Maryland News

Declarations

Civil justice “If the criminal system is not going to follow through and make them accountable, the only thing we have left is the civil system.” James Gahan, whose 21-year-old son, Jimmy, died in The Station nightclub fire in Rhode …

NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM – EASTERN STATES ONLY

* Number of Insurance ** Written State Policies In-Force In-Force ($) Premium In-Force Alabama 47,166 7,650,924,800 22,330,614 Connecticut 32,179 6,280,217,200 25,116,027 Delaware 20,491 3,958,905,900 10,529,933 District Columbia 1,498 150,850,700 298,834 Florida 2,065,573 387,068,560,800 767,771,237 Georgia 79,855 16,105,493,100 40,670,998 Kentucky 20,935 …

People

Ernie Csiszar, the Romania-born former South Carolina regulator who two years ago was named president and chief executive officer of the then newly-formed Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, resigned from PCI effective Sept. 30. Csiszar indicated that he plans …

It Figures

$5.3 million The amount in refunds that the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has ordered Universal Underwriters Insurance Co. to return to 526 commercial policyholders. According to Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, the premiums charged on hundreds of commercial policies …

New Markets

Corporate Identity Theft Nuts & Bolts: National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., a member company of American International Group Inc., released AIG Corporate Identity Protection, a policy designed to protect small and mid-sized companies from financial exposures related …

New Markets

Corporate Identity Theft Nuts & Bolts: National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., a member company of American International Group Inc., released AIG Corporate Identity Protection, a policy designed to protect small and mid-sized companies from financial exposures related …

Figures

$5.3 million The amount in refunds that the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has ordered Universal Underwriters Insurance Co. to return to 526 commercial policyholders. According to Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, the premiums charged on hundreds of commercial policies …

States go global for new ideas to improve transportation safety

Searching for ways to improve road safety without breaking the bank, state transportation officials in the U.S. have found inspiration in ideas being implemneted abroad. Low-cost devices increasingly popping up on treacherous roadways and crammed crossroads across the nation have …

When insuring international trade, expect the world

Think how few things you and your clients wear, use or drive that are wholly made in the USA, and you get a sense of the magnitude of international trade. International trade also is no longer the domain of global …

Agents take aim at Zurich compensation, disclosure settlement

Two associations for independent insurance agents have urged a federal court to reject recent settlement provisions between Zurich Insurance and states that affect thousands of agents who were not involved in the original dispute with the states. The National Association …