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FLORIDA Report Shows Car Theft Decreased in Most of Southeast Across the Southeast in major metropolitan areas auto theft decreas-ed dramatically in 2004, accompan-ied by a slight drop in auto theft nationally, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s annual …

REPORT SHOWS CAR THEFT DECREASED IN MOST OF SOUTHEAST

Across the Southeast in major metropolitan areas auto theft decreased dramatically in 2004, accompanied by a slight drop in auto theft nationally, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s annual Hot Spots Report for 2004. These statistics should reflect positively …

Tropical Storm Katrina to Bring Rain, High Winds Into Tennessee Valley

Tropical storm Katrina was 35 miles south of Clarksville, Tenn. on Tuesday morning, moving north-northeast at 18 mph. Predictions by the National Hurricane Center indicate it should take a turn toward the northeast, gain speed and bring heavy rain and …

N.C. Commissioner Issues Warning About Discount Health Insurance Plans

Seven North Carolina Better Business Bureaus and 148 Chambers of Commerce are receiving letters of caution from Insurance Commissioner Jim Long urging them to warn their members and citizens about the differences between legitimate health insurance and the increasingly common …

PCI Says: N.C. Legislature Passed Important Workers’ Comp Reforms

As North Carolina lawmakers prepare for adjournment after a long session, they can claim credit for passing important reforms to the state’s workers compensation system and identity theft protection legislation this week. “This session the Legislature took an important first …

San Antonio Managing General Agency Announces Grand Opening

Stone Oak Underwriters, LLC of San Antonio, TX announces they are now accepting submissions from Independent Agents for Public Entities in Texas and Alabama with this new wholesale agency created by Tom Ramsbacher, President and Joe Cantu, Chief Operating Officer. …

NICB ‘Hot Spots Report’ Shows Car Theft Decreased in Most of Southeast

Across the Southeast’s major metropolitan areas auto theft deceased dramatically in 2004, accompanied by a slight drop in auto theft nationally, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s annual Hot Spots Report for 2004. These statistics should reflect positively on …

N.C. Legislators Sign ‘Limited Package’ of Workers’ Compensation Reforms

North Carolina legislators have taken final action on a limited package of workers’ compensation reforms (H. 99), assigning the more contentious and costly issues to an interim legislative study committee, according to the American Insurance Association. “Political realities required legislators …

NICB: Rise in S.C. Auto Thefts

There were more than 22,000 vehicles stolen in South Carolina in 2004 according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, which reports that theft rates rose for the sixth year in a row. NICB reports the Florence, S.C. metropolitan statistical area …

Selective Insurance Group Names Executive Appointments

Selective Insurance Group Inc. announced the following executive appointments: John Marchioni (Andover, N.J.), to senior vice president of personal lines underwriting of Selective Insurance Company of America and vice president of Selective Insurance Group Inc. In his new role, he …