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02/01/2012		Agent to Agent: Boost Your Leads by Creating a Social Media Plan
12/20/2011		Agent to Agent: Understanding Who Your Customers Are, Both On and Offline
12/13/2011		Why Go with PIAPRO E&O
12/07/2011		PIA Agency Marketing Guide Available Online
12/01/2011		PIAPRO E&O: Open for Business
11/22/2011		Great Web Site — But Your Agency Still Has to Know How to Sell!!
11/22/2011		Agent to Agent: Geared up for Google+: A Guide for Businesses
10/31/2011		NAIC Holds Week of Meetings, PIA Participating
10/04/2011		Agent to Agent: Optimize Your Company’s Website for Local Search
10/03/2011		Is Your Website a Potential E&O Headache?
09/20/2011		Agent to Agent: Tips to Increase Your Agency’s Facebook Page Clicks
09/14/2011		Agent to Agent: Social Media and Its Evolving Impact on Both Employers and Employees
09/07/2011		Agent to Agent: Do Promotional Items Really Matter in Marketing?
08/09/2011		Agent to Agent: How Blogs Improve Your Website and Agency Overall
08/03/2011		Agent to Agent: How Twitter Is Used Differently than Facebook
07/12/2011		Agent to Agent: When Cross Selling Is Service
07/06/2011		Agent to Agent: Using Digital Marketing to React and Respond
06/22/2011		Agent to Agent: Why Digital Marketing Was the Right Choice for Us
06/14/2011		Agent to Agent: Building Your Facebook Community, Click by Click
05/24/2011		Agent to Agent: Building Your Community Through Blogging and Conversation
05/10/2011		Agent to Agent: Incorporating Social Media into Insurance Marketing
04/29/2011		Agent to Agent: Targeting Consumers with Creative Niche Marketing
04/13/2011		Agent to Agent: Using Twitter to Help Our Agency
04/12/2011		Using Social Media: Proper Planning and Execution Is the Key to Making It Work
03/29/2011		Agent to Agent: Hiring the Best CSR
03/22/2011		Agent to Agent: Training Your Agents Can Increase Your Book of Business
03/15/2011		Agent to Agent: Creating an Agency Culture
11/16/2010		MetLife to Exit Long Term Care Market
10/27/2010		NIPR Holds Board Meeting
10/14/2010		Survey: Majority of Insurance Execs Say Business Conditions Have Improved
10/14/2010		NAIC Holds Fall Meeting Next Week, PIA Will Participate
10/14/2010		SILA Discusses Licensing, Surplus Lines Reform, PIA Participates
10/14/2010		NIPR Launches New Ad Campaign
09/22/2010		P/C Insurers Post Strong Results for First Half of 2010
08/31/2010		Dog Bite Claims Topped $400 Million in 2009
08/31/2010		Too Many Renters Have No Insurance
08/31/2010		Latest Rankings of Insurance Carrier Tweets
08/18/2010		Updates From the NAIC Summer Meetings
08/03/2010		PIA to Participate in NAIC Summer Meetings August 14-17
05/26/2010		Lloyd’s of London Warns of “Perfect Storm” for Insurance
05/04/2010		How Did the Financial Crisis Happen? Some Interesting Reading
04/28/2010		PIA Releases Spanish Radio Ads for Professional Insurance Agents
04/27/2010		AAMGA and PIA Join Forces on Excess and Surplus Lines Education
04/27/2010		Wrestler Hulk Hogan Files E&O Lawsuit Against His Insurance Broker
04/14/2010		There’s A Lot Americans Don’t Know About Insurance
03/16/2010		PIA National Awards to be Presented
03/16/2010		Study: Net Income for P/C Nearly Tripled in 2009
03/09/2010		Coalition Warns: Bogus Health Plans Spreading Around U.S.
03/09/2010		Travelers Launches Mobile Applications
02/18/2010		J.D. Power: Insurers With Satisfied Agents Get More Business From Those Agents
02/18/2010		Do You Know How to Drive Your High-Tech Car?
02/17/2010		Now’s a Good Time To Offer Your Clients Flood Insurance
02/17/2010		Outspoken Louisiana Hurricane Expert Sues Over Dismissal
01/27/2010		NCSL Says 23 States Consider Banning Texting While Driving
01/27/2010		PIA’s Brevik Named to List of 100 Most Powerful People in the Insurance Industry
01/27/2010		Illinois DOI to Require Documentation for Recission Reviews
01/20/2010		P/C Insurance Firms Outperform Other Financial Firms During Downturn
01/20/2010		Conning: Small Insurers Retain Sizable Share of P/C Market
01/13/2010		Captive Formations Up in 2009
12/15/2009		Landmark Ruling: PA DOI Recognizes de Facto Terminations
12/15/2009		PIA Article in American Agent & Broker
12/09/2009		Insurance Companies Pressed to End Investments in Iran
12/01/2009		Marijuana Dispensary Industry Finding Insurance Options
11/24/2009		Bill Would Prohibit Insurers From Dropping Chinese Drywall Homes
11/17/2009		PIA National President Jon Spalding Comments on Soft Market in National Underwriter
11/17/2009		Ben Franklin’s Insurance Company Has $190 Million Surplus Today
11/02/2009		Government Report on Chinese Drywall Inconclusive
10/27/2009		Small Businesses Continue to Value Insurance Agent Relationships
10/21/2009		U.S. to Ask China to Help Pay for Defective Chinese Drywall
10/21/2009		Almost 1/3 of Workers Take No Steps to Prevent the Flu
10/21/2009		El Niño Could Affect the Winter – Or Maybe Not
09/29/2009		PIA Member on Turning 100 – “I Don’t Feel or Think Old”
09/22/2009		State Officials Urge Insurers to Prepare for Swine Flu
09/15/2009		NAIC Calls Ratings Firms to Defend Their Work
09/15/2009		Mississippi Denies State Farm Rate Increase
09/09/2009		AIA Analysis Shows Accident-Related Injuries, Fatalities Down Substantially
09/09/2009		ACORD 80 Monoline Form to Return in October
09/08/2009		TAPCO Underwriters Continues National Expansion
08/31/2009		A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings on U.S. Health Insurers
08/31/2009		Disturbing New Trend: More Women Driving Under the Influence
08/31/2009		Texting While Driving Increases While Drivers Admit It’s Not Safe
08/26/2009		William E. Bailey, I.I.I. Special Counsel, Radio Host, Dies at 68
08/26/2009		GEICO to Expand Operations in Western New York
08/26/2009		Survey: Agents Prefer Carriers With Highly Functional Portals
08/26/2009		Older Drivers Staying Safer On the Roads
08/18/2009		Survey: Agents Report Recession Not as Disruptive as Initially Predicted
08/18/2009		Captives Weather the Financial Storm
08/12/2009		MS Commissioner to State Farm: No Rate Increase Unless You Write On the Coast
08/12/2009		AIG Back in Black, Gets New CEO
08/04/2009		Marsh Retools Push to Compete With Main Street Agents
08/04/2009		Liberty Mutual CEO Questions P/C Pricing Sense
08/04/2009		Berkley Chief Says Hard Market Inevitable and Soon
07/29/2009		Conning Still Grumbling About Distribution, Wishes Some Channels “Culled”
07/29/2009		Auerbach Pens Article About His Agency for American Agent & Broker
07/21/2009		The Hartford Names Juan Andrade President and COO of P/C Operations
07/21/2009		Donna Pile Pens Article on Women and Insurance for American Agent & Broker
07/15/2009		Bloggers May Be Wise to Purchase Insurance
07/06/2009		First-quarter 2009 Results Show P/C Industry well Capitalized
07/01/2009		Insurers Decry California Plan to Downgrade Insurance Crimes
07/01/2009		Q1 P/C Loss Worst in 20 Years, But Some Bright Spots
07/01/2009		Lloyd’s Not Expecting Major Losses From Death of Michael Jackson
06/24/2009		Florida Becomes Eighth State to Ban ‘Crash Tax’ Fees
06/16/2009		Make Sure Your Summer Fun is Covered
06/09/2009		Illinois DOI Re-established as Separate Department of State Government
06/09/2009		Travelers Replaces Citigroup in Dow 30
06/09/2009		Hartford CEO Ayer Announces Retirement
06/09/2009		PIA National YIP of the Year Scott Harwood Profiled in Rough Notes
06/09/2009		PIANJ Names Auerbach Professional Agent of the Year
06/02/2009		Florida Gov. Crist Quietly Signs Bill to Allow State-Run Insurer to Increase Rates
06/02/2009		Dinallo to Resign As NY Insurance Superintendent
05/27/2009		PIA Opposes National Commission on State Workers’ Compensation Laws Act of 2009
05/27/2009		More Auto Insurers Going to the Dogs — and Cats
05/22/2009		PIA Opposes HR 635
05/19/2009		Business Groups Oppose Federal Bill to Study State Workers’ Comp Laws
05/19/2009		Insurance Market Will Harden Rapidly in 2010, Expert Says
05/12/2009		WA Commissioner Warns of Cheap Health “Insurance” That’s Not Insurance
04/28/2009		J.D. Power Study: Retention Rates Critical to Carriers
04/21/2009		Zurich to Buy AIG’s Personal Auto Business
04/21/2009		The Local Insurance Agency Hustles in a Slump
04/21/2009		Outlook Bright for Agents, U.S. Labor Department Says
04/21/2009		Insurance Premiums Are On the Way Up, Officials Say
04/21/2009		Know Your Stuff: I.I.I. Offers Free Online Homeowners Inventory and Storage
04/14/2009		Insurers Have Proven Resilient During Economic Downturn
03/31/2009		PIA National President Auerbach Says Agents Can Flourish in Current Market
03/25/2009		PIA National President Auerbach Addresses AIMS Society
03/25/2009		Travelers Announcement Regarding Direct Marketing
03/17/2009		AL Commissioner Ridling Criticizes Bill to Force Insurers to “Show Cause” to Cancel
03/17/2009		Americans’ “Insurance IQ” Needs Improving
02/26/2009		PIA’s Auerbach Challenges CIAB’s Assertions About Agents
02/18/2009		Florida Approves State Farm Pullout Plan, With Conditions
02/10/2009		Michigan Governor Calls for One-Year Auto Rate Freeze
02/10/2009		Former North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long Dies
02/03/2009		Liberty Mutual Halts Direct Sales to Mid-Market, Will Use Independent Agents Only
02/03/2009		State Farm to Withdraw From Florida Property Market
02/03/2009		State Farm Assures Louisiana It Won’t Exit Other Gulf Coast States
02/03/2009		Chairman Says Lloyd’s is “Conservative and Boring – and Boring is Good”
01/30/2009		NAIC Denies Life Insurers’ Bid to Loosen Capital Requirements
01/29/2009		Uninsured Drivers on the Rise
01/29/2009		Former N.C. Insurance Commissioner Long Remains in Coma After Stroke
01/13/2009		Trying to Save Money on Insurance? Proceed With Caution
01/13/2009		Court Says Woman Can Pursue Perfume Lawsuit
01/08/2009		New Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Appointed
01/08/2009		Buffett Wins His $224 Million Hurricane Bet With Florida
12/23/2008		P/C Insurers Profits Margins Decreasing, But They’re Still in the Black
12/16/2008		Tips On Cutting Insurance Costs While Remaining Covered
12/16/2008		A Firm Foundation: How Insurance Supports the Economy
12/09/2008		P/C Insurers Voice Concern About Rivals’ Use of Federal Aid
12/09/2008		The Hartford Issues Upbeat Prediction for P/C Results in 2009
12/02/2008		J.D. Power Study: Local Agencies Provide a Higher Level of Service Satisfaction
12/02/2008		Marsh to Compete Against Main Street Insurance Agents
12/02/2008		AIG Adopts Voluntary Compensation Restrictions
12/02/2008		N.Y. Tells Insurers to Recognize Same-Sex Marriages
12/02/2008		NAIC Considers Easing Capital Requirements for Life Insurers
11/25/2008		Life Insurers Line Up for Federal Aid Under Treasury Program
11/25/2008		P/C Companies Steer Clear of Participation in Treasury Program
11/18/2008		Consumer Study: Insurance Customers Loyal, Unless Service Fails
11/18/2008		Male Drivers Most Dangerous, Says Survey
11/10/2008		AIG Bailout Reworked, Fed Ups Support to $150B, Interest Rate Lowered
11/10/2008		Four out of Five Elected Insurance Commissioner Seats Go to Democrats
11/04/2008		NAMIC Opposes Treasury Investment in Property/Casualty Insurance Industry
11/04/2008		PCI: Insurer Participation in TARP Not Necessary
11/04/2008		AIA Chairman Even Greenberg Says Insurance Industry Doesn’t Need Subsidies
10/29/2008		The Bailout Expands: Treasury to Take Stakes in Insurance Firms
10/29/2008		AIA: P/C Companies Do Not Seek Financial Assistance Through the Treasury
10/29/2008		PIA’s Page, Borowski Participate in Treasury Panel on Insurance Literacy
10/21/2008		PIA President Auerbach Says Agents Are Up to the Challenges They Face
10/21/2008		AIG CEO, New York AG Agree on Spending Curbs
10/15/2008		Conning: Challenges Loom for Homeowners Insurance
10/15/2008		Conn. Regulator Tells Consumers The Hartford Is Healthy
10/15/2008		PIA’s Page, Borowski on Insurance Literacy Panel at Treasury
10/15/2008		Survey Says Public Likes Individual Insurers, But Not the Industry Generally
10/07/2008		State Regulators See No Trickle-Down from AIG Parent to Insurance Units
10/07/2008		Stock in The Hartford Soars After Announcement of a $2.5 Billion Investment By Allianz
09/30/2008		New York Hires Firm to Supervise Sale of AIG Units
09/26/2008		Ratings Firm Says P/C Sector Remains Stable
09/26/2008		New AIG Chief Tells Commissioners Insurance Units Safe, Well Capitalized
09/26/2008		PA Insurance Department Assures AIG Policyholders
09/24/2008		New AIG CEO Liddy Plans to Keep P/C Business at AIG’s Core
09/24/2008		PIA National Names The Motorists Insurance Group 2008 Company of the Year
09/24/2008		PIA National Names Kimberly Foltz 2008 Company Representative of the Year
09/24/2008		PIA National Names Empower Insurance Group 2008 MGA of the Year
09/24/2008		Liberty Mutual Group Completes Safeco Acquisition
09/17/2008		U.S. to Take Over AIG in $85 Billion Bailout
09/16/2008		AIG Scrambles to Raise Cash, Talks to Fed
09/02/2008		Alabama’s Bell to Resign to Become Chairman of SwissRe America
09/02/2008		Alabama to Implement Online Tools for Producers
08/19/2008		Fewer Miles Driven Means Less Costly Insurance? PCI Says Don’t Count on It
08/05/2008		Insurance Jobs Rise Even as Total Employment Continues to Suffer
08/05/2008		Florida Buys a Quarter-Billion in Cat Reinsurance From Warren Buffett
07/22/2008		Study Shows Buyer Satisfaction Better When Local Agent Plays a Role
07/22/2008		P/C Cat Losses for Q2 Double to $6 Billion
07/22/2008		Home Burglaries Can Spike As People Head Off On Vacation
07/08/2008		Pennsylvania Senate Finally Approves Ario as Insurance Commissioner
07/02/2008		P/C Industry Income and Profitability Drop by Half in Q1 2008
07/02/2008		New York Considers Resurrecting Defunct Insurance Exchange
07/02/2008		Highway Deaths Down in 35 States
06/17/2008		Losses From May Midwest Storms Could Cost $850 Million
06/17/2008		AIG Ousts Sullivan As Losses Mount
06/17/2008		Conning Report Says Regional Insurers Holding Their Own In Small Commercial Market
06/10/2008		Insurance Jobs Up Again Even as Unemployment Surges
06/03/2008		High Gas Prices Causing People to Drive Less, Insurers Could Benefit
06/03/2008		Auerbach, Borowski Podcasts Address Technology, NFIP
06/03/2008		Husband of Slain Insurance Investigator Describes “Living Hell”
05/28/2008		Body of DOI Investigator Found, Agent Charged With Her Murder
05/28/2008		Half of Americans Say Using Cell Phones Wile Driving is Dangerous, 81 Percent Do It
05/20/2008		Insurance Agent Charged in Murder of North Carolina DOI Investigator
05/20/2008		Lew Wilson Receives Legislative Commendation
05/20/2008		PIA National 2008 YIP of the Year Profiled in Rough Notes
05/14/2008		New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Sevigny Nominated for Another Term
05/14/2008		Travelers of Florida Names Brian Marino Agent of the Year
05/06/2008		PIA Comments on Agents and the Recession
05/06/2008		First Quarter Catastrophe Property Loss Largest in a Decade
05/06/2008		U.S. Insurance Industry Jobs Up as Total Employment Falters
04/29/2008		Liberty Mutual to Buy Safeco for $6.2 Billion
04/29/2008		CFA Study on Auto Rates Draws Industry Refutation
04/22/2008		A.M. Best Report Finds P/C Insurers Post First Drop in Net Premiums Since 1943
04/15/2008		Property-Casualty Insurers Profits Fall 6% in 2007
04/08/2008		Insurer Insolvencies Lowest in a Decade, Insurance Industry Payrolls Surge
04/01/2008		Study Says Climate Change Top Insurance Risk
04/01/2008		Fla. Commercial Insurance Recovering
03/27/2008		Insurers Are Going Green
03/27/2008		2008 NHTSA Comparison of Insurance Costs
03/17/2008		La. Incentive Program Wraps Up, Donelon Says a Success
03/12/2008		Zurich Announces Book Transfer, Tells Agents “Business As Usual”
03/12/2008		Former CA DOI Commissioner Shoots Man in Florida
02/26/2008		La. Insurance Chief Fines Allstate 250K, Orders Policies Renewed
02/21/2008		Outrage Prompts Blue Cross to Stop Asking Doctors to Inform On Their Patients
01/29/2008		Fla. Commissioner Seeks to Reinstate Allstate Suspension
01/29/2008		Penalties Increase for Mass. Residents Without Health Insurance
01/29/2008		Louisiana Looks to Discounts for Storm-Resistant Homes
01/22/2008		State of Florida Suspends Allstate for All Lines; Judge Stays Suspension
01/22/2008		PIA Tips On Preventing Pipes From Freezing
01/15/2008		War of Words Erupts Between Industry and Consumer Federation of America
01/15/2008		SEC Allows Foreign Insurers to File Reports Using European Standards
01/15/2008		Florida Lawmakers to Grill Insurance Execs Under Oath on Rates
01/08/2008		P/C Insurers Income Up, Profitability Slips
01/08/2008		New Mississippi Insurance Commissioner to Let Legislature Decide on Appointive Status
01/04/2008		PIA National President Robert Page on Legislative Outlook in National Underwriter
01/04/2008		New Jersey Turnpike Drops Lawsuit Against Deceased Drivers
12/11/2007		P/L Insurers Try to Maintain Profits In Softening Market
12/04/2007		Frohman Named DOI Director in Nebraska
12/04/2007		Lawyer Battling for Katrina Payments Is Indicted
11/27/2007		Swiss Re Takes $1.07 Billion Loss on Mortgage-Backed Securities
11/27/2007		Decision on Louisiana’s “Valued Policy” Law Appealed to Supreme Court
11/27/2007		Rough Notes Issues Call for Nominations for Agent Community Service Award
11/20/2007		Progressive to Cover Pets Involved in Crashes
11/06/2007		Insurers Realize They Have a PR Problem
10/30/2007		Nebraska DOI and Germany Enter Insurance Information Sharing Agreement
10/30/2007		Sen. Rockefeller’s Health Bill Would Ban Coverage Exclusions for Pre-existing Conditions
10/16/2007		No-Fault Coverage to Return in Florida
10/02/2007		P/C Insurers Strong Profits Marred by Softening
09/19/2007		I.I.I. Says Most Insurers Have Little or No Subprime Exposure
09/11/2007		Insurers’ Exposure to Mortgage Meltdown Minimal, Moody’s Says
08/29/2007		Liberty Mutual Group Completes Acquisition of Ohio Casualty
08/29/2007		Progressive Apologizes For Investigators’ Spying
08/21/2007		Survey of Online Auto Insurance Finds Wide Price Differences, Author Says Use an Agent Instead
08/15/2007		State of Minnesota’s Liability Capped in Collapse of Bridge
08/06/2007		Florida Gov. Crist Attacks Insurers Doing Business in His State
07/25/2007		Sick September 11 Workers Sue $1 Billion Insurance Fund
07/25/2007		State Farm to Cut 50,000 Home Insurance Policies Along Florida Coast
07/17/2007		PIA’s Brevik Writes Article On the Public’s Support for Agents in National Underwriter
07/10/2007		Connecticut Bars Insurers From Requiring Homeowners to Install Storm Shutters
07/10/2007		Study: North Dakota, South Carolina Have Best Roads, New Jersey Has the Worst
07/03/2007		Florida Citizens Becomes Giant in Insurance Industry
07/03/2007		P/C Net Income, Profitability Slip in Q1 2007
07/03/2007		Willis Acquires Online Small Business Broker InsuranceNoodle
06/26/2007		Homeowners in Coastal Areas Feel the Bite of Higher Premiums
06/12/2007		NAIC Survey Finds Many Homeowners Ignorant of What Policies Cover
05/22/2007		IBM Study: Three-Quarters of Insured Americans Like Their Insurance Agent
05/22/2007		PIA West Criticizes Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire For Signing “Bad Faith” Bill
05/15/2007		PIA of Florida Says “Let the Insurance Industry Help Protect Florida”
05/15/2007		Louisiana Bill to Entice Carriers Advances
05/15/2007		Allstate to Halt New Homeowners Policy Sales in California
05/08/2007		Florida Gov. Crist to Insurers: Want to Leave the State? “Go ahead”
05/08/2007		Florida Passes Bill to Prevent National Insurers from Operating Florida-only Subsidiaries
05/08/2007		Louisiana Bill Would Shrink, Sell Off State’s Insurer of Last Resort
05/08/2007		Liberty Mutual Group to Acquire Ohio Casualty
05/08/2007		New Hampshire Bill Would Extend Health Insurance Coverage to Those Who Divorce
05/08/2007		Women Think They’re Not Annoying as Drivers, But Think That Men Are
05/01/2007		Sen. Lott Settles With State Farm
04/24/2007		Industry Posts Best Underwriting Performance Since 1948
04/06/2007		Why Is Everybody Beating Up on the Insurance Industry?
03/13/2007		State Farm CEO Gets 82% Pay Raise
03/06/2007		Florida’s Mandated Property Insurance Discounts Range to 53%
03/06/2007		A.M. Best Says Florida Insurers Face Risk to Their Ratings
02/27/2007		Progressive Repositions Name in Products It Sells Through Agents
02/27/2007		Bill Would Require Insurers to Make Minority Investments
02/21/2007		State Farm Suspends Sales of New Homeowners Policies in Mississippi
02/21/2007		Mississippi Insurance Commissioner
02/21/2007		Will State Farm Pullout Prompt a Backlash?
02/21/2007		Florida Hires J. Robert Hunter to Help Set Insurance Rates
02/21/2007		St. Paul Travelers to Change Name and Reacquire Red Umbrella Logo From Citigroup
02/21/2007		Oldest U.S. Carrier, Founded by Benjamin Franklin, State-Regulated for 239 Years
02/13/2007		Travelers Cancels Plan to Reduce Commissions in Georgia
02/06/2007		Florida Prevents Property Insurers From Canceling Policies
02/06/2007		Various Insurers Announce Limited Nonrenewals in Storm Areas
02/06/2007		PIA Weighs in On How the Media Covers Insurance in February Rough Notes
01/30/2007		Judge Denies Motion to Approve State Farm Katrina Settlement
01/30/2007		Ad by Nationwide Lampooning Burger-Flippers Draws Ire of Restaurant Association
01/26/2007		Bill Seeks to Ban Insurers Use of Genetic Information
01/09/2007		Consumer Federation of America Accuses P/C Companies of “Overcharging”
01/09/2007		Insurers Boost Claims Capacity, Lower Rates
01/09/2007		Port Authority Scuttles GEICO Ads in New York-New Jersey
01/09/2007		Ohio Gets First Openly Gay Insurance Director
01/04/2007		New State Insurance Commissioners Appointed
12/21/2006		Immediate Past NAIC President Iuppa Joins Zurich
12/21/2006		PIA Study in 1990 Found Regulators Used “Revolving Door” to Industry
12/21/2006		Spitzer Taps His Former Prosecutor as Insurance Superintendent
12/21/2006		P/C Industry On Track for Underwriting Profit for 2006
12/12/2006		Connecticut DOI Prohibits Insurers From Requiring Storm Shutters
12/12/2006		St. George Utah Tops List of Safest Places to Live
12/12/2006		Woman is Alive, Despite What Her Insurance Company Thought
11/28/2006		Don’t Sell Insurance Like McDonald’s, Liberty Mutual CEO Warns
10/31/2006		GEICO Sues Texas Agency for Alleged Gecko Misuse
10/31/2006		MetLife to Sell Two NY Properties for $5.4 Billion
10/24/2006		Lack of Hurricanes Bolsters P/C Earnings
10/24/2006		Judge Says Jury Must Hear Age Bias Case Against Allstate
10/16/2006		U.S. Reaches Population of 300 Million on October 17; 400 Million in 35 Years
10/11/2006		P/C Profit Up for First Six Months of 2006
09/26/2006		Former Willis CEO Joins Zurich
09/20/2006		Answering Critics, GEICO Pulls Ad in Connecticut
09/05/2006		Connecticut Insurance Commissioner, AG Clash Over Shutter Requirement
09/05/2006		Value of Health Care Tallied in Increased Life Expectancy
08/30/2006		Katrina Plus One - Insurance Availability Crisis in New Orleans, PIA’s Page Comments
08/30/2006		Marsh Can Now Accept Contingent Compensation as MGA
08/30/2006		Does Your Car Have a ‘Black Box’? It Probably Does
08/30/2006		Many Americans Unsure if Their Homeowners Insurance is In-Synch With Their Needs
08/30/2006		Study Hits States Without Helmet Laws
08/15/2006		Declining Traffic Deaths Due to Safer Cars, Not Better Drivers
08/15/2006		Man Jailed for Driving Without Insurance Beaten to Death By Inmate
08/15/2006		Former Safeco CEO Sued
08/02/2006		PIA Texas Provides Members With Information for Texas Select Policyholders
07/25/2006		Study Shows New Jersey Drivers Stressed, Angry, Want Revenge
07/18/2006		Allstate’s Free Gas Giveaway Prompts Accidents, Fistfights
07/11/2006		More Spitzer Actions Brewing
06/20/2006		St. Paul Travelers to Drop “St. Paul” From Name
05/31/2006		U.S. Senate Bill Seeks “Honesty” in Policy Exclusions
05/31/2006		CA Commissioner Calls Hearing Into Alleged “Excess Profits” by Insurers
05/31/2006		RIMS: Insurance Costs Fall as Capacity Expands
05/26/2006		PIA National President-elect Donna Pile Comments on Markets in National Underwriter
05/17/2006		It’s Official: Safeco Adds Online Distribution Strategy
05/17/2006		Reality Check: It’s 2006, and 48 Million Americans Don’t Use Seat Belts
05/09/2006		PIA of New Jersey Protests Ads in Turnpike Authority Mailings
05/09/2006		Parody of GEICO Gecko Will Not Go to Court
05/02/2006		PIA National Young Insurance Professional of the Year Profiled in Rough Notes
05/02/2006		Two State Regulators Hit the Road On Different Missions
04/26/2006		GEICO Sues Competitor Alleging Misappropriation of its Gecko
04/26/2006		Distracted Drivers Account for 80 Percent of Crashes
04/20/2006		Safeco Considers Selling Insurance Directly on the Internet
04/20/2006		PIA’s Brevik Addresses How Carriers Relate to Agents With Technology
04/20/2006		Mississippi AG’s Comment Comparing Insurance Companies to Nazis Draws Rebuke
03/14/2006		Motorists Mutual to Offer Discounts to Hybrid Drivers
03/14/2006		California Fines Michael Jackson for Failing to Provide Workers Comp
03/14/2006		Cleveland Man Says “I’m Alive;” Social Security Says “You’re Dead”
03/07/2006		Bill Filed in Florida Creates “Loyalty Clause” for Insurers
02/28/2006		Buying Auto Online – Consumers Do Research on Web, Few Close Sale Without Agent
02/28/2006		Police Report Progress in Probe of Murdered PIA Agent
02/22/2006		Donelon Sworn In as Louisiana Commissioner; Predecessor Wooley Joins Law Firm
02/14/2006		Guess Who’s Making a Movie About Insurance – Michael Moore
02/08/2006		Ohio Gov. Taft Orders Review of Ads for Auto Insurance in State Registration Renewals
02/08/2006		PIA of Ohio Letter Leads Taft to Call for Review of Ads in Vehicle Registration Renewals
02/08/2006		PIA of Ohio Protests Insurance Ads in Vehicle Registration Renewals
02/01/2006		Massachusetts Insurance Agent Gunned Down Execution Style Worked for PIA Agency
01/24/2006		Top 3 Consumer Insurance Complaints: Delays, Denials, Small Settlements
01/24/2006		District Attorney Says Murder of Massachusetts Insurance Agent “An Execution”
01/18/2006		PIA’s Brevik Named to Top 100 ‘Most Powerful’ List for Second Year in Row
01/18/2006		Report Says AIG Expected to Pay $1 Billion-plus to Settle Probes
01/18/2006		Bill to Protect Returning Soldiers in Insurance Introduced in Mississippi
01/18/2006		No Arrests Yet in Murder of Massachusetts Insurance Agent
01/10/2006		Conning Says Exit Imminent for Personal Lines Insurance “Also-Rans”
01/10/2006		Travelers to Offer Drivers of Hybrids 10% Discount on Auto Insurance
01/04/2006		Insurance Agency President Charged With Shooting His Partners
01/04/2006		Despite Record Cat Losses, Insurers’ Income Up Through Nine Months
12/28/2005		Driving Much More Dangerous in Rural Areas
12/13/2005		Industry Says Goodbye to Carroll Campbell
11/22/2005		PIA National President Peretti Comments on Post-Storms Market in National Underwriter
11/08/2005		In Wake of Hurricanes, Companies Ditch Tape Storage, Favor Distant Backup Locations
10/25/2005		PA Governor Rendell Signs Bill to Protect Soldiers from Auto Insurance Rate Hikes
10/18/2005		NY Consumer Group Wants DOI to Post Detailed Rates Online
09/20/2005		A.M. Best Takes Rating Actions Based on Hurricane Katrina
08/23/2005		Court Rules Iowa DOI Has No Duty to Investigate Consumer Complaints
08/23/2005		National Underwriter: “Bob Hunter Should Just Shut Up”
08/09/2005		Willis Group Holdings CEO Plumeri Decries “Insurance Terrorists”
08/09/2005		The Hartford Reports 39 Percent Increase in Q2 Profits
07/19/2005		PIA of Georgia, Georgia DOI, Warn Against Altering Certificates
07/19/2005		Conning Projects Strong Results for Life Insurance
07/12/2005		Study Shows Auto Injury Claimants File Different Claims in Different States
07/06/2005		Teacher Charged with Giving Passing Grades if Students Burn Car
07/06/2005		Greenberg Signals He May Want to Settle With Spitzer
06/15/2005		Ohio Gov. Taft Says Workers Comp Coverage Won’t be Affected by “Coingate”
06/07/2005		S&P Says Insurance Market Softening, But Remains Sound
06/07/2005		Romney Wants to Send “Soviet-Style” Massachusetts Auto Insurance
06/01/2005		Spitzer Files Lawsuit Against AIG
06/01/2005		Rep. Oxley Introduces Bill to Allow Some Banks to Engage in Real Estate Brokerage
05/27/2005		Spitzer Presenting AIG Evidence to a Grand Jury
05/27/2005		Texas Insurance Commissioner Montemayor to Step Down
05/27/2005		New York Names Mills Insurance Superintendent
05/17/2005		Deal With Spitzer by Former AIG Exec Could Put Pressure on Greenberg
05/17/2005		Conning Predicts Another P/C Profit for 2005
05/10/2005		FBI Backs Off Statements of “Broad Inquiry” Into Insurance Industry
05/10/2005		Hawaii Conducts Random Health Insurance Audits
05/03/2005		AIG to Restate Four Years of Financial Statements
05/03/2005		Willis to Eliminate 500 Positions
05/03/2005		China Suspends Willis Unit From Operations in Guangdong
04/21/2005		Former AIG CEO Greenberg Transferred $2 Billion in Shares to His Wife
04/13/2005		Former AIG Chairman Hank Greenberg Takes the Fifth
04/05/2005		NY DOI Requires CEOs to Certify They're Not Manipulating Results
03/29/2005		Oxendine Exits Race for Georgia Lieutenant Governor
03/22/2005		Martha Stewart Seeks $3.7 Million in Defense Reimbursement From Her D&O Carriers
03/21/2005		Tell Them PIA Sent You!
03/15/2005		AIG’s Greenberg Announces His Retirement
03/09/2005		Progressive Eyes Return to New Jersey Auto Insurance Market
03/09/2005		NAIC Considers Model to Regulate Discount “Health Plans”
03/01/2005		Homeland Security Department Eyes Use of Insurance Premium Discounts
03/01/2005		Spitzer, SEC Investigating AIG’s Greenberg
03/01/2005		Pennsylvania Agrees to Settle Reliance Case
02/23/2005		Codey Appoints Bryan Acting NJ Commissioner
02/15/2005		Florida DOI Asks Insurers to Delay Rate Increases, But Won’t Impose Freeze
02/08/2005		Kentucky Congressman Files Military Insurance Sales Bill
02/08/2005		Bakke Resigns as NJ Insurance Commissioner
02/08/2005		Kitzman Named South Carolina Insurance Director
02/08/2005		Young People Who Drive While Using Cell Phones Drive Like Elderly People
01/27/2005		Oklahoma Governor Henry Names Kim Holland Insurance Commissioner
01/27/2005		Homeowners Not Prepared for Water Damage, Survey Finds
01/20/2005		New Hampshire Woman Loses Umbrella Policy Because of Her Political Positions
01/06/2005		NY Insurance Superintendent Serio Resigns
01/06/2005		Insurers Step Up to Help Tsunami Victims, AIG’s Greenberg Gives $2.5 Million
01/06/2005		The Latest New Car Incentive – “Free” Auto Insurance
12/29/2004		U.S. Property/Casualty Net Income Rises
12/29/2004		Bowman Named New Arkansas Insurance Commissioner
12/29/2004		UnumProvident Settles With 40 States, Agrees to Review 215,000 Denied Claims
12/29/2004		Former Michigan Insurance Commissioner Dies
12/21/2004		Jury Backs Award to Terminated Agent, Nationwide May Appeal
12/07/2004		Allstate Combines Its Independent Agent Channels
12/07/2004		Aflac Tells Its Duck to Tone Down the Quack
11/24/2004		Iowa Insurance Commissioner Vaughan Resigns Effective December 31
10/26/2004		Bank Insurance Sales Up, Growth Rate Down
10/26/2004		Veteran Insurance Reporter Manny Levy Joins Rough Notes as Feature Columnist
10/13/2004		Auto, Workers Comp Top 2004 State Insurance Legislation
10/13/2004		Greenberg Gives IBANY CEO Forum an Industry Forecast
09/29/2004		Progressive Unveils ‘Drive Insurance from Progressive’
09/08/2004		Frances Insured Losses May Be Less Than Charlie's
09/01/2004		Insurance Industry Opens Hurricane Info Center in Punta Gorda, Florida
09/01/2004		Conning: P/C Mutual Companies Grow to Meet Need, Stock Companies Need to Grow
08/27/2004		Georgia 24th State to Issue Returning Soldiers Bulletin
08/24/2004		III: Losses From Hurricane Charley Expected to Reach $7.4 Billion
08/24/2004		GEICO Now Writing Policies in New Jersey
08/24/2004		Judge Rules Man Not Eligible for Accident Benefits Because He Was Drunk
08/17/2004		Losses Mount From Hurricane Charley, Could be Less Than 1992’s Andrew
08/17/2004		Arkansas, Wisconsin Bulletins Bring Count in PIA Soldiers Campaign to 23 States
08/17/2004		Progressive Tests Driver Monitoring System in Minnesota
08/17/2004		Oklahoma Governor Says Insurance Commissioner Could Be Appointive
08/17/2004		Are There Holes in Your Home Insurance?
08/10/2004		Twenty-two States Issue Bulletins on Insurance for Returning Soldiers
08/04/2004		Commercial Construction Costs Up 11 Percent - Are Your Clients Adequately Insured?
08/04/2004		AON Reports Combined Ratio Cut Six Points
08/04/2004		Trial Lawyers to Insurance Journal: Drop Dead
08/04/2004		Safeco Posts Dividend Increase
08/04/2004		AIG Earnings Up 26 Percent
08/04/2004		Tennessee DOI Orders Workers Comp Cut
08/04/2004		Voluntary Products Fastest Growing Insurance Segment
07/28/2004		GAO Recommends Improvements in Fire Safety for Nursing Homes
07/20/2004		Five More States Respond to PIA Call on Insurance and Returning U.S. Soldiers
07/20/2004		Allstate Cuts Returning Vets A Break
07/20/2004		Conning Estimates $14 to $24 Billion Gap in P/C Reinsurance Recoverables
07/20/2004		Funeral Director Accused of Collecting on Prepaid Policies on People Still Alive
07/13/2004		California Department of Insurance Computer Hacked, Agents Notified
07/13/2004		Some California Wildfire Victims Discover They Were Underinsured
07/13/2004		New Poll Shows Wide Support for Increasing Auto Safety
07/07/2004		Ten States Have Issued Bulletins on Returning Soldiers’ Insurance
07/07/2004		Acuity Named Best Mid Sized Company for Which to Work
07/01/2004		Oregon Says Returning Soldiers Should Not Face Auto Insurance Penalty
06/29/2004		Michigan Latest State to Issue Bulletin on Returning Soldiers’ Insurance
06/29/2004		Conning: P/C Industry Expense Revolution Overdue
06/25/2004		A PIA Call-to-Arms: Don’t Raise Insurance Rates of Our Returning Soldiers!
06/23/2004		New Mexico, Indiana Issue Bulletins on Insurance for U.S. Soldiers
06/22/2004		Florida Latest State to Respond to PIA Call on Insurance for U.S. Soldiers
06/21/2004		Florida Responds to PIA Call to Protect Returning U.S. Soldiers From Auto Insurance Rate Hikes, Coverage Denials
06/15/2004		Connecticut Issues Letter on Returning Soldiers in Response to PIA Call
06/15/2004		NASD, SEC Drafting New Regulation on Variable Annuities
06/15/2004		Mike Pickens Narrowly Escapes Bomb in Baghdad
06/15/2004		Court Rules Fan Cannot Hold Boston Red Sox Responsible for Injuries From Foul Ball
06/08/2004		Hurricane-Prone Homeowners Rates Rising
06/08/2004		Kerry Proposes Federal Health Reinsurance Plan, Bush Campaign Criticizes
06/02/2004		Washington State DOI Issues Advisory on Insurance for Returning U.S. Troops
06/02/2004		Missouri Gov. Bob Holden Issues Statement on Insurance for Returning Armed Forces
05/25/2004		A.M. Best Publishes 34-Year Property/Casualty Insolvency Study
05/18/2004		S&P Stays Negative on Outlook for P/C Industry
05/18/2004		Bank Insurance Revenues Up Ten Percent
05/11/2004		Dog Insurance Bills Defeated in California, Muzzled but Still Barking in New York
05/11/2004		New Film “Super Size Me” May Spur Obesity Lawsuits
05/11/2004		Nationwide Markets its Jingle to Cell Phone Users
05/04/2004		Actuarial Tables Being Extended to Age 120
04/27/2004		Conning on M&As – More Dollars, Fewer Deals
04/27/2004		Mandatory Dog Insurance Proposed in New York
04/20/2004		Rising Profits May Spur Detrimental Actions, III Warns
04/20/2004		Brokers Say P&C Market Is Softening
04/20/2004		Forecaster Warns U.S. Can Expect ‘Hellacious’ Hurricane Damage
04/14/2004		A.M. Best Reports Better P&C Results
04/14/2004		Former NAIC President to Help Set Up Insurance System in Iraq
04/14/2004		AIG's Greenberg Sees a Lot More Green
04/07/2004		2004 Hurricane Season Storm Forecast up a Notch
03/16/2004		Evan Greenberg Advances to CEO at Reinsurer
03/09/2004		GAO Warns Against Bogus Health Insurance
03/09/2004		Driving Too Little Can Cause Auto Insurance Cancellation
03/09/2004		Insurance Payrolls Rise in February
03/02/2004		Study Finds Detroit Most Expensive, Nashville Cheapest for Auto Insurance
03/02/2004		State Farm Lowers Auto Rates in Ten States
02/24/2004		Property/Casualty Tops Financial Sector in Customer Satisfaction Survey
02/24/2004		NJ Supreme Court Bars Lawsuits By Uninsured Motorists
02/18/2004		AIG Reports Q4 Profit Up Substantially
02/10/2004		Kansas, Wisconsin DOIs Warn Consumers to Beware of “Discount Health Cards”
02/10/2004		A.M. Best Says Pressure Remains on P/C Carriers
02/10/2004		CNA to Sell Individual Life Insurance Business
02/03/2004		I.I.I. Issues Groundhog Day Insurance Forecast
02/03/2004		Frozen Pipe Advice from PIA of New Hampshire
01/21/2004		Ranchers Mad as RMA Suspends Cattle Insurance Program After Mad Cow Discovered
01/21/2004		Report Calls for Health Insurance for All By 2010
01/13/2004		III Forecasts 2004
12/30/2003		Homeowners Premiums Expected to Rise in 2004
12/30/2003		P&C Net Income Surges
12/30/2003		St Paul/Travelers Merger Proceeds
12/23/2003		Conning Says Reserves Up, But Industry Still Undercapitalized
12/16/2003		Hard Market to Persist Through 2004, Says Ernst & Young
12/09/2003		2004 Hurricane Season to be Active
12/09/2003		Travelers, St. Paul Announce Appointments
12/02/2003		Florida Official Warns Consumers to be Wary of Buying Insurance Online
11/25/2003		Weiss: Eight Insurers Command 73 Percent of Homeowners Market in Mid-Atlantic
11/18/2003		St. Paul, Travelers Announce Merger Agreement
11/18/2003		ISO Chief Says Hard Market Coming to a Close
11/10/2003		Insured Losses From California Fires Could Top $2 Billion
11/10/2003		Is Obesity a Disease? Debate Has Insurance Implications
10/28/2003		Q3 Insured Catastrophe Losses Take a Big Jump
10/07/2003		ISO Pegs Isabel Insured Loss at $1.17 Billion
09/30/2003		A.M. Best Reports P&C Performance Improves
09/30/2003		Canadian Insurer to Acquire John Hancock
09/23/2003		Estimate of Insured Losses From Hurricane Isabel is $1 Billion
09/23/2003		Senate Natural Disaster Bill Introduced
09/16/2003		Mid Atlantic Girds for Hurricane Isabel
09/16/2003		Conning Says Car Owners Subsidizing Premiums for Light Truck and SUV Owners
09/16/2003		Major Insurers Sue Osama bin Laden Over 9/11 Attacks
09/03/2003		Despite Rising Profits, P/C Industry Net Worth Still Declining
08/26/2003		Study Says Auto Rates Increasing But Not As Fast As Last Year
08/18/2003		Carrier Losses From Blackout Expected to be Modest
06/24/2003		U.S. Supreme Court Reverses California Holocaust-Era Insurance Law
06/24/2003		Hatch Schedules Meeting on Asbestos Reform Bill
06/10/2003		AIG's Greenberg Predicts Defeat For Asbestos Bill
06/10/2003		Hurricane Tips Guide for PIA Members
05/27/2003		Asbestos Hearing Scheduled in Senate
05/20/2003		New Jersey Passes Auto Reform Bill Backed by PIA
04/21/2003		Prudential Financial P&C Terminates 200 Independent Agents, Goes Captive
04/16/2003		Zurich Financial Services Group CEO Says Banking and Insurance Don't Mix
03/25/2003		Register Your Car, Get Ad Inserts From GEICO
03/10/2003		Some Homeowners Increasingly Reluctant to File Claims

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