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The Society of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters elected new officers and governors. They are: President Betsey L. Brewer, senior vice president of The Rule Co. in Pasadena, Calif. President-Elect James L. Britt, managing director of Marsh USA Inc. in Charlotte, …

Hurricane Center Identifies 10 Most Hurricane Vulnerable Areas

The entire East and Gulf Coasts are subject to hurricane impacts, but some areas are much more vulnerable than others. Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, director of the International Hurricane Research Center at Florida International University in Miami has released the …

OSHA Fines Ala. Firm for Death of Worker in Trench Collapse

OSHA cites company for Gulfport death Received by Newsfinder from AP Oct 12, 2006 1:01 Eastern Time GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) _ The Occupational Health and Safety Administration penalized a company whose worker died in a trench collapse with its most …

Contingency Pay is Critical for Survival, N.C. Agents Reminded

Wrongdoings by mega insurance brokers have triggered a discussion that contingency commissions are bad, yet those contingency commissions can make or break a typical independent agency, an agent leader told North Carolina agents. “Half of all agencies in the U.S. …

Aon’s Rodell Named CIAB Chairman

Tom Rodell, resident managing director of Aon Risk Services of San Francisco, has been named the 2007 chairman of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers, the first person to serve twice in the key leadership position. Rodell was elected …

N.C. Maps Help Towns, Developers Avoid Landslide-Prone Areas

North Carolina has produced the first in what officials say will be a series of county maps to enable communities to reduce the risks of building homes and other structures in landslide-prone areas of the state’s mountains. The Geological Survey …

Court: No libel by disgruntled N.C. columnist

A disgruntled magazine publisher did not commit libel against an insurance adjuster when he wrote a column criticizing the agent’s handling of his claim, North Carolina’s Court of Appeals ruled. Bernie Reeves, editor and publisher of Metro Magazine, wrote an …

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 …

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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 …

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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 …