National News for January 2001
- MarketScout, InsuranceNoodle Align
- Court OKs Icahn Tender for Reliance Bonds
- Frontier Insurance To Withdraw from NYSE; to Trade on Bulletin Board
- Meyers to Step Down at Crawford & Co.
- Post Named CEO at Fireman’s Fund
- SAFECO Names McGavick CEO; Dickey Resigns
- Reliance Placed in Supervision
- MMC Reports Strong Fourth Quarter, Year-end Results
- Commercial P/C Rates Hardened in 2000
- The Hartford Announces Equity Offering
- New U.S. House Financial Services Panel Takes Shape
- Markel to Pay Debt With Stock
- AscendantOne Gains Second Round Funding
- Insurers Cite Data Limits on Vehicle Defects
- E. W. Blanch Names Walker COO
- The Hartford to Purchase Fortis; Fourth Quarter Core EPS Up 10 Percent
- Crawford Reports 2000 Results
- Appeals Court Blocks Icahn Offer on Reliance
- Intuit Completes Sale of QuickenInsurance Business to InsWeb
- Ebix.com Partners With Risk Management Technologies
- Quotesmith.com Reports Net Loss
- Insurers 2000 Cat Losses Total $4.3 Billion, 53 Percent Below 10-Year Average
- GuideOne Chair Announces Retirement
- Florida-Based Insurer Brown Brown Reports 29 Percent Increase in Net Income
- The St. Paul Companies Reports Fourth-Quarter and 2000 Results
- American General Splits Stock, Increases Common Dividend 9 Percent
- Allmerica Says Loss Impact to be Offset
- Travelers Launches Web-based Quote, Rate and Issue System For Personal Lines Agents
- III Says Kidnap, Ransom Risks Higher Than Ever
- Prudential Faces $1 Billion Lawsuit
- Colonial Penn Founder Dies
- Hub International to Acquire Kaye Group
- SAFECO Announces Fourth-Quarter and Year-End 2000 Results
- MetLife Offers Cash, Bonds to Teen Drivers
- TurboCoverage Launches Web-Based Auto Insurance Service For Auto Dealerships
- S&P Puts Markel Corp. and Related Units’ Ratings on CreditWatch Negative
- Brown & Brown Announces Record Earnings for 2000
- DirectNet Insurance’s Website Receives a Facelift
- CNA’S Hengesbaugh Named III Chairman
- Planning Underway For 25th Annual IIAA National Legislative Conference
- E.W. Blanch Holdings Vice Chair Resigns; Co. Announces $9.5 Million Charge
- More Businesses Using CRM, Study Reveals
- Allstate Ranks Among S&P’s Top Stock Picks for 2001
- IIAA Files Legal Challenge to OSHA Ergonomics Rules
- Citigroup Profits Rise 11 Percent
- Quotesmith.com Receives Nasdaq Delisting Warning Notice
- ebix.com Signs Seven New Carriers
- The Hartford Offers Homeowners’ Insurance Claim “Credit” Card
- The Hartford Offers Agencies Technology Support
- Morningstar Analysts Cite Citgroup Among 10 Stocks to Watch
- Transamerica Makes Executive Appointments
- Judge OKs Amended Icahn Offer
- NAIC Considers Action on OSHA Ergonomics Program
- KKR Unit to Buy Two Reliance Group Auto Insurance Units
- InsureCargo.com Partners with WordCatch.com
- IRC Survey: Americans Willing to Pay for Shorter Trucking Drive Times
- New Company, Ajasent, Created for Independent Agencies
- Safeco to Announce Fourth Quarter Loss
- Kemper Combines Units to Strengthen Alternative Risk Capabilities
- Ex-Priceline, Citigroup Exec Joins Marsh Inc.
- RLI Reports Modest Growth for 2000; Underwriting Results Mixed
- InsureNewMedia.com, InsureCast.com Make Merger Deal
- MarketScout Generates $3 Million in Premium for December
- HNC Software Releases Web-Enabled Workers’ Comp Injury Reporting System
- Electric Ins. Offers Online Homeowners’ Quotes
- Kemper Insurance Companies and InsuranceNoodle Team up to Target Small Business Owners
- Weiss Reports Insurance Company Failures Up 30% In 2000, HMO Failures Down 22 %
- Judge Blocks ICAHN Tender for Reliance Group Bonds
- AIG Excess Casualty Division Introduces Online Umbrella Tool
- Fiserv Buys Boerne Insurance Administrator
- Lengthy Prudential IPO Plan Gets Pricey
- Kemper Acquires Majority Interest in Service Net
- Microsoft Employees Sue for Racial Bias
- Vesta Insurance Financial Overhaul Includes Acquisitions, Company Stock for Agents
- Oxley Chosen as Financial Services Committee Chair
- Crum Forster Acquires Transnational Insurance
- Donegal Completes Acquisition of Pioneer
- Gallagher Completes Agency Acquisitions
- HCC Integrates Operations
- Banks Moving Full Force Into Insurance, Survey Says
- The St. Paul To Purchase PENCO’s Municipality Business
- U.S. Lawmakers to Create Broad New Financial Panel
- Aggregators Lead Charge to Sell Auto Insurance on the Web
- Priceline, W.R. Berkley End Online Auto Insurance Plan
- Installment Sales Fix Reinstated
- Quiroga Named National ACSR of the Year by IIAA
- Insurance Co. Sues Macaulay Culkin
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