April 3, 2000
Insurance Journal West Magazine
Insurance Journal West Magazine
Chaos in California Workers' Comp Market - Plus: A Look at AZ, NV, OR
In this Issue
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FeaturesMunich Re at Impasse with Regulators over Holocaust Claims
The dialogue between the California Department of Insurance (CDI) and... -
FeaturesQuackenbush Under Fire for Fund-Raising Tactics
California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush collected... -
FeaturesYates Gets Temp Restraining Order Against R.E. Chaix
On March 20, Orange County Superior Court granted Yates & Associates... -
FeaturesPrivacy Legislation Could Have a Negative Impact on W/C Insurers
broad coalition of insurance and employer trade associations and... -
FeaturesAgents Play Intrinsic Role in Online Workers’ Comp Transactions
While online sales of personal lines become increasingly common,... -
FeaturesAllianz Comes Out the ‘Big Winner’ In German Bank Merger
On March 9, the German financial world quaked with the announcement... -
FeaturesKenny Waldt is Banking on his Future
Meet Kenny Waldt, independent agent from down there in Houston. When... -
FeaturesMergers & Acquisitions
Armstrong/Robitaille, Neumarket Anticipating a larger combined... -
Tech TalkIf you can’t bring the information to the scanner
If you can't bring the information to the scanner... Do you remember... -
Cover StoryWORKERS’ COMP MARKET OVERVIEW
CALIFORNIA STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS By Sky Barnhart "After... -
FeaturesInsurance Groups Accuse OSHA of Overstepping Its Boundaries
No one would call the Occupational Safety and Health Administration... -
FeaturesManaged Care Organizations Aim to Send Workers Back to Work
When managed care was introduced to the workers' comp arena in the... -
FeaturesAMS Users’ Group Urges Members to ‘Get in the Game’
In the high-energy environment of the Las Vegas strip, members of the... -
FeaturesAustralia Juggles Mergers & Disasters
Driven in part by 1999's particularly poor results, and perhaps... -
NewsbriefsCROP REFORM PASSES
The Senate overwhelmingly agreed March 23 to reduce premiums and... -
NewsbriefsCITIGROUP FINISHES UP
Citigroup will buy the remaining 15 percent it does not own of... -
NewsbriefsINTERNET FOR ALL
Royal & SunAlliance USA and Internet-based insurance services company... -
NewsbriefsP/C RESULTS WORSEN
The property/casualty insurance industry's underwriting results... -
NewsbriefsAETNA TO FIGHT SUITS
ING/WellPoint and Aetna may or may not be talking, but several Aetna... -
NewsbriefsTROUBLES FOR BLANCH
Shares of E.W. Blanch Holdings plummeted 62 percent March 21 after it... -
NewsbriefsFRANKEL FAUX PAS
Tennessee's accreditation with the National Association of Insurance... -
NewsbriefsA NEW RISKY BUSINESS
Marsh & McLennan Companies has created MMC Enterprise Risk, a new... -
NewsbriefsBANKS ARE BOOMING
For the eighth straight year, U.S. banks saw record profits in 1999,... -
NewsbriefsGE RE FORMS AUTO
GE Reinsurance Corp. has formed an auto segment based at the... -
Fraud RoundupTall Order for Fast Food Cook
Following a six-month investigation, Jose Rodea Ramirez of South Gate... -
Fraud RoundupA Mover and a Shaker
Sandra Leah Babcock of Sacramento was arrested for workersÕ comp... -
Fraud RoundupBehind the Wheel of Lies
David Leon Staples of Vacaville was arrested on two felony counts of... -
Fraud RoundupStolen or Seized’
Martha Rosa Olivera of Ceres was arrested on insurance fraud charges... -
Fraud RoundupSibling Squabble
Robin Jackson of Lakewood was sentenced to three years in state... -
Fraud RoundupTwo Sides to Every Story
Following a 10-month investigation by the CDI Fraud Division, Tina... -
RatingsTravelers P&C on RatingAlert
Fitch IBCA announced that Travelers Property Casualty Corporation's... -
RatingsDCR Lowers Fremont General
Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (DCR) has made several ratings... -
RatingsArrow Re Reaffirmed
The "A+" claims paying ability rating on the Bermuda-domiciled Arrow... -
RatingsS&P Lowers Frontier Note Issue
Standard & Poor's (S&P) long-term rating on the Frontier Insurance... -
RatingsFM Global Gets ‘A+’
FM Global was assigned its first rating by A.M. Best Co., an "A+," in... -
RatingsS&P Rates Earthquake Notes
An issue of floating-rate notes, the payouts for which are linked to... -
RatingsMilbank Affirmed
S&P's affirmed its financial strength rating on Milbank Insurance... -
RatingsErie Gets Top Rating
For the eighth consecutive year, A.M. Best bestowed an "A++" rating... -
RatingsNPMI Rating Affirmed
S&P's affirmed the triple "Bpi" financial strength rating assigned to...
