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Colorado Proposes Rate Filing Changes Colorado's Division of Insurance is proposing to amend regulation 5-1-10, Rate and Rule Filing Submission Requirements for Property and Casualty Insurance, "to ensure that property and casualty ... January 05, 2009 3:57 PM After Stormy 2008, P/C Industry Facing Uncertainty in New Year Ask agents and executives in the insurance industry about the new year and they'll say they expect that the market will harden, at least slightly. In fact, 73 percent of agents predict prices will ... January 05, 2009 11:59 AM 2008: Top Stories of the Year 2008 can be described as a year like no other in the property/casualty insurance world. This year we saw the near death of the world's largest and most successful insurance company, AIG. The soft ... January 05, 2009 11:48 AM Union General Insurance Offers Market for Developmentally Disabled Residential Care Facilities Concord, Calif.-based Union General is offering a market for residential care facilities for the developmentally disabled. "A"-rated carriers are offering coveragefor the facilities for ambulatory ... January 05, 2009 11:47 AM Monarch Insurance Purchases Bishop Insurance from American Savings Monarch Insurance Services Inc., a 26 year-old Hawaii-based company, has purchased Bishop Insurance Agency, a division of American Savings Bank. The exact purchase price was not ... January 05, 2009 11:44 AM Gusts Blow in Colorado's 4th Most Expensive Windstorm, Damage Estimated at $7M Some Colorado residents spent the New Year making repairs and calling their insurance companies after strong winds pounded the Front Range, Colorado Springs, the Eastern Plains and Southern ... January 05, 2009 11:42 AM Brown & Brown Inc. Acquires Assets of Preferred Insurance Services A subsidiary of Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired the assets of Phoenix, Ariz.,-based Preferred Insurance Services LLC. Preferred Insurance Services, with annualized revenues of ... January 05, 2009 11:37 AM Lloyd's Names Börjesson as First Nordic Area Manager Lloyd's has announced the appointment of Erik Börjesson as its first Nordic Area Manager. He will be based in Stockholm and will assist Lloyd's syndicates and managing agents in building ... January 05, 2009 11:10 AM S&P Explains How Mitsui, Aioi, Nissay Merger Plans May Affect Ratings Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that media reports of a possible merger among Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings Inc., the holding company of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd. ... January 05, 2009 10:59 AM Civil Service Employees Insurance Group Promotes Schulhofer to VP of Sales San Francisco-based Civil Service Employees Insurance Group has promoted Kelli L. Schulhofer to vice president of sales from regional marketing director. In her new role, Schulhofer will be ... January 05, 2009 10:47 AM