Risk & Insurance articles from June 2004

Risk & Insurance archives from June 2004

At best, there's something distasteful about insurance brokers accepting payments from "contingency agreements" or "placement service agreements" from insurance companies for placing business with them.
June 1, 2004... At best, there's something distasteful about insurance brokers accepting payments from "contingency agreements" or "placement service agreements" from insurance companies for placing business with them. At worst, there's something fraudulent....

RIMS exec testifies.(News & Notes)
June 1, 2004... Janice Ochenkowski, external affairs vice president of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, has testified in favor of a compromise solution between state and federal regulators to streamline the purchase of insurance in the United States....

Calif. mess costing jobs.(News & Notes)
June 1, 2004... A recent survey by the Risk and Insurance Management Society revealed that 88 percent of risk managers believe the workers' compensation crisis in California is costing that state jobs. The results were based on a survey of 261 responses from...

Willis gets go-ahead.(News & Notes)
June 1, 2004... Chinese regulators have authorized Willis Group Holdings to buy a 50 percent stake in Shanghai Pudong Insurance Brokers Ltd., Willis has announced. Pudong, which is licensed to sell insurance, reinsurance, life and non-life products, has 10...

PCI adds a member.(News & Notes)
June 1, 2004... American Skyline Insurance Co. has become the latest member of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, PCI has announced. American Skyline, headquartered in Baltimore, writes automobile, homeowners, condominium owners, renters...

P/C net income rises.(News & Notes)
June 1, 2004... The property/casualty insurance industry's net income after taxes rose to $29.9 billion in 2003--nearly 10 times the industry's $3 billion in net income in 2002. Benefiting from both the $29.9 billion in net income and $25.2 billion in...

RIMS sets record.(News & Notes)
June 1, 2004... A total of 10,234 people, a record, attended the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc.'s annual trade show, held this year in San Diego in April. Of those, 1,001 were first-timers, and a total of 51 countries were represented, RIMS...

Premium prices fall.(News & Notes)
June 1, 2004... Commercial insurance buyers say the costs of property and general liability insurance fell in the first quarter of 2004, a sign that the market was continuing to soften, according to a survey by the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. In...

Dental premiums ease.(News & Notes)
June 1, 2004... The average dental benefit cost will increase by an estimated 6.8 percent in 2004, according to Mercer Oliver Wyman Actuarial Consulting Inc.'s Carrier Trend Report 2004. The increase is down from the 7.6 percent jump in average cost of dental...

Upcoming events.(Calendar)
June 1, 2004... JUNE 14-16 AIRNIC Conference & Exhibition Held at the Manchester International Convention Center in Manchester, U.K., the event's theme is "Setting New Standards." For more information, visit the Association of Insurance and Risk...

Quote of the month.
June 1, 2004... "If I ruled the world, I would have an OSHA standard that said 'Don't injure your workers." TOM LEAMON, DIRECTOR, LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY

New report: NASA employees scared: workers feel unappreciated by the agency and are still afraid to speak up about safety concerns, more than a year after the shuttle Columbia was doomed by those very problems.(Upfront: news, updates and other emerging strategies from around the world)
June 1, 2004... The 145-page report includes an assessment of NASA's culture by a behavioral science company in California, and a three-year plan for change. "Safety is something to which NASA personnel are strongly committed in concept, but NASA has not yet...

Enthusiasm tempered with caution in California: at least one self-insured employer hopes premiums will drop by as much as 25 percent, but insurers are more circumspect in the wake of changes to the state's workers' comp laws.(Upfront: news, updates and other emerging strategies from around the world)
June 1, 2004... In sunny Sail Diego this April, it was almost all smiles when the conversation came around to workers' compensation at the annual convention of the Risk and Insurance Management Society. Just before the conference began, California Gov. Arnold...

Snapshots.(Upfront: news updates and other emerging strategies from around the world)
June 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: ATTENDEES at the April meeting of the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. loosen up in batting and pitching cages (above and far right), and on the exhibitor floor (right).

Survey: more D&O precautions warranted: when the top executive of a company gets in hot water with regulators, it's often the lower-level manager who's responsible for mitigating the damage.(Upfront: news updates and other emerging strategies from around the world)
June 1, 2004... Prosecution--or depending on your perspective, persecution--of corporate executives is a phenomenon that, as of yet, has shown no signs of slowing down. And corporate risk executives who don't gird their company execs against such perils are...

At the top.(Upfront: news updates and other emerging strategies from around the world)
June 1, 2004... AT THE TOP The most important markets for the placement of brokered reinsurance. SOURCE: GLOBAL REINSURANCE, SWISS RE sieNA London 30% United States 26% Bermuda 14% Germany 9% France 5%...

Worth repeating.(Upfront: news, updates and other emerging strategies from around the world)
June 1, 2004... What do you think the evidence is for the benzene standard? What do you think the evidence is for clean air standards? What do you think the evidence is on any standard? It's all based on 16 rats, anyway, --Tom Leamon, director, Liberty...

No stopping this juggernaut.(Alternative Risk)
June 1, 2004... Long ago, at the dawn of the age of alternative risk, the notion of captives proved hard to sell. This was the early 1960s, the age of button-down man. Fred Reiss, whose idea the captive insurance company was, couldn't sell one to save his...

A muffled cheer.(Workers' Comp)
June 1, 2004... There is more change afoot today in medical care of injured workers than we have seen in a decade. But from what I've seen so far, I'll give the industry's effort one and a half, instead of a full three cheers, for advances in medical...

Many ways to skin this cat.(Property)
June 1, 2004... Not every piece of your risk management program will work as you expect. No matter how good a risk manager you are, there's just no way you can keep people from making mistakes. Take the risk manager whose employer leased space for its...

Fleeting thoughts on safety.(Risk Primer)
June 1, 2004... Fleet safety begins with establishing just who is eligible to drive vehicles on behalf of your organization, but a fleet safety program should address far more. Driver training, vehicle maintenance, driver safety rules, accident reporting,...

Playing it safely: Liberty Mutual's Research Institute for Safety--celebrating its 50th birthday this month--has been at the forefront of the battle against occupational injuries in the United States. In the next 50 years, it will continue to flex its muscles around the world.(Cover Story)
June 1, 2004... Off the beaten path in suburban Massachusetts, there is a serene patch of land located in the town of Hopkinton. It's a sleepy, verdant setting where one might expect to find a sprawling ranch or maybe a dairy farm full of heifers grazing in...

Piecing together a foreign puzzle: sending a top manager abroad has its drawbacks. Even getting a driver's license can quickly become a chore in a foreign country. Managers should consider the range of benefits provided to expatriates to assure the productivity, security and happiness of the employee and his or her family once in the new land, this writer points out.(Benefits)
June 1, 2004... With the outsourcing of services and manufacturing jobs overseas, it is common for international firms to have a call center in India, a manufacturing plant in China and a claims and orders processor in Ireland. Reflecting this demand to...

Brokers make a comeback.(Special report: reinsurance)
June 1, 2004... Broker market reinsurers have traditionally gained market share against direct writers in hard markets and lost ground in soft ones. This time it's different, reinsurance brokers say, and they vow to hold on to the gains they have made in the...

Words worth billions: there's no shortage of exclusionary language and restrictive terms in the fine print of humdrum homeowners' policies. But when it comes to defining an occurrence, or two, or three, in policies designed to protect billions of dollars belonging to some of the nation's largest companies, pinpoint definitions vanish in a semantic swamp.(Special Report)
June 1, 2004... Ask a mathematician what two plus two equals, and he'll reply "four." Ask an accountant and he'll say, "What to do you want it to equal?" That old joke especially hits home in the insurance industry, where some of the biggest disputes revolve...

The new frontmen: ACE Group's broadly diversified portfolio is in need of integration. The company plans to achieve this by expanding its involvement with captives and other alternative risk retention financing. Charged with this task are Bob Abramski, Roger Gillett and Bob Davis.(Special Report)
June 1, 2004... All the great complexities of business management boil down to two steps: first establish, then grow. The traditional logic says that starting a company is the harder of the two since most new businesses fail within five years. The challenge,...

A bizarre bazaar: mortgage holders demand that the problems with the home title be taken care of by a title insurance company. But the mortgage companies do not pay for, nor have any real incentive to contain the cost of insurance.(Title Insurance)
June 1, 2004... When did you last buy or sell a home? Do you recall that line item which demanded that you pay between $500 and $1,000 for home title insurance? You could find it toward the bottom of the closing document. It may have been listed there with the...

A catalyst for reform fizzles: the recent accounting scandals at Parmalat and Royal Dutch/ Shell have done little to energize boards to protect shareholders from malfeasance. Companies in Europe continue to operate behind a toothless patchwork of "consultative documents." It will take more failures on the scale of an Enron or Worldcom for Europeans to act.(Report From Europe)
June 1, 2004... Thirty years on from Watergate, journalists routinely tack on the suffix '-gate' to any sizeable European scandal. However, when a $8.8 billion financial black hole was revealed late last year at Italy's largest food producer, the affair was...

Getting carded: long before Bill Clinton held up a plastic card in a State of the Union address a decade ago to illustrate the idea of universal health coverage, these types of cards had become a growing emblem of health insurance. Now they are here.(Technology)
June 1, 2004... A new "credit card" may be coming to a wallet near you soon--if it hasn't already. Plastic, swipable, magnetic-strip cards are about to become a much bigger symbol of health care benefits, because at last these cards can do more than just carry...

Brokerages ready for a RMIS rumble.(Technology)
June 1, 2004... After lagging behind Marsh Inc. for years in the world of risk management information systems, Aon Corp. buys a small but respected RMIS vendor. Aon appears ready to take on the industry's 800-pound gorilla, Marsh's popular STARS application....

Do the math: the average lifetime cost of carpal tunnel syndrome is about $30,000 for each injured worker, including medical bills and lost work time. New keyboard technologies designed to cut typing stress can be had for less than $1,000.(Technology)
June 1, 2004... John Williams feared he was having a heart attack. Typing in his office about nine years ago, he felt a pain shoot from his fingertips up his left arm and into his chest. While it wasn't heart trouble, the news wasn't good for a writer who...

Goods heaven-sent: at SSM Health Care Corp.'s St. Louis headquarters, Josephine Goode Evans, a former ER nurse, is responsible for the risk management needs of a unique health care company sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Mary. Through it all, she's followed her calling of helping those in need.(Profile)
June 1, 2004... Josephine E. Goode Evans has turned a life-long passion for healing into a job, running the risk management department of a multibillion-dollar health care system. Since that first desire emerged in her as a seven-year-old child caring for...

'Good chemistry': one of the challenges chemical manufacturers face is convincing their insurance partners that making chemicals isn't as risky as people perceive it to be. Another is for them to maintain relationships with their brokers to help them get through tough times.(Industry risk report: chemical manufacturing)
June 1, 2004... Every industry has experienced significant changes in the last couple of decades in terms of risk management issues. This includes how wide the field has become and also how deep. Few industries, though, have experienced the changes that have...

The Dow Chemical Co.(Industry risk report: chemical manufacturing)
June 1, 2004... Midland, Mich. Dew is a leader in science and technology, providing innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services to many essential consumer markets. DOw serves customers in more than 180 countries and a wide range of...

E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Co.(Industry risk report: chemical manufacturing)
June 1, 2004... Wilmington, Del. Founded in 1802, DuPont was primarily an explosives company. One hundred years ago, its focus turned to chemicals, materials and energy. Today, it delivers science-based solutions in areas such as food and nutrition,...

PPG Industries Inc.(Industry risk report: chemical manufacturing)
June 1, 2004... Pittsburgh, Pa. PPG Industries, a global supplier of coatings, glass, fiber glass and chemicals, was founded in 1885 as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. The company has about 50 production facilities in the United States and about 120...

Ashland Inc.(Industry risk report: chemical manufacturing)
June 1, 2004... Covington, Ky. Ashland is a transportation construction, chemical, and energy company. It maintains operations in more than 120 countries around the world Its operations include four wholly owned divisions: Ashland Paving And Construction...

Air Products and Chemicals Inc.(Industry risk report: chemical manufacturing)
June 1, 2004... Allentown, Pa. Air Products serves customers in technology, energy, healthcare and industrial markets worldwide, providing atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials and chemical intermediates. The company is the...

Eastman Chemical Co.(Industry risk report: chemical manufacturing)
June 1, 2004... Kingsport, Tenn. Eastman Chemical Co., a global chemical company, manufactures and markets a broad portfolio of chemicals, plastics, and fibers. Eastman is the world's largest producer of PET polymers for packaging, a major supplier of...

The Sherwin-Williams Co.(Industry risk report: chemical manufacturing)
June 1, 2004... Cleveland, Ohio Founded in 1866 to produce paints for carriages and buggies of the era, Sherwin-Williams has become a household name--a global producer of paints and coatings with a history of innovation, from developing dry chemical...

Praxair Inc.(Industry risk report: chemical manufacturing)
June 1, 2004... Danbury, Conn. Praxair Inc., founded in 1907, is a global company that supplies atmospheric, process and specialty gases, high-performance coatings, and related services and technologies. Praxair's primary products are atmospheric gases...

Rohm and Haas Co.(Industry risk report: chemical manufacturing)
June 1, 2004... Philadelphia, Pa. A specialty materials company, Rohm & Haas maintains a network of more than 100 manufacturing, technical research and customer service sites in more than 27 countries. The company's operations are divided among six...

Monsanto Co.(Industry risk report: chemical manufacturing)
June 1, 2004... St. Louis, Mo. Monsanto is a leading provider of agricultural products and solutions. It specializes in plant biotechnology, genomics and breeding to improve productivity and to reduce the costs of farming. It produces leading seed brands,...

Bubbles of volatility.
June 1, 2004... For risk managers, legacy and balance sheet issues are rising to the top of their agendas these clays faster than a helium balloon floating through the air. "Very few companies do adequate clue diligence on legacy issues before engaging in...

MetLife Benefits come with an extra benefit: online solutions that make benefits more valuable for you and your employees.(Benefits)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... MetLife Benefits come with an extra benefit: online solutions that make benefits more valuable for you and your employees. So you can spend less time on the small stuff--and more time helping your company be a better company. To find out how...

ClaimZone[R] Enterprise Edition is a complete claims management system.(Claims Management)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... ClaimZone[R] Enterprise Edition is a complete claims management system. All commercial lines are covered, including workers' comp, liability, property, auto, and many specialty lines ClaimZone Enterprise Edition is completely web-based,...

CSC provides claims, risk and policy management information systems and services for carriers, self-insureds, TPAs, health care providers and corporate counsel to help them control costs.(Risk & Policy Management)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CSC provides claims, risk and policy management information systems and services for carriers, self-insureds, TPAs, health care providers and corporate counsel to help them control costs. CSC's solutions provide products process, manage and...

Fiserv Insurance Solutions automates workers' compensation management from policy administration through claims and billing, with web access for quoting and customer service.(Workers' Compensation)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... Fiserv Insurance Solutions automates workers' compensation management from policy administration through claims and billing, with web access for quoting and customer service. Our managed care system lets you pre-certify, track, discuss, and...

Taliant Software's PowerComp[R] is an integrated, component based software package designed for workers' compensation.(Workers' Compensation)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... Taliant Software's PowerComp[R] is an integrated, component based software package designed for workers' compensation. The product includes functionally rich policyholder services administration, claims management, and a complete set of common...

MFX Managed Solutions provides a high degree of insurance specific IT expertise and a full understanding of web-based applications to fulfill the needs of custom-built software, integration or installation, while delivering offshore economies through on-shore convenience.(IT consulting)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... MFX Managed Solutions provides a high degree of insurance specific IT expertise and a full understanding of web-based applications to fulfill the needs of custom-built software, integration or installation, while delivering offshore economies...

With Click-N-Ship[R] online shipping, package pickup and prepaid Priority Mail[R] envelopes, we make it easy to ship anywhere, anytime. To learn more, visit usps.com.(Online Shipping)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... With Click-N-Ship[R] online shipping, package pickup and prepaid Priority Mail[R] envelopes, we make it easy to ship anywhere, anytime. To learn more, visit usps.com. It's another simple way to ship from the U.S. Postal Service[R].

MCN's cost management solutions use comprehensive integration of jurisdictional claims criteria and medical treatment benchmarks to allow customers to substantially reduce medical claims costs and improve efficiencies.(Cost Management)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... MCN's cost management solutions use comprehensive integration of jurisdictional claims criteria and medical treatment benchmarks to allow customers to substantially reduce medical claims costs and improve efficiencies. Integration of bill...

MTI/Medi-Trans Inc., provides nationwide workers' compensation transportation and translation services.(Workers' Comp Services)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... MTI/Medi-Trans Inc., provides nationwide workers' compensation transportation and translation services. MedComp USA provides durable medical equipment, home health care, ancillary services and MRI network services nationwide. MTI is now in its...

Dramatically reducing the time and effort to process insurance is what MFX WriteNow is all about.(Policy Administration)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... Dramatically reducing the time and effort to process insurance is what MFX WriteNow is all about. An e-commerce platform, WriteNow allows agents, brokers and insurers to qualify, rate, quote, bind, deliver policy documents and collect payment...

File Handler is an integrated, multiline claims management system.(Claims Management)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... File Handler is an integrated, multiline claims management system. File Handler and File Handler.com allow clients the flexibility of using the Internet, intranet and client/server configurations, or a combination of all three. JW Software has...

Trumbull offers an array of back office services including commercial lines policy administration and premium billing to Captives and others in the Alternative Market.(Policy Administration)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... Trumbull offers an array of back office services including commercial lines policy administration and premium billing to Captives and others in the Alternative Market These services help Trumbull's clients focus on their core business: improve...

MetLife is the premier provider of employee benefit solutions for companies of all sizes with a variety of needs.(Employee Benefits)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... MetLife is the premier provider of employee benefit solutions for companies of all sizes with a variety of needs. For more information about MetLife, please visit www.metlife.com or call (877) MET B to B MetLife, New York.

Allenbrook (www.allenbrook.com).(Property & Casualty Automation)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... Allenbrook (www.allenbrook.com). In business since 1988, Allenbrook is one of the top three property & casualty insurance automation providers, equipping carriers with the technology, innovation, commitment, and resources customers need to...

As a pioneer in the asbestos field, Navigant Consulting has worked with defendants, insurers, reinsurers and their counsel for more than twenty years.(Product Liability)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... As a pioneer in the asbestos field, Navigant Consulting has worked with defendants, insurers, reinsurers and their counsel for more than twenty years. Our professionals are experienced in all aspects of the litigation process, including the...

Valley Oak Systems, national provider of claims management software.(Claims Management)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... Valley Oak Systems, national provider of claims management software. Our core product iVOS, is a browser based claims management system and when integrated with our Bill Review service and software provides a "One-System" Solution for multiple...

Aetna is a leading national provider of insurance coverage. We offer a broad range of benefits including dental, life, pharmacy, disability, long-term care group and, at course, health.(Benefits)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... Aetna is a leading national provider of insurance coverage. We offer a broad range of benefits including dental, life, pharmacy, disability, long-term care group and, at course, health. No matter what the size of your business, you can meet the...

For over twenty years, Vermont has been the leading onshore captive domicile in the world.(Captives)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... For over twenty years, Vermont has been the leading onshore captive domicile in the world. Why? Vermont combines strong regulation without the usual bureaucratic delays, knowledgeable and approachable state regulators and world-class...

The insurance industry Is facing new competition and distribution channels are shifting from brick and mortar to direct mail, phone, and Internet sales.(Payments Processing)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... The insurance industry Is facing new competition and distribution channels are shifting from brick and mortar to direct mail, phone, and Internet sales. Accepting MasterCard-branded payment cards can be an important component in achieving your...

StrataCare provides national bill review software solutions and service for the workers' compensation and auto liability industries including insurance companies, employers, third party administrators and bill review companies.(Bill Review)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... StrataCare provides national bill review software solutions and service for the workers' compensation and auto liability industries including insurance companies, employers, third party administrators and bill review companies. StrataCare's...

Broadspire (www.choosebroadspire.com) offers the most complete package of claim and medical management and risk and safety consulting services, designed to reduce your loss costs.(Reducing Loss Costs)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... Broadspire (www.choosebroadspire.com) offers the most complete package of claim and medical management and risk and safety consulting services, designed to reduce your loss costs. Offering the flexibility and customization you need, you can...

CompWatch[R] is an easy-to-use claims/risk management program that helps track and trend workers' compensation claims.(Workers' Compensation)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... CompWatch[R] is an easy-to-use claims/risk management program that helps track and trend workers' compensation claims, CompWatch can easily prepare your first report of injury and automate the OSHA 300 and 301 logs. Produces many reports. Also,...

Three Distinct Companies, One Unique Name.(Health Care Cost Containment)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... Three Distinct Companies, One Unique Name. DiaTri is a full diagnostic and radiology cost containment program. We offer innovative people, innovative products and innovative solutions. DiaTri currently manages the operations or Midwest...

Reed Group Ltd. is an industry-leading provider of evidence-based workers' compensation and disability management products and services.(Workers' Compensation)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... Reed Group Ltd. is an industry-leading provider of evidence-based workers' compensation and disability management products and services. Dr. Presley Reed's industry standard The Medical Disability Advisor (text, software, Internet, data...

STARS is a leading provider of comprehensive, web-based software and services for claims management and administration.(Claims Management)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... STARS is a leading provider of comprehensive, web-based software and services for claims management and administration STARS also delivers TrendTracker, web-based auditing software for automating claims audits, environmental audits, health and...

Cambridge Integrated Services Group delivers what risk management professionals have sought for years but could never find--until now.(Claims Management)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... Cambridge Integrated Services Group delivers what risk management professionals have sought for years but could never find--until now: one firm with an unprecedented array of claim and loss cost management services. By integrating our complete...

Risk & Insurance is a magazine for risk management executives and other buyers of commercial insurance.(Risk & Insurance Magazine)(Advertisement)
June 1, 2004... Risk & Insurance is a magazine for risk management executives and other buyers of commercial insurance. Each issue features news and analysis of such topics as reinsurance, self-insurance, workers' compensation, employee benefits,...

Aspen Insurance Holdings.(Executive Moves)
June 1, 2004... Aspen Insurance Holdings has announced that it has appointed ADRIAN BALLARDIE to the position of Chief Risk Officer. He will be based in London and report to CEO Chris O'Kane. Ballardie will be responsible for managing the underwriting of risk...

ESIS Inc.(Executive Moves)
June 1, 2004... ESIS Inc., the risk management services arm of ACE USA, has announced the appointment of EDWARD BURKHARDT as assistant vice president. Based in Los Angeles, Burkhardt will have overall responsibility for account management and client services...

Willis Group.(Executive Moves)
June 1, 2004... JEANETTE SCAMPAS has joined Willis Group from AIG as executive vice president responsible for global information systems and global operations. She is also a member of the firm's global management team. Willis has also announced that LESLIE...

ACE USA.(Executive Moves)
June 1, 2004... ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, has announced the appointment of JOHN ALFIERI to the position of regional executive of the New York region. Based in New York, Alfieri will be responsible for...

Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd.(Executive Moves)
June 1, 2004... DANIEL IZARD has been appointed to head the reinsurance operations of Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd., the Bermuda subsidiary of Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. Izard will be responsible for growing the company's reinsurance portfolio, the...

NJ PURE.(Executive Moves)
June 1, 2004... NJ PURE, a New Jersey not-for-profit medical malpractice insurance provider, has announced the appointment of JOSEPH MCDADE as senior underwriter and BETH WEISSMAN as new business supervisor. McDade and Weissman were formerly employed by...

GreenWood International Insurance Services.(Executive Moves)
June 1, 2004... GreenWood International Insurance Services, a provider of medical stop loss, group personal accident and occupational accident insurance coverage to employers, has announced the addition of JP NERNY to the firm's executive management team. He...

Premier Insurance Management Services.(Executive Moves)
June 1, 2004... ROBERT L. DOWDY has been named president of the San Diego-based health care purchasing group Premier Insurance Management Services. He comes to Premier from the GE Medical Protective Co. in Fort Wayne, Ind., where he has worked since 1984, most...

North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company.(Executive Moves)
June 1, 2004... North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company of Durham has named RICHARD L. HALL as vice president and CFO, the company has announced. Hall has more than 28 years of experience in financial management. He was former executive vice president and...

The Restaurant Insurance Corp.(Executive Moves)
June 1, 2004... The Restaurant Insurance Corp., a specialty insurance company based in Denver, has announced that DAN KNISE has joined as an executive vice president. Knise will be responsible for marketing and communications, and industry relations and...

Marsh Inc.(Executive Moves)
June 1, 2004... ROBERT B. JONES has been appointed head of strategy of Marsh Inc. Jones will report to Marsh Chairman and CEO Ray Groves. Jones will oversee the development and implementation of Marsh's strategic plan and will provide direction and guidance on...

Kathleen Muedder has joined ACE USA as a senior vice president.(Executive Moves)
June 1, 2004... KATHLEEN MUEDDER has joined ACE USA as a senior vice president. She will focus on identifying strategic opportunities for growth, with a primary focus on workers' comp.

CalSurance Inc.(Executive Moves)
June 1, 2004... LAURA LIMA has joined CalSurance Inc., a national insurance sales, service and support company, as an account executive. In her new job, she will be responsible for growing E&O master policy plans into new classes of risk within the financial...