a year ago. At a Board of Regents meeting, officials said the Legislature paid $2 million …
November 13, 2006
Des Moines, Iowa-based Principal Financial Group plans to triple its work force in India, in a move the company says reflects a projected worker shortage in Des Moines and across the U.S. Principal, an insurance and financial services company, has …
November 8, 2006
The two major parties are no longer locked in parity in state legislatures. Wresting control from the GOP in all the chambers that changed hands outright, the Democrats now control the legislatures in more states than they have since 1994. …
November 6, 2006
The jobs of more than half of state insurance commissioners around the country could be on the line on this 2006 midterm Election Day. The futures of as many as 30 of the nation’s insurance commissioners are tied to the …