June 12, 2000
Insurance Journal West Magazine
Insurance Journal West Magazine
High-Valued Home Sweet Homes - Flood Insurance: Whose Responsibility-
In this Issue
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FeaturesHigh-Stakes Hurricane Season Arrives
Residents along the East and Gulf Coasts and in the Caribbean Islands... -
FeaturesQuake Bills Could Create Shaky Ground for Insurers
On May 24, the California Senate passed SB 1899 despite opposition... -
FeaturesAIG Realigns, Forms WorldSource Division
In his book, "The Lexus and the Olive Tree," Pulitzer Prize-winning... -
FeaturesHomeowner Policy Sales Make a Successful Online Debut
One of the most recent "firsts" in online insurance transactions is... -
FeaturesNatural Disaster Reform Legislation Reaches a Turning Point
Nobody likes to lose their shirt, least of all insurers. So it's no... -
FeaturesTechnology is Your Slave, Not Your Master
The exhibit hall at the ACORD Technology Conference in Orlando last... -
Tech Talk‘Read’ all about it
What you are about to read is a product of the clickable nature of... -
Cover StoryHistoric or Brand New -It’s a High-Valued Home Sweet Home
It's spring home-buying season, and realtors throughout California... -
FeaturesBancassurance Model is Business as Usual in European Countries
The passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act marked a watershed in U.S.... -
FeaturesWhose Responsibility Is It’ Educating Agents and Insureds about Flood Insurance
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimates that almost... -
FeaturesQuake Authority Looks to Develop a Five-Year Strategic Plan
After the Northridge earthquake rumbled through California on Jan.... -
FeaturesUrge to Merge Subsides in 1999; 2000 Following the Same Course
Last year was expected to be a boom year for merger and acquisition... -
FeaturesData Mining vs. PrivacyTrolling for new business leads has been the bane of insurance agents fo
Trolling for new business leads has been the bane of insurance agents... -
NewsbriefsRELIANCE’S WOES RELIEVED
Leucadia National Corp. is set to buy struggling insurer Reliance... -
NewsbriefsBEST WARY OF CALIF. W/C: A.M.
Best Co.'s year-end review of carriers with concentrated exposure to... -
NewsbriefsNEW NAME, NEW GAME
Effective June 1, General Re and Cologne Re announced that their... -
NewsbriefsHIKING IT UP IN NEVADA
Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman approved the... -
NewsbriefsINSWEB TO MAKE CUTS
Online insurance provider InsWeb Corp. expects to cut staffing by 40... -
NewsbriefsMORE TELLTALE SIGNS
The commercial property/casualty insurance market continues to... -
NewsbriefsBIG CHANGES FOR LLOYD’S
Last October, Lloyd's produced a working document entitled... -
NewsbriefsTEAMING UP FOR AGRIBIZ
Zurich U.S. and The Hartford Financial Services Group formed a... -
Fraud RoundupOperation Cleansheet is Soiled
Nine suspects were arrested on May 18 following a 15-month joint... -
Fraud RoundupHoneymoon’s Over
In conclusion to one of the largest workers' comp fraud cases in San... -
Fraud RoundupTaking Stock of the Situation
Stephen C. Sayre, 43, of Los Angeles, is currently being sought by... -
Fraud RoundupWorking for a Living
Steven Alan Ford of Norco, Calif., was recently arrested on workers'... -
RatingsSuperior National Gets ‘C’
The senior debt and financial strength ratings of Superior National... -
RatingsFremont Lowered
Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (DCR) lowered the senior debt rating... -
RatingsAllianz, Munich Re Affirmed
Standard & Poor's (S&P) affirmed its "AAA" counterparty credit and... -
RatingsChubb Exec Risk Gets ‘Aa1’
Moody's assigned "Aa1" insurance financial strength ratings to... -
RatingsState Farm Group Affirmed
The "AAA" counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the... -
RatingsVesta Upgraded
DCR upgraded the claims paying ability ratings of the Vesta Insurance...
