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February is a Strange Month

For all of its symmetry—four precise weeks of seven days each—it presents some remarkable anomalies. Every four years it adds a day, as it will this year. America celebrates the birthdays of its two most celebrated presidents on the 16th, …

The Case for Group Legal: Now More Than Ever

To say today’s human resource managers are getting the squeeze is the understatement of the year. They are forced to do more with less, yet at the same time they need to provide more options. In a recent study conducted …

Identity Theft

Nuts & Bolts: Travelers Property Casualty Corp. is offering a new master policy to cover identity theft expenses. Financial institutions or other commercial businesses can purchase this policy on behalf of their account holders or customers, or use as an …

Insurance Skills Center to Host Agribusiness Conference March 17-18

Insurance Skills Center will hold a two-day insurance conference for continuing education credits focusing on Farm and Agribusiness Insurance Risks, scheduled March 17-18, 2004 in Sacramento, California. The 17th Annual Agribusiness Conference is designed for broker/agents, CSRs, and company representatives …

AUTO INSURANCE, WORKERS’ COMP EMERGE AGAIN AS TOP LEADING LEGAL ISSUE TRENDS:

Workers’ compensation and automobile insurance laws accounted for nearly 40 percent of the new property/casualty-related statutes enacted by state legislatures last year, according to the fifth annual analysis of trends in new state insurance legislation published by the National Association …

Identity Theft

Nuts & Bolts: Travelers Property Casualty Corp announced the availability of its new master policy to cover identity theft expenses. Financial institutions or other commercial businesses can purchase this policy on behalf of their account holders or customers, or for …

Auto Insurance, Workers’ Comp Emerge Again as Top Leading Legal Issue Trends

Workers’ compensation and automobile insurance laws accounted for nearly 40 percent of the new property/casualty-related statutes enacted by state legislatures last year, according to the fifth annual analysis of trends in new state insurance legislation published by the National Association …

PCI Pleased with Mass. Legislators on Internet Bill

The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America praised the actions of the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Commerce and Labor for its approval of a bill, HB 1622, that would protect Massachusetts businesses from legal attacks resulting from the application …

EMC Sub to Exit Nonstandard Auto

Iowa-based EMC Insurance Group Inc. announced that Farm and City Insurance Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary, will discontinue writing nonstandard risk automobile insurance business and institute non-renewal procedures on all existing business. The effective dates for these actions will be determined …

The Case for Group Legal: Now More Than Ever

To say today’s human resource managers are getting the squeeze is the understatement of the year. They are forced to do more with less, yet at the same time, they need to provide more options. In a recent study conducted …