June 19, 2005
The New York soldier accused of killing two superior officers and making it look like an enemy attack was accused by an insurer of masking the cause of a fire that destroyed his home. The allegation is included in court …
October 27, 2004
Emmett J. Vaughan, a renowned professor of insurance at the University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie College of Business, has passed away at the age of 69. Funeral services will be held on Sat., Oct. 30, at St. Patrick’s Catholic …
June 7, 2004
Crossing Paths with North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole By Dave Thomas Having served U.S. Presidents, the medical community and North Carolina residents as senator for the Tar Heel State, Sen. Elizabeth Dole has accumulated quite a resume over the years. …
June 1, 2004
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “BBB” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Kuwait Reinsurance Co. K.S.C. (KR), with a stable outlook. “The ratings reflect KR’s very strong capitalization and strong investments, …
April 7, 2003
As President Bush and his advisors made good on their defiant promise to act alone if necessary to get rid of Iraq’s tyrannical régime, the world heard echoes of Mark Antony’s cry of rage and revenge – “Cry ‘Havoc!’ and …
April 7, 2003
As President Bush and his advisers made good on their defiant promise to act alone if necessary to get rid of Iraq’s tyrannical régime, the world heard echoes of Mark Antony’s cry of rage and revenge, “Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let …
March 26, 2003
Germany’s Allianz AG, one of the largest providers of coverage to the European Community’s air carriers, has issued a statement indicating that, while it has no plans to cancel coverage on flights headed for the Middle East, its customers were …
March 21, 2003
Despite the onset of the long anticipated war with Iraq, there have as yet been no outright cancellations of coverage relating to the Persian Gulf Region. Many insurance companies, however, have warned that they will impose surcharges for airlines and …
February 3, 2003
Military personnel depend on the U.S. government for compensation, but for civilians who may be subject to war risk while living or traveling abroad, the issue is not so cut-and-dried, according to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII). The …
October 11, 2002
An official bulletin from the French Foreign Ministry confirmed that a team of French and U.S. investigators had found definitive evidence that the explosion and fire that engulfed the supertanker Limburg in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday was the …