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Wildlife making highways hazardous

The increasing number of motorists and deer in Texas are leading to a greater frequency of collisions between the two on the state’s roadways. Cooler weather and the annual rut season should make for even more hazardous conditions in the …

Voters to Decide More Than 6,000 State Legislative Seats

In addition to the 36 governor’s offices, more than 6,000 state legislative seats in 46 states are up for grabs on Nov. 7. “The changes that come from the 2006 state legislative elections could rival those of the historic 1994 …

Key Midwest Election Battles Could Impact Insurers

The mid-term elections tomorrow will definitely have an impact on the insurance industry depending on who emerges from the key battles for governor, insurance commissioner, congressional seats and attorney general spots. Below is an abbreviated, down and dirty, quick look …

UNDER Construction: The Green Property Insurance Market

Douglas G. Hotchkiss, owner of the Dallas, Texas-based Hotchkiss Insurance Agency, hadn’t thought much about building “green” or environmentally-friendly structures. But he now says, “it’s a bigger deal than I thought. … I guess I’ve been asleep at the wheel …

Iowa Hawkeye-Security Adds New Personal Lines Technology for Agents

Des Moines, Iowa-based Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has added real-time policy inquiry, endorsement quoting, and electronic endorsement submissions to the roster of functions available through Personal IQ, the company’s web-based technology for personal lines. According to …

News Currents

Insurance political contributors favor Republicans Four of six top official recipients from the Midwest Insurance-related contributors to this year’s midterm Congressional races are favoring Republicans 2-to-1 over Democrats while the overall total given by insurance interests appears down from two …

Figures

$100 million Chicago-based Aon Corp. announced that it has taken further steps to exit its property and casualty business by signing a letter of intent for the sale of its Construction Program Group (CPG). Aon also announced that it will …

News Currents

Insurance political contributors favor Republicans Insurance-related contributors to this year’s midterm Congres-sional races are favoring Repub-licans 2-to-1 over Democrats while the overall total given by insurance interests appears down from two years ago. According to the non-partisan Center for Responsive …

Wildlife making highways hazardous

The increasing number of motorists and deer in Texas are leading to a greater frequency of collisions between the two on the state’s roadways. Cooler weather and the annual rut season should make for even more hazardous conditions in the …

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Douglas G. Hotchkiss, owner of the Dallas, Texas-based Hotchkiss Insurance Agency, hadn’t thought much about building “green” or environmentally-friendly structures. But he now says, “it’s a bigger deal than I thought. … I guess I’ve been asleep at the wheel …