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		<title><![CDATA[After Campbell, drop in punitive damages ratio seen.(Feature)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200411/ai_n20159119]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Roberto Ceniceros    An 18-month-old U.S. Supreme Court decision is helping insurers  defend against lawsuits and appears to be contributing to a decline in  the size of punitive damage awards.    Since the high court's April 2003 decision in St  Byline: Roberto...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Punitive damages limits at issue in high court case.(News)(US Supreme Court to hear case involving punitive damages case against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. )]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200212/ai_n20153565]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN    WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court has another opportunity to clarify how  much is too much where punitive damages are concerned when it hears oral  arguments this week in a case dealing with insurance claims-handling  practices.     Byline: MARK A....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[For The Record.(insurance industry news briefs)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200204/ai_n20158898]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Grocery chain hit with $30 million award    A San Diego jury has awarded $30 million in punitive damages to six  current and former female employees of an Escondido, Calif.,  Ralph's Grocery Co. store in a sexual harassment case. In 1998, a  jury had or...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Punishment For Who?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=76922]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Directly or indirectly, insurers find themselves paying the bill for punitive damages. One could argue that the insurance industry lost its federal terrorism backstop over punitive damages. In the wake of the December terrorism setback, it is appropriate to assess how important control of punitive damages is to insurers. In...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[House vote possible this week; Insurers still await action by Congress.(terrorism insurance)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200111/ai_n20150434]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON-Insurers remain optimistic that Congress will pass some  sort of terrorism insurance bill before the end of the year.    Their hopes got a boost only days before Thanksgiving, when House  Majority leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, and Financial Ser  WASHINGTON-Insurers remain optimistic that Congress will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Caveat Reinsurer: Reinsuring Punitive Damages Under Eco Clauses]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=111797]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper gives details on reinsurance. When an insurance company finds itself on the wrong side of a bad faith case, a judgment awarding punitive damages often results. The insurance company must pay the judgment out of its own funds unless it has insured itself, through reinsurance programs or other...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Updates.(multiple legal briefs concerning the insurance industry)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200107/ai_n20147137]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[N.Y. sovereign immunity bars punitive awards    A federal court judge in New York set aside a $1 million punitive  damages award against New York City in a sexual harassment case, ruling  that despite New York City's human rights law, the city still has  N.Y....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Tackles Key Insurance Issues.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_200010/ai_n20042568]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Five cases now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court could have a  significant impact on insurers and employers.    The cases, which will be decided during the court's 2000-2001  term, involve punitive damages, preemption of state laws by the Employee    Five cases now...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Updates.(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCCI forecasts worsening workers comp combined ratios    ORLANDO, Fla. -- Workers compensation insurers are facing "a  pattern of accelerating deterioration" as two key combined ratios  are both expected to increase several percentage points t  NCCI forecasts worsening workers comp combined ratios   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[State Farm Hit With Punitive Damage Award.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199910/ai_n20028020]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Just days after an Illinois jury hit State Farm Mutual Insurance  Company with $456.1 million in compensatory damages over the use of  generic auto parts in repairs, a Williamson County Circuit Court judge  in Illinois nailed the insurer with an additio  Just days after an Illinois...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 1999 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM TO INCREASE NUMBER OF WORKERS ALLOWED TO CHOOSE PENSION PLAN.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARMONK, N.Y. -- Under intense employee and political pressure, IBM  Corp. last week said it will more than double the number of workers who  can stay in its traditional pension plan or move into the company's  new cash balance pension plan.     About 65...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DISPUTE OVER PLAN INFORMATION BRINGS LABOR TROUBLE AT ABC.]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lloyd's, CIGNA continue to garner attention. (Lloyd's of London; CIGNA Corp.)(Year in Review 1996)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top risk management stories of 1996 may elicit feelings of 'deja  vu'  Risk managers can be forgiven if they feel a certain sense of deja vu  when recalling the top events of 1996.  In fact, the two top stories of the year feature the same players...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 1996 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[State to review awards. (California Supreme Court's review of an insurance bad faith case)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_199601/ai_n20155673]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Punitive award at issue in bad faith case  SAN FRANCISCO - California courts may receive some long-awaited  guidance on punitive damages when the state Supreme Court reviews an  insurance bad faith case.  The eventual decision in West American Insurance CPunitive award at issue in bad faith...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tort reform puts senate on hot seat.(Editorial)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199504/ai_n20046179]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It will be a shame if the U.S. Senate caves in to trial lawyers by  watering down long overdue legislation that would impose some reasonable  restraints and predictability on outrageous jury verdicts.  Sadly, that is what the Senate seems poised to do. WhIt will be a shame...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Impact of Punitive Damages on Insurers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=111467]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Where market conditions will allow for it, most U.S. insurers have begun adding punitive damage exclusions. For example, homeowner's policies exclude from coverage "'bodily injury' or 'property damage' which is expected or intended by an insured." Auto policies exclude coverage for any insured "who intentionally causes 'bodily injury' or 'property...]]></description>
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