Insurance

December 29, 2008
A new electronic system to verify automobile insurance in Oklahoma is operational, but not yet reliable.
A law passed in 2006 takes effect Jan. 1, 2009, allowing law enforcement agencies and tag agents to check for up-to-date automobile insurance electronically through a database maintained by the Department of Public Safety.
The system is in place, but testing shows it is accurate only 60 percent of the time, Oklahoma Tax Continue reading

Japan Stocks Gain, Led by Insurers on Merger Talk; Elpida Jumps
Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) –
gained for a third day,
led by insurers, on optimism mergers will help companies survive
the global economic slowdown.
Aioi Insurance Co. soared 19 percent on reports it may
combine with two competitors to create Japan’s biggest non-life
insurer. Elpida Memory Inc., the nation’s No. 1 memory chipmaker,
rose 13 percent after saying it’s in merger talks Continue reading

Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a” to Bermuda-based
(SIRL), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Panama-based Starr International Company, Inc. (SICO), a private investment holding company. The outlook for both ratings is stable. “SIRL currently participates in quota-share reinsurance programs, most of which Continue reading

Scott Stern was shot once and stabbed four times during his 12-year military- and law-enforcement career.
A long scar on his left knee from one attack is a permanent reminder of why Stern decided to take the security and investigation skills he honed in the public sector into private industry 14 years ago.
Stern, a licensed private investigator in Arizona, formed ISI Investigations in 1994. The operation was small in the beginning, using a handful Continue reading

NO Dubbs I didn’t see daddy (Chris Cannon) pay Matthews bail, I didn’t have too..!! it says on the Utah County Sheriffs Inmate site, here look for yourself
All that says is he was released to his Dad, and shows an amount much more than the $100 you are claiming.
Geez how many times do I have to repeat myself Dubbs..??
I’ve never had to repeat myself so much, not even to my own children when they were small…
“Daddy paid the bail, which daddy Continue reading

The nation’s largest nonlife insurance company could be created if merger talks are successful between three of the six major domestic insurance firms.
The news that Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc., Aioi Insurance Co. and Nissay Dowa General Insurance Co. are discussing a merger has rocked the domestic financial sector, which is already reeling from the ongoing global financial crisis.
The talks could trigger further competition Continue reading