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- Contingent phaseout likely to court trouble.(Eliot Spitzer said ACE Ltd., American International Group Inc., St. Paul Travelers Cos. and Zurich Financial Services Group no longer pay contingent benefits)
- NOW THAT ELIOT SPITZER has said four major multiline insurers can no longer pay contingent compensation to agents and brokers in six lines of business, including boiler and machinery, financial guarantee, homeowners and private-passenger auto liabili NOW THAT ELIOT SPITZER has said four major multiline insurers...
- Research articles 2006-12-04
- 2005's risk management newsmakers.(Spotlight: Year in Review--Risk Management)
- While many may see the probe by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal into insurance industry abuses as a me-too move following the 2004 investigations by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, few will disagree that Mr. Blumenthal held h While many may see the probe by...
- Research articles 2006-01-02
- Newsmakers command year's headlines.(Spotlight: Year in Review - Risk Management)
- From his State of the Union address to the farthest stretches of the campaign trail, President George W. Bush made his commitment to tort reform quite clear. That was particularly true in regard to medical malpractice liability reform, which the p From his...
- Research articles 2005-01-03
- Rx for medical liability crisis.(Viewpoint)
- By july 1, the New York Insurance Department must decide whether to grant a 16.6% increase in malpractice rates requested by the state's largest insurer of doctors. There is little doubt that the full amount is needed, and the question facing Superin By july 1, the...
- Research articles 2007-05-21
- HEAT RISING; Industry in crosshairs as states launch probes.(McLennan Cos. Inc.)
- Byline: DOUGLAS McLEOD NEW YORK-The aftershocks of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's fraud and antitrust charges against Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. continued to reverberate last week as the world's three largest brokers halted their co Byline: DOUGLAS McLEOD ...
- Research articles 2004-10-25
- Liberty Mutual to fight bid-rigging charges; Spurns settlement offers from Spitzer, Blumenthal.(Liberty Mutual Group Inc lawsuits)
- Byline: RUPAL PAREKH and DOUGLAS McLEOD NEW YORK-Liberty Mutual Group Inc. is gearing up to battle state officials in court, after attorneys general from New York and Connecticut last week filed separate lawsuits accusing the property/casualty ins Byline: RUPAL PAREKH and DOUGLAS McLEOD...
- Research articles 2006-05-08
- Feds likely to keep the heat on industry: lame duck senate hearing may be opening salvo in a larger D.C. oversight role.(Mr. Spitzer Goes To Washington)
- A U.S. SENATE HEARING last week on the brokerage fee and bid-rigging scandal during a lame duck Congress is unlikely to be the last federal word on the growing investigation into insurance industry practices, industry lobbyists say. Indeed, during A U.S. SENATE HEARING...
- Research articles 2004-11-22
- 2006 Timeline.(insurance industry)(Industry overview)
- JANUARY Risk managers report mixed market conditions as 2006 begins. While rates for many liability lines drop, the hurricane-battered commercial property market hardens significantly as buyers face double-digit increases. Top insurance and rei JANUARY Risk managers report...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Marsh gets OK to take underwriter payments.(agreement in a Securities and Exchange Commission)
- Byline: SALLY ROBERTS Marsh Inc. may now accept additional profit-based commissions from insurers on business where it acts as a managing general agent or underwriting manager, under an agreement reached with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitze Byline: SALLY ROBERTS ...
- Research articles 2006-08-28
- Contingents bar sparks agent protest; Latest Spitzer order cuts extra compensation on more products, takes fight to personal lines.(Eliot Spitzer imposed ban on ACE Ltd., American International Group Inc., St. Paul Travelers Cos. Inc. and Zurich American
- Byline: SALLY ROBERTS NEW YORK-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer took aim at the personal lines industry last week as he notified four insurers that, in accordance with their previous settlements, they no longer could pay contingent commissi Byline: SALLY ROBERTS ...
- Research articles 2006-12-04
- UnumProvident, Spitzer, California reach settlement on compensation practices; Insurer agrees to fully disclose how it pays brokers.(Eliot Spitzer )
- Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-UnumProvident Corp. has reached settlements with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi that will change the ways the disability insurer compensates bro Byline: JOANNE WOJCIK CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-UnumProvident Corp. has reached...
- Research articles 2006-11-06
- Aon settles fraud suits.(News)(Aon Corp.)
- Byline: SALLY ROBERTS and JOANNE WOJCIK CHICAGO-Aon Corp. late last week agreed to settle charges by officials in three states that it fraudulently manipulated client insurance placements for its own benefit and linked insurance placements with re Byline: SALLY ROBERTS and JOANNE WOJCIK...
- Research articles 2005-03-07
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- AIG gets subpoenas from Spitzer and SEC
- NEW YORK -- Insurance giant American International Group Inc. said Monday it has received subpoenas from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the Securities and Exchange Commission related to nontraditional insurance products and "certain assumed reinsurance transactions." The company said it will cooperate with the probe. ...
- Research articles 2005-02-15
- FBI launches its own insurance industry probe: bureau denies targeting any specific company.(FEDS ON THE CASE)(United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation)
- PROMPTED BY THE INVESTIGATIONS into corrupt insurance industry practices and accounting irregularities exposed by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and other regulatory authorities, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has decided to probe wheth PROMPTED BY THE INVESTIGATIONS into corrupt insurance industry practices and accounting...
- Research articles 2005-05-09
- Marsh fund to pay $850m in settlement with Spitzer.(Marsh Inc., Eliot Spitzer)
- Parting the most ominous storm cloud that had been looming over the insurance industry in recent months, Marsh & McLennan Cos. is to establish an $850 million restitution fund to settle civil fraud and antitrust charges brought against the company and its Marsh Inc. brokerage unit...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- AIG gets subpoenas from SEC, Spitzer
- NEW YORK AFP — Insurance giant American International Group said it received subpoenas from regulators seeking information on its non-traditional insurance products and reinsurance transactions. The company said the subpoenas came from the office of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the Securities and Exchange Commission, subsequent...
- Research articles 2005-02-14
- Three insurer execs plead guilty in fee probe: two from AIG, one from ACE put on leave; AG Spitzer expects cooperation.(See You In Court)
- THREE EXECUTIVES WHO PLED guilty to charges resulting from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's insurance brokerage kickback probe remain on the payrolls of their respective companies, the heads of the two carriers involved confirmed last week. Two of the executives--Karen Radke, vice president...
- Research articles 2004-10-25
- Contingent Commissions: Will Insurance Brokers Return to Past Practice?
- If all politics is local, then in the United States, the insurance business is too. That's why a decision by the Illinois Department of Insurance has ramifications beyond the Land of Lincoln. It could boost the earnings of the world's two biggest insurance brokers: Marsh & McLennan Cos. and Aon...
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Financial products probe expanding.(Income Smoothing Gets Scrutiny)
- THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE Commission's probe into company purchases of insurance products to improperly improve their financial picture has been joined by the office of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer--and the two agencies have been busily THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE Commission's probe into company...
- Research articles 2004-11-22
- Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda: Greenberg and AIG
- To those in the know, former American International Group AIG Chief Executive Maurice Hank Greenberg's testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee meeting today wasn't a boffo performance. Greenberg plays the innocent quite well, a function of excellent media training and good lawyering, and he...
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
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