Puerto Rico News

Jeanne Following Familiar Caribbean Path

While her big brother Ivan terrorizes the U.S. Gulf Coast (see related articles), little sister Jeanne has remained an active tropical storm, but could become the season’s next hurricane. Jeanne, the 10th named storm of the season, is currently located …

Alabama Gov. Riley Requests Federal Disaster Declaration as Ivan Hits

Alabama Gov. Bob Riley announced during a news conference at the Alabama Emergency Operations Center on Wednesday he has requested President Bush declare 44 counties federal disaster areas due to Hurricane Ivan. “We are facing a serious storm that is …

SERFF Use Rises, Says NAIC

Filings submitted through the System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing (SERFF) continue at a record pace in 2004, highlighted by the more than 16,500 filings submitted during the month of August, the most ever submitted during a one-month period, …

Contractors Program

Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer & Company’s contractors program recently released new 2004 editions of its three policy forms: a stand-alone professional liability policy, a stand-alone pollution incident policy, and a combined professional and pollution liability form. The changes …

UPDATE: Category 3 Hurricane Frances Still Heading towards U.S.

The National Hurricane Center’s latest bulletin on Hurricane Frances, issued this morning, confirmed that the storm is a category 3 hurricane, packing winds near 125 mph (205 km/hr.) with higher gusts. The NHC said “some strengthening is forecast during the …

Hurricane Frances Heading towards U.S.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently tracking Frances, another powerful storm, which could strike the U.S. mainland by the end of the week. Frances is packing sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h) with hurricane force winds extending …

Contractors’ Pollution Liability

Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer & Co.’s contractors program recently released new 2004 editions of its three policy forms: a stand-alone professional liability policy, a stand-alone pollution incident policy, and a combined professional and pollution liability form. The changes …

Contractors Program

Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer & Company’s contractors program recently released new 2004 editions of its three policy forms: a stand-alone professional liability policy, a stand-alone pollution incident policy, and a combined professional and pollution liability form. The changes …

ANTHEM FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:

Anthem Inc. filed a lawsuit against the California Insurance Commissioner in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. The suit seeks to set aside the Commissioner’s decision to disapprove Anthem’s application to acquire …

DOT Reports Low Highway Fatality Rate for 2003

The fatality rate on the nation’s highways in 2003 was reportedly the lowest since record keeping began 29 years ago, the U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta announced. The number of crash-related injuries also dropped to a historic low in 2003. …