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I.I.I. Study Shows Dog Bite Claims Cost Nearly $390 Million Annually Man's best friend is sinking its teeth into homeowners insurance costs. Dog bites account for one-third of all homeowners insurance liability claims, costing $387.20 milli...
Longtop signs contract with Chinese property insurance firm
Longtop Financial Technologies, a developer and solutions provider targeting the financial services industry in China, has signed a contract with a property insurance company in China to develop a customized supply chain management system....
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Liability should be one of your major considerations when you enter into a fee-recreation enterprise. In general, if you decide to impose a fee for any recreational activity conducted on your land or land you are in possession and control of...
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usaa home insurance,usaa home owners insurance -About USAA USAA Products and Services Since 1922, USAA has provided a full range of highly competitive financial products and services to the military and their families. Today, certain produc...
Zurich's accident and health group expands offering into mass consumer market
BancInsure has announced a new alliance with Eagle Insurance Agency Holdings, and Imperial Casualty and Indemnity Company. Eagle Insurance Agency operates as a managing general agency with a focus on professional employer organizations (PEO...
CPCU Society Announces 2009-2010 Officers and Directors
The Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society issued the following news release: The CPCU Society announced its new officers and directors during its 65th Annual Meeting and Seminars in Denver, Colo., Aug.29-Sept.1. These new positio...
Lawyers, Insurance Firms Cash In On Fantasy Football
Henry Olszewski was stoked in 2008 when he, along with millions of Americans, drafted New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady to his fantasy football team. About eight minutes into the season, a 220-pound safety was blocked into Brady's...
BancInsure, Inc. Announces New Partnership with Eagle Insurance and Imperial Casualty and Indemnity
BancInsure (www.bancinsure.com) announces today a new alliance with Eagle Insurance Agency Holdings, LLC and Imperial Casualty and Indemnity Company. Eagle Insurance Agency operates as a Managing General Agency (MGA) with a focus on Profess...
A.M. Best Publishes 2009 Best’s Aggregates & Averages - P/C, the Insurance Sourcebook for Totals, Statistics & Rankings
OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A.M. Best Co. has released the 2009 property/casualty edition of Best's Aggregates Averages-U.S. Canada in both print and online formats. The online version, which includes one year of archived back data, co...
College Students, Families Urged to Options include assurances that the number of tenants against overvoltage
HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Increased spending on items taken to college and a national rise in the number of renters has prompted insurance experts from Travelers (NYSE: TRV) to relay the importance of understanding renters insurance...
AIG Faces Host of Obstacles to Sale of Asia Assets
A year ago, when American International Group Inc. [18540] announced plans to sell its life insurance businesses in Asia and refocus on its nonlife business, speculation on potential buyers circulated rapidly, involving rival insurance grou...
Billboard Blasting Mercury Insurance Is Removed
California-based Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, said Mercury Insurance has threatened to sue the owners of a billboard the group used to display a statement that reads, Consumer Watchdog says: You can't trust...
Quality Claims Management: Many 2007 Fire Victims Still Have Not Been Able to Resolve Their Insurance Claims and Rebuild their Homes
Quality Claims Management Corp. has revealed that most of the homeowners whose property was destroyed or damaged in the 2007 Southern California wildfires have not yet been able to rebuild their homes. Out of the San Diego County residents...
Reinsurers Refuel After Tough Year
Despite the drubbing they took on their investments in 2008, reinsurers survived the financial crisis better than many others in the financial sector and their capital positions have improved significantly during the past few months, observ...
Travelers' Survey Sheds Light on Social Media Risk for Businesses
As the number of people using social media continues to grow, so do questions about the potential exposures that businesses may face from employee use of the online medium. Twitter has set the pace for this growth with 20.9 million unique v...
Weathering Hurricane Season Without Devastating Property Insurance
Jimena Hurricane landfall in Mexico, signaling the advent of hurricane season, a new analysis of property insurance highlights the effects of regulation in the wake of natural disasters. In Disasters and performance in property insurance, a...
Lawsuit: Flood Insurance Neglects Species Threats
PHOENIX_An environmental group is trying to slow development near ecologically fragile dry washes and desert riverbeds in Arizona by targeting the federal agency that provides the flood insurance essential to building there. WildEarth Guard...
Ignore risk management is Risky Business: Ernst & Young
Corporate fraud, data theft, financial reporting risk-and a host of others-can cost organizations dearly, says Ernst Young in a new survey. That's why it's so important for today's businesses to get their risk management strategies right. D...
Marsh expands its collaboration with GreenRoad provide risk services to all customers Fleet
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Marsh, the world's leading insurance broker and risk advisor, and GreenRoad, a leader in improving driving behavior, today announced that they are teaming together so that all Marsh U.S. brokerage clients will ha...
As wildfires burn in California, The Hartford Advises owners and businesses to take precautions
HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wildfires continue to blaze throughout California, destroying hundreds of thousands of acres and threatening communities from Los Angeles to Sacramento. As the fires encroach on populated areas, The Hartfor...
Don't Insure Everything, Just the Things You Might Mind Losing
A new national survey commissioned by Allstate Insurance reveals college-aged adults are acquiring things at a prodigious pace. However, protecting those things is of little concern - to themselves or the parents who support them. In the stu...
Burglars Using Social Networks To Target People Report Says 410597
Users of social networking sites are giving away vital information about themselves and their whereabouts that is being used by professional burglars to establish a list of targets. So found a survey sponsored by British insurance firm Lega...
Swiss Re Calls On Governments To Change The Way They Handle Disaster Risk
One of the most notable things about the aftermath of any major natural disaster is the substantial gap between total losses and total insured losses. If Swiss Re has its way, this gap could narrow a great deal. The Switzerland-based reinsu...
Illinois Ends Credit-Rescoring Mandate
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed industry-backed legislation to eliminate a state mandate that insurers recheck policyholders' credit information every three years. Intended as a consumer protection, the re-scoring requirement added costs to...
Slight Increase Proposed For Iowa Workers' Comp Rates
Citing an uptick in experience, trend and benefits, the National Council on Compensation Insurance proposed an average 2.3% workers' compensation rate increase for Iowa. The average effect on individual industry groups varies from a dip of...
Insurance Agents Flooded With Calls
The phone has been ringing a lot at Havelock's Nationwide Insurance since Aug. 12, the day the rains came. While some have been filing claims related to the severe thunderstorm and flooding, more people are asking questions about flood insu...
Drop in California's Workers' Compensation Spending Slows Growth in National Spending in 2007
U.S. workers' compensation payments for medical care and cash benefits for workers injured on the job increased 2.0 percent to $55.4 billion in 2007, according to a study released today by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). The...
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