Author Archives: Other News Sources

Nothing’s sacred

Posted on September 10, 2001 by Other News Sources

(September 10, 2001) As a strategy for zooming your brand identity up, up and away, nothing has more pizzazz than leaping a tall building Superman-style – and then crowding it with your corporate moniker. Continue reading →

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Challenges facing the U.S. state-based system of insurance regulation

Posted on August 1, 2001 by Other News Sources

(August 1, 2001) Statement of the IIAA to the U.S. House of Representatives on some problems related to state regulatory oversight of the rates charged for automobile insurance in the personal lines market. Continue reading →

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Coast-to-coast subsidies trap rural Canada

Posted on June 29, 2001 by Other News Sources

(June 29, 2001) The average rural resident receives 50% more in welfare, employment insurance, old age security and other government transfers than he pays in taxes, Statistics Canada reports. Continue reading →

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Insurance product approval: the need for modernization

Posted on June 21, 2001 by Other News Sources

(June 21, 2001) The testimony of Robert C. Gowdy, CEO of Beacone Insurance Group on behalf of the American Insurance Association before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government-sponsored Enterprises, U.S. House of Representatives. Continue reading →