| New year sale at Churchill for home insurance customers |
| New year sale at Churchill for home insurance customers (more) |
| Bank leaders in talks with PM |
| THE heads of the UK's biggest banks joined the Prime Minister at Chequers yesterday as new plans to kick start lending appeared to come a step closer (more) |
| Court Upholds $7 Million Award Against Florida Day Care Firm |
| An appellate court has upheld a $7 million judgment against a Tallahassee day care center for the parents of a 7 month old toddler found with bites, bruises and swelling across her body
The (more) |
| EPIC Appoints New Principal in San Francisco |
| E P I C (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has appointed Joel Brand a principal in its San Francisco office
Brand (more) |
| H & R Block: Americans Failing Taxes 101 |
| KANSAS CITY, MO (MARKET WIRE) Americans may like to talk about taxes but according to an annual survey by The Tax Institute at H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), most can't answer even the most basic tax questions correctly (more) |
| Vonn speeds up but Riesch wins fourth straight slalom |
| MARIBOR, Sloveni In the end, Lindsey Vonn left too much ground to make up (more) |
| 4 Ways to Save Big on Your Next Trip to Cancun |
| Cancun can bruise the budget, but it's possible to soften the blow: Booking a package deal that bundles together the costs of airfare and hotel can reduce hotel tabs to manageable proportions (more) |
| Breckenridge business rebuilds after explosion |
| BRECKENRIDGE, Colo Pieces of the former Good Times Adventures headquarters in Breckenridge remain visible in treetops above its replacement nearly nine months after an explosion crippled a man and buried his dog (more) |
| Hospital expansion goes to council |
| ASPEN After more than a month hiatus, the Aspen City Council will convene tonight to review a proposal that seeks to nearly quadruple the size of Aspen Valley Hospital (more) |
| Coloradans filing more new unemployment claims |
| DENVER State labor officials say Coloradans filed roughly 25,000 new unemployment claims in December, topping the previous record of about 21,000 set in October 2001 (more) |
| Saga travel insurance to include airline failure |
| Saga travel insurance to include airline failure (more) |
| Take step back toinform step forward |
| Dear Editor: (more) |
| FBI Reports Drop in Crime Including Arson |
| The nation experienced a 3 5 percent decline in violent crime and a 2 5 percent decline in property crime for the first six months of 2008, according to the federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (more) |
| Obituaries: Peter Hoyt Dominick Jr. |
| Peter Hoyt Dominick Jr died Thursday, Jan 1, of a heart attack during a cross country skiing outing to Ashcroft, just south of Aspen (more) |
| Labor, Trial Lawyers Criticize Kansas Workers' Compensation System |
| Every day thousands of Kansans, such as Delbert Young of Wichita, go to work and perform tasks that require physical labor
For Young, it was riding a bicycle from building to building at the (more) |
| Glatfelter Insurance Group Acquires Professional Underwriters |
| York, Pennsylvania based insurance broker Glatfelter Insurance Group has acquired Professional Underwriters Co of Exton, Pa for an undisclosed sum
Glatfelter is one of the largest insurance (more) |
| Obituraries: Fran McClellan |
| Fran McClellan peacefully passed away early Sunday morning, Jan 4, 2009, in Aspen She was 55 years old (more) |
| Reno police: Two women robbed at gunpoint after work |
| Two women were robbed at gunpoint in front of a Reno insurance company Friday, according to authorities On January 9, at 5:35 p m , the two employees of Capital Auto Insurance had just exited the business into the parking lot on the 4000 block of Ki (more) |
| KPD merges with Jones Kendall Sauer |
| KPD, the US based insurance and risk management company, has merged with Portland insurance agency Jones Kendall Sauer (more) |
| Windstorm Fund a Leading Issue With Lawmakers at Texas Capitol |
| Hurricane Ike was the big storm Texas officials feared would hit the coast and the state's way of paying for it afterward
When lawmakers convene Jan 13, they'll face the financial (more) |
| Paul Andersen: Fair Game |
| The piney scent of wood smoke greets us as we ski through the pion pines and junipers, their branches laden with downy pillows (more) |
| Proposal for Splitting Money in Rhode Island Club Fire Case |
| A law school professor has submitted a plan for distributing $176 million in settlement money among the more than 300 people who sued after a Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 (more) |
| Smart Deal: From Russia and the Czech Republic with Love -- Spring Trips fr |
| Fans of architecture, Slavic languages, and, of course, beer should jump at this deal from European Destinations that includes airfare and three nights in both Prague and St Petersburg (more) |
| The Abortion Choices of Poor Women |
| To the Editor: (more) |
| Cost of life insurance hits record low |
| The cost of life insurance has fallen by nearly 30% over the past decade and is the cheapest it has ever been (more) |
| Insurance Seen as Possible Motive in Vegas Slaying |
| Authorities didn't believe Thomas William Randolph's claim that an armed intruder shot and killed his wife before he shot and killed the gunman last May
Las Vegas police homicide Lt Lewis (more) |
| Kingsway Financial names new director |
| Canada based Kingsway Financial Services has appointed Peter Eccleton to hold the seat previously held by a retiring director John Beamish, who has served as a director of the company since 1998 (more) |
| Penn Treaty American insurance subsidiaries enter rehabilitation |
| Penn Treaty American, a provider of long term care insurance in the US, has announced that two of its insurance subsidiaries, Penn Treaty Network America and American Network Insurance Company have entered rehabilitation under orders issued by the Pe (more) |
| Apex Global Names Beck Managing Director - Business Development |
| Dallas based Apex Global Partners (AGP) has appointed Jay Beck as managing director of Business Development for its Benefits and Consulting Division and senior vice president of the corporation (more) |
| Senate boosts wilderness protection across U.S. |
| WASHINGTON In a rare Sunday session, the Senate advanced legislation that would set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness (more) |
| Court: New Jersey Woman Can Pursue Perfume Lawsuit |
| A New Jersey woman who claims she was disabled by a co workers' perfume can move forward with her worker's compensation lawsuit, an appeals panel ruled Friday
Doris Sexton sued the (more) |
| FSA fines Aon for failings in anti-bribery and corruption systems and contr |
| The UK's Financial Services Authority has fined Aon Limited GBP5 25 million for failing to take reasonable care to establish and maintain effective systems and controls to counter the risks of bribery and corruption associated with making payments to (more) |
| Delta Lloyd and ABN Amro to continue joint venture |
| Aviva has announced that its Netherlands based business, Delta Lloyd Group and ABN Amro Bank Netherlands are to continue their insurance joint venture, known as ABN Amro Insurance (more) |
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| PIMCO: PIMCO Launches Global Advantage Bond Index |
| NEWPORT BEACH, CA (MARKET WIRE) PIMCO, a leading investment management firm, is launching the PIMCO Global Advantage(TM) Bond Index (GLADI(TM)), a new fixed income benchmark designed to better capture investment opportunities that are becoming incre (more) |
| Oregon Nursery Damage Put at $18 Million to $31 Million |
| Damage estimates to Oregon's nursery stock industry from late December storms suffered by 160 growers in 12 counties range from $18 million to $31 million in a survey conducted by the Oregon (more) |
| Talk of £7bn bid for RBS units |
| A FRESH bid has reportedly been launched for Royal Bank of Scotland's insurance businesses (more) |
| Get the Best Homeowners Insurance - Find the Right Company and Get the Best |
| When searching for a homeowners insurance provider most people have two questions in mind, what is the best homeowners insurance company, and how can I find the best rate? That's exactly what we are going to discuss in this article (more) |
| Knob Hill Partners, LLC: Knob Hill Partners Closes Search Fund |
| BOSTON, MA (MARKET WIRE) Knob Hill Partners, LLC, a search fund led by Charles Burckmyer and Scott Noll, announced today that it has held the final closing on its fund and commenced its nationwide search for a company to acquire The fund is positio (more) |
| Austria's Herbst wins World Cup slalom |
| ADELBODEN, Switzerland Reinfried Herbst of Austria won the men's World Cup slalom race on the Kuonisbaergli course ahead of countryman Manfred Pranger on Sunday (more) |
| Adding to Recession?s Pain, Thousands to Lose Jobless Benefits |
| About 50,000 New Yorkers who had been collecting unemployment checks for 11 months will stop receiving weekly payments this week, according to the State Labor Department (more) |
| Montana State Auditor Releases Office Staff Salaries |
| Montana State Auditor Monica Lindeen has released the salaries of her top staffers
Lindeen was recently sworn in as the state auditor Her salary is $79,137
Deputy auditor Walter (more) |
| Travel Health & Safety: Seeking Medical Help in a Foreign Language |
| If you become ill abroad, you don't want language barriers to keep you from getting the right kind of medical assistance as quickly as possible Here are five things to do before you go or while you're away (more) |
| Landowner veto of wildlife rules could be changed |
| DENVER Two Western Slope lawmakers are trying to negotiate a change to new oil and gas regulations that could reopen the debate over drilling on 'split estate' properties (more) |
| Aon Benfield predicts steady reinsurance prices |
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LONDON Global reinsurance prices are expected to remain firm for Jan 1 renewals and stay that way through the April and July renewals, according to a reinsurance market outlook report released Thursday by Aon Benfield
The London based re (more) |
| Recession hits Aspen realtors |
| ASPEN The recession is taking a toll on the ranks of real estate agents in the Aspen area (more) |
| Burst pipe claims hit an average of £1,400 |
| Temperatures plummeted to lows of 10C (14F) in some areas last week, causing concern for millions of households (more) |
| Miller-Hanna & Associates' AAland Passes Away |
| Leigh AAland of Miller Hanna & Associates passed away on Tuesday, Jan 6, 2009, of a stroke Aaland was a member of the Miller Hanna family for nearly 28 years as a recruiter Funeral arrangements (more) |
| Kentucky Bank Sues Merrill Lynch for $40 Million Over Investment Losses |
| Kentucky's largest state chartered bank has sued Merrill Lynch for $40 million over failed securities bought through the investment firm
Pikeville based Community Trust Bank filed the suit in (more) |
| Approve Lift One |
| Dear Editor: (more) |
| Begin Year 4707 With A Bang: Festive Chinese New Year Destinations Around t |
| Out with the Rat and in with the Ox Here options in San Francisco, Sydney, London, and Singapore where you can begin the new year with fanfare and pageantry (more) |
| Car insurer unveils education website for young drivers |
| Car insurer unveils education website for young drivers (more) |
| The good supersedes what might not be perfect |
| Dear Editor: (more) |
| Barry Smith: Irrelativity |
| I regularly overstep the boundaries of my vocabulary in an attempt to appear smarter than I know I am (more) |
| Hayler, Jacobellis win snowboardcross in Austria |
| BAD GASTEIN, Austria Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States won a World Cup snowboardcross on Sunday to take the lead in the discipline standings, and Damon Hayler of Australia won the men's event (more) |
| The gray area of teacher housing |
| ASPEN There is no clear legal precedent for the question of whether the Aspen School District can build teacher housing in Woody Creek over any objections from Pitkin County, say authorities on the matter (more) |
| Scene Genesis: NADA Attendees Will Discover How Bodyshops Can Easily Connec |
| PITTSFORD, NY (MARKET WIRE) Auto dealers can find out how their bodyshops can easily connect with more collision repair jobs at the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) convention Jan 24 27 (more) |
| Waiver Granted for Mobile Homes in Louisiana's Cameron Parish |
| The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced it would allow mobile homes for hurricane victims in areas that new maps indicate are at risk of future flooding in Cameron Parish But the (more) |
| Warning Signs of Subsidence |
| At the most basic level, subsidence is defined as the drying out of the ground that your home stands on Because of the shifts underneath, the home itself can become unstable and unsound (more) |
| Champagne powder? There |
| ASPEN The Aspen Skiing Co would love to boast about all the light, fluffy champagne powder that fell last week, but it can't (more) |
| CATEX: CATEX to Present at 5th Annual Insurance Linked Securities Summit |
| PRINCETON, NJ (MARKET WIRE) The Catastrophe Risk Exchange Inc (CATEX) will offer a presentation on 'ILS Strategies and the CATEX Global Reinsurance Exchange' at the 5th Insurance Linked Securities Summit at the Millennium Broadway Hotel, N Y , N Y (more) |
| Hailstorms - What If Your Roofing and Siding Doesn't Match? |
| Did you know that your homeowners policy covers mismatched roofing and siding? Find out more when you read this article (more) |
| Homeowners advised to check policies as cold weather hits Britain |
| Homeowners advised to check policies as cold weather hits Britain (more) |
| An Indomitable Spirit Gets Help With Medical Benefits |
| A woman who serves as the heart and soul of a social club in the Bronx got help last year when friends were worried she might become seriously ill (more) |
| Local Briefs |
| SNOWMASS Snowmass Village developer Related WestPac unveiled a new website Thursday intended to 'inform and engage the local community in the planning and development process,' according to a press release (more) |
| Progressive Redesigns Agents' Only Web Site |
| Progressive Insurance redesigned its Progressive Brand Express Web site for independent agents
The updated site located on Progressive's agency dedicated Web site, ForAgentsOnly com gives (more) |
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