Motorhome Hire NewsWest Virginia Conference to Examine Brownfields Insurance Issues Representatives from government, the private sector and communities will gather in Huntington, West Virginia to discuss the challenges of redeveloping brownfields.
Brownfields are properties where Arizona CPCU Recognized in Circle of Excellence The Arizona Chapter of the CPCU Society (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) recently qualified for the silver level of the Society's 2007 - 2008 Circle of Ex Ratings Roundup: Unity Re, Continental Re, Luen Fung Hang Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has assigned its 'BB-' long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings and its 'ruAA-' Russian national scale rating to Russian reinsurer Ratings Roundup: Am Farm/Ranch, Great Northwest, Business Alliance A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to 'B-' (Fair) from 'B+' (Good) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to 'bb-" from 'bbb-" of Oklahoma City-based American Farmers & Golf Cart Popularity Collides with Ind. Law Golf carts are becoming a more common sight on Indiana's streets and roads, but state police say they fail to meet the safety and equipment standards for motor vehicles to be driven on public streets. Ohio Guard Sending 1,500 Troops to Gulf Coast The Ohio National Guard is sending 1,500 troops to Louisiana to help with the cleanup following Hurricane Gustav. The Ohio group joins Missouri in providing guardsman the hurricane ravaged area.
Gu After Gustav, Will People Be Less Likely to Heed Warnings Next Time? Millions fled the Gulf Coast in fear of Hurricane Gustav, billed as the apocalyptic "mother of all storms.'' It didn't deliver. Now, with three other storms lining up in the Atlantic, some fear people S&P, Best Rate Zurich Bonds Both Standard & Poor's and A.M. Best have given high ratings to Zurich's latest debt issue. S&P said it has "assigned its 'A+' long-term senior unsecured debt rating to the proposed Swiss franc (CHF) Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Acquires G.A. Pearson and Associates Insurance Brokers Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. announced that, effective as of September 1, 2008, it has acquired all the stock of G.A. Pearson and Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclose Iowa Task Force Reviews Flood Aid; Special Legislative Session Considered A task force created to assess damage from this year's flooding and make recommendations for recovery released a report on Tuesday, September 2, that called for expanded housing programs for flood vic Alabama National Guard Providing Relief at 7 Gustav Evacuee Shelters Alabama Gov. Bob Riley called up 130 Alabama Army National Guard soldiers to perform security missions at seven locations housing evacuees from Hurricane Gustav.
Riley called the troops to relieve Indiana County to Install Flood Warning Sirens with Help from Indian Tribe Carroll County, Indiana has obtained a grant to install flood warning sirens along the Tippecanoe River, thanks to the help of an American Indian tribe that applied to the federal government for the g Alabama Gov. Names Ridling as State's New Insurance Commissioner Alabama Gov. Bob Riley filled a recently vacated opening on his cabinet, naming a commissioner to head the Department of Insurance.
Jim L. Ridling takes over the position from Walter Bell, who anno Insurers Estimate Gustav Claims as HIgh as $10 Billion Residential and commercial damages from Hurricane Gustav will trigger an estimated $4 billion to $10 billion in insurance claims, a third of which could affect the energy industry.
While Gustav's Alabama Beach Pool Reports Progress on Coastal Insurance Issues The Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association, a.k.a. the Beach Pool, released a progress report on a series of coastal insurance recommendations made by a state task force following Hurricane Ivan i |