Vermont News

U.S. to Investigate Sept. 11 Sick Workers’ Insurance Program

Federal officials said this week they will investigate why a $1 billion Sept. 11 insurance fund created by Congress to cover claims of sick ground zero workers is fighting the cases in court rather than distributing money. The World Trade …

Vt. Fatal Crash Spotlights Dangers with Ambulance Services

An ambulance crash that killed a passenger and seriously injured an emergency medical technician last week in Vermont spotlights two major concerns in many serious ambulance crashes: questionable driving and hazardous patient compartments. The hospital-bound ambulance slid off a snowy …

New Markets

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New Markets

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Framing the Issues

PCI’s new CEO plans to ‘scan the horizon’ for insurer members facing terrorism insurance, regulation concerns, politics and more The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) represents 1,000 insurance companies that write about 40 percent of the business in …

NCOIL Names New Officers

The National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), elected the following officers for 2008: Sen. James Seward (NY) as President-Elect; Rep. Robert Damron (KY) as Vice President; Rep. George Keiser (ND) as Secretary; and Sen. Carroll Leavell (NM) as Treasurer. In …

Insurance Compact Adopts ’08 Budget

The Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission adopted a $1.4 million 2008 budget by a vote of its full membership in a public teleconference yesterday. Following a comprehensive comment period, including a public hearing before its Management Committee last week, the …

People

The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) elected new officers during its annual meeting in Boston recently. Robert Joyce, chairman and chief executive officer of Westfield Group, was elected as the association’s new chair; John Blackburn, CEO of Country …

New Markets

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My New Markets

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