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Stakes Raised For Political Risk CoverageTerrorism, trade embargoes among the exposures buyers face abroadExporting opportunities can be promising on the day a corporation enters ...
California Reforms Bolster WC ResultsAbsence of major reserve charges explains much of the loss ratio improvementWith workers' compensation insurers toiling less on balance sheet ...
OFC 'Rift' Among AgentsMore Politics Than RealityBy Arthur D. PostalSeveral weeks ago, a public relations firm associated with the life insurance industry alerted the ...
Spitzer Attacks Insurer Antitrust ExemptionN.Y. attorney general calls McCarran-Ferguson immunity outdated, harmful to consumersBy Matt BradyWashingtonThe McCarran-Ferguson Act, which has kept insurance regulation in ...
Spitzer probe nails five individuals in two weeks with plea bargain dealsBy DANIEL HaysAn executive with Liberty International Underwriters pleaded guilty in Manhattan Criminal ...
Court Backs GEICO On Google SearchesCarrier challenged search engine over use of its trademark by advertisersA federal judge ruled last week that Google activities ...
Program Managers Try To Muscle Out CompetitorsMGAs use innovation, technology toolsGiven the wide variety of specialty programs and managing general agencies, perhaps the only ...
A View From The Front Lines:MGAs Reveal Programs And StrategiesAs insurance company interest for specialty program business heats up again, managing general agents who ...
Last week, the journalism community lost one of its brightest stars--longtime ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings. A few days earlier, another consummate journalist passed ...