Monthly Archives: <span>December 2003</span>

CHP, 21st Century Insurance and Erik Estrada Bring Child Safety Tour to LA Auto Show

Furthering their commitment to automotive safety, 21st Century Insurance and the California Highway Patrol brought their statewide campaign on child seat safety to the L.A. Auto Show with a hands-on, visually appealing safety clinic as the finale to the convention’s …

Gilsbar to Provide Plan Administration to Offshore Group

Gilsbar Inc., headquartered in Covington, La., announced its selection as health plan administrator for The Offshore Group, in Houma, La. Gilsbar will provide medical claims and HIPAA/COBRA administration and MedCom Inc., Gilsbar’s medical management subsidiary, will provide utilization review services …

Mass. Bikers Challenge Rate Decision; Seek Return of $100 Million

The Massachusetts Division of Insurance and the Automobile Insurers Bureau are in a legal fight with the Massachusetts Motorcycle Association, which has filed suit in the state’s highest court, claiming the Commissioner of Insurance’s rate decision for 2004 was unfair …

NYSID Publishes Annual Ranking of Automobile Insurance Complaints

The New York State Insurance Department has published its annual compilation of the state’s 50 largest automobile insurance companies or groups of companies based on the record of complaints in 2002 The NYSID explained that, “Each company or group is …

Aid Workers Arrive in Bam as Quake Death Toll Rises; WHO Calls for More Help

Aid workers from more than 40 countries, including a team of 80 from the U.S., are trying to cope with the devastation wrought by the earthquake that hit the eastern Iranian city of Bam last Friday morning. Reports now indicate …

New Doctor-Owned Company Gets Go-Ahead from Ky. Department

Healthcare Underwriters Group of Kentucky (HUGKY), a medical professional liability insurance company owned by Kentucky doctors, has received authorization from the Kentucky Department of Insurance to begin operations. The license to operate, also called a Certificate of Authority, was granted …

MFX Makes Available End-to-End ASP Commercial Lines Solution

MFXchange Holdings, Inc. (MFX) announced the launch of its end-to-end application service provider (ASP) commercial lines solution. The comprehensive processing system is Web-based and features benefits of ASP-based products. MFX’s Ray Roy, chairman, noted, “MFX’s founding mission is to build …

Cotton States to Affiliate With Country P/C Pool

Atlanta-based Cotton States Insurance Group and Country Insurance & Financial Services of Bloomington, Ill., have entered into definitive agreements implementing their prior agreements regarding the acquisition of Cotton States Life Insurance Co. by merger and the affiliation of Cotton States …

Calif. Court Upholds Mutuals’ Discretion on Dividends

A California Court of Appeals ruled that policyholders of mutual companies cannot compel directors to declare dividends unless they can provide evidence that the board failed to declare dividends due to fraud, oppression, dishonesty, illegality or lack of informed and …

Ala. Resident Fire Victim Dies of Smoke Inhalation; No Damages Released

The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences notified Autauga County Coroner Billy Brown this morning that Freda Erwin Poole died of smoke inhalation. Poole died Saturday morning during a fire at her apartment and is the first fire fatality in Prattville …