February 26, 2007
Monoline Energy Accounts Nuts & Bolts: MarketScout launched a new exclusive monoline energy workers’ compensation program that accepts most class codes related to the energy industry, including operations “over the hole” and USL&H exposures. Dollars: Statutory and $1 million employers’ …
February 26, 2007
Trucking Auto Physical Damage Nuts & Bolts: AIX Group Inc., a specialty insurance holding company, has formed a new program to provide automobile physical damage coverage to commercial trucking operations. This program will be targeting operations with above average loss …
February 26, 2007
Hawaii may have its hurricanes, California has its earthquakes and floods, and Colorado (at least this year) has cumulative snowfalls nearly a mile high. Yet in 2006, the Midwest — not West — won in the unfortunate disaster lottery. While …
February 26, 2007
Could federal regulation of the insurance industry become a reality, now that Democrats control both the House and Senate in Congress?And are consumers and the insurance industry ready for such a scenario? Other financial industries operate under federal regulation, why …
February 26, 2007
Hospitality Program Nuts & Bolts: Underwriters at PLIS are offering The Hospitality program, written on Lloyd’s paper covering named perils ranging from Aeromonas hydrophila to Yersinia enterocolotica. The policy has the benefit of: a “trade name trigger;” up to 25 …
February 26, 2007
Virtually all industries respect and demand top line growth. Publicly traded companies, competing for capital, are required to demonstrate an ability to facilitate top line growth. In stark contrast to other industries, the property/casualty insurance industry prefers slow but steady …
February 26, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger is a seasoned player now going into her fifth year leading the Kansas Insurance Department. She was elected in 2002 to her first term as Commissioner of Insurance, and was recently re-elected in November 2006 to …
February 26, 2007
Trucking Auto Physical Damage Nuts & Bolts: AIX Group Inc., a specialty insurance holding company, has formed a new program to provide automobile physical damage coverage to commercial trucking operations. This program will be targeting operations with above average loss …
February 26, 2007
We all know that catastrophes come in all forms and shapes, not just as hurricanes, earthquakes, fires and mudslides. In light of the recent devastating winter ice and snow storms that crossed the Midwest and then moved to the eastern …
February 25, 2007
Trucking Auto Physical Damage Nuts & Bolts: AIX Group Inc., a specialty insurance holding company, has formed a new program to provide automobile physical damage coverage to commercial trucking operations. This program will be targeting operations with above average loss …