Maine News

In Chicago, State Commissioners Elect Maine’s Iuppa as President

In Chicago, State Commissioners Elect Maine’s Iuppa as President Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected Maine Insurance Superintendent Alessandro Iuppa as president at their winter meeting in Chicago. In other business, the NAIC awarded the insurance departments …

Federal Law Drives Away Vicarious Liability for Auto Rental Firms

Recent N.Y. $21 Million Jury Award May Be Last of Its Kind in the Nation A New York court’s $21 million award last month to a young Wall Street trader paralyzed in an accident involving a Budget Rent-a-Car vehicle may …

People & Places

Dan Carmichael Ohio Casualty Corporation has completed a new five-year agreement with its current president and chief executive officer, Dan R. Carmichael. The prior contract with Carmichael was to expire on Dec. 31, 2005. Seth Davis Carmichael joined Ohio Casualty …

State Commissioners Elect Maine’s Iuppa as President

Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have elected Maine Insurance Superintendent Alessandro Iuppa as president. They also elected regulators from Alabama, Kansas and New Mexico to key positions at the organization’s 2006 officers during the Association’s Winter National …

Federal Law Puts Brakes on Vicarious Liability for Auto Rental Firms

A New York court’s $21 million award last month to a young Wall Street trader paralyzed in an accident involving a Budget Rent-a-Car vehicle may be one of the last of its kind. Inserted among the thousands of road projects …

In Chicago, State Commissioners Elect Maine’s Iuppa as President

Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected Maine Insurance Superintendent Alessandro Iuppa as president at their winter meeting in Chicago. In other business, the NAIC awarded the insurance departments of Indiana, Michigan and the District of Columbia with …

Federal Law Drives Away Vicarious Liability for Auto Rental Firms

A New York court’s $21 million award last month to a young Wall Street trader paralyzed in an accident involving a Budget Rent-a-Car vehicle may be one of the last of its kind. Inserted among the thousands of road projects …

Dan Carmichael

William Granato Brandon Hickey Ohio Casualty Corporation has completed a new five-year agreement with its current president and chief executive officer, Dan R. Carmichael. The prior contract with Carmichael was to expire on Dec. 31, 2005. Carmichael joined Ohio Casualty …

Maine Allows 1.2% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Starting in Jan.

The Maine Bureau of Insurance has modified the request of the industry’s National Council on Compensation Insurance for an average 1.8 percent increase in workers’ compensation rates for policy year 2006 to 1.2 percent. NCCI is the advisory rating organization …

Insurers Respond to Maine Uninsured Motorist Coverage Report

Maine’s Bureau of Insurance has characterized legislation drafted by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies to correct a state Supreme Judicial Court decision regarding mandated uninsured motorist coverage as the most “straightforward” approach in a recent report. However, the …