A report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system was recently released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). The report, part of a NAMIC series regarding state laws and legislative trends, furnishes a …
Vermont’s Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA) Commissioner John Crowley issued a bulletin aimed at helping investors cope with the “increasingly complex and confusing arena of investment frauds.” Crowley released the North American Securities Administrators Association’s …
The American Insurance Association announced the appointment of Laura L. Kersey to the position of assistant vice president, northeast region. Kersey will be based in AIA’s Albany, N.Y. office, where she will handle legislative and regulatory issues in the seven-state …
San Diego-based Wells Publishing Inc., publisher of the Insurance Journal (IJ) magazine and Online Daily Newsletter, has merged with the InsuranceTimes, a Boston-based insurance industry publication for the northeastern U.S. InsuranceTimes will be known as Insurance Journal East, one of …
Never before in the history of the Liability Risk Retention Act (LRRA) have so many risk retention groups (RRGs) formed in any one year. From January to December, 58 RRGs formed and seven RRGs retired, bringing the total number of …
In one sense we’re the new kid on the block, but in other ways we should be a familiar presence. The Insurance Journal has been around since 1923, the year it began publication as a local Southern California insurance magazine. …
An Exclusive Interview with Gregory Serio Gregory V. Serio, the superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department, is a busy man—moving between Albany, Manhattan, Washington D.C. and elsewhere about the country. So, thanks to Mother Nature, in the form …
Nuts & Bolts: EdChoice, Schinnerer’s insurance program for small to mid-size colleges and universities, has added general liability coverage for exposures such as corporal punishment, athletics or sports activities, abuse and molestation, host liquor, as well as limited pollution coverage. …
The regulations proposed by the Alaska Division of Insurance regarding privacy of consumer financial and health information, while improved from the original proposal, are still not in sync with state law, according to the Alliance of American Insurers. Rey Becker, …
A report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system was recently released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). The report, part of a NAMIC series regarding state laws and legislative trends, furnishes a …
