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Natural Catastrophe Insurance: Analysis of a Proposed Combined Federal Flood and Wind Insurance Program.
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General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
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June 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Stonehenge International. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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GAO-08-504 April 25, 2008
Disputes between policyholders and insurers after the 2005 hurricanes highlight the challenges of determining the cause and extent of damages when properties are subject to both high winds and flooding. Additionally, insurers want to reduce their exposure in high-risk areas, and state wind insurance programs have grown significantly. H.R. 3121, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007, would create a combined federal insurance program with coverage for both wind and flood damage. GAO was asked to evaluate this potential program in terms of (1) what would be required to implement it; (2) the steps the Federal Emergency Management ...
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INSURANCE PROGRAM GROWS IN FEW YEARS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
December 4, 2006 ;
242 words
......the following news release: MTSU's insurance program is growing and expected to keep growing...students have graduated from the insurance program since it began in 1983," Hollman...of the reason for the rise of the insurance program is the job market, which Hollman...
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Premium rise modest.(insurance premium rates survey)(Brief Article)
Australian Banking & Finance;
August 24, 2004 ;
205 words
......per cent weighted average increase in premium rates, the smallest increase in 12 years...the other hand the commercial lines premium rates have started to decline, with a weighted...industry to ascertain the change in premium rates at the peak June renewal/ new business...
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On the revelation of private information in the U.S. crop insurance...
Journal of Risk and Insurance;
December 1, 2007 ;
Ker, Alan Ergun, A. Tolga;
787 words
......expected. In the crop insurance program, efficiency gains...the accuracy of premium rates, thereby decreasing...operate the crop insurance program and that a significant...in the U.S. crop insurance program. The third section...
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The Shield Insurance Program Offers New Online Application.
PR Newswire;
April 24, 2006 ;
403 words
......a preferred Homeowners and Auto insurance program designed exclusively for Police...quickly and accurately. The Shield Insurance Program is designed with multi-line and protective...identity theft protection. The Shield Insurance Program's auto coverage also provides free...
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Stuckey and Company Announces The Shield Insurance Program for Police and...
PR Newswire;
March 8, 2006 ;
378 words
......to announce a Homeowners and Auto insurance program designed exclusively for Police and...they are insured against. The Shield Insurance Program is designed with multi-line and protective...identity theft protection. The Shield Insurance Program's auto coverage also provides free...
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Health insurance program for Texas children sees declining enrollment
University Wire;
April 14, 2006 ;
Danielle Novy;
673 words
......Texas -- Texas' Children's Health Insurance Program, better known as CHIP, has seen...000 children since Dec.1. The insurance program stands as the Lone Star State's health insurance program for children whose families' incomes...
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Flood Insurance Program Seeks More Money
The Washington Post;
October 19, 2005 ;
Albert B. Crenshaw;
654 words
......acting head of the federal flood insurance program told Congress yesterday that his...recently increased the National Flood Insurance Program's borrowing authority by $2 billion...the Senate Banking Committee, the insurance program has no hope of repaying debt of that...
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Building an insurance program in China poses challenges; Risk managers...
Business Insurance;
May 14, 2007 ;
Gonzalez, Gloria;
787 words
......GONZALEZ NEW ORLEANS-Creating an insurance program for a company's operations in China...management challenges due to the insurance program inherited from Renaissance and its...embarked on a major overhaul of the insurance program and partnered with Beijing-based...
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Program roiled in bureaucracy: Chief of insurance program for children...
Charleston Daily Mail;
May 19, 1999 ;
465 words
......pushed last year to establish a health insurance program for children of the working poor...that oversees the Children's Health Insurance Program has done a good job. "The state bureaucracy...legislation next year to remove the insurance program from the Health and Human Resources...
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Guaranteed premium rates abolished
The Malay Mail;
October 15, 2003 ;
Malcolm Rosario;
311 words
......to abolish the guaranteed insurance premium rates for all new critical illness policies...do not plan to lift the guaranteed premium rates for the critical illness policies issued...clause will allow insurers to review the premium rates, as opposed to the current policy...
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SEN. CHRISTOPHER J. DODD CHAIRMAN SEN. CHRISTOPHER J. DODD HOLDS A HEARING...
Washington Transcript Service;
October 2, 2007 ;
787 words
......HOLDS A HEARING ON THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM OCTOBER 2, 2007 SPEAKERS: SEN. CHRISTOPHER...day's hearing is on the National Flood Insurance Program. Senators will have five minutes...to have some. The National Flood Insurance Program was established in 1968 has a ...
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Patterns of Collusion in the U.S. Crop Insurance Program: An Empirical...
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics;
August 1, 2004 ;
Rejesus, Roderick M; Little, Bertis B; Lovell, Ashley C; Cross, Mike; Shucking, Michael;
787 words
......waste, and abuse in the federal crop insurance program. Log-linear analysis of Poisson-distributed...of collusion present in the crop insurance program is where agents, adjusters, and producers...results have important implications for insurance program design and compliance. Key ...
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FEDERAL CRAP INSURANCE PROGRAM:MIKE MILLER
Congressional Testimony;
March 17, 1999 ;
787 words
......you to talk about the Federal Crop Insurance Program. I am Mike Miller, President of Blakely...for American farmers and the crop insurance program. Mr. Chairman, I want to take this...posed last week regarding the crop insurance program. We agree with you that these are...
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LUGAR REVIEWS CHARGES OF ABUSE IN CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM
Capitol Hill Press Releases;
April 21, 1999 ;
482 words
......Reviews Charges of Abuse in Crop Insurance Program WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar...recent report on the Federal Crop Insurance Program raises serious questions about the...highlights abuses of the Federal Crop Insurance Program. The OIG report charges the USDA...
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Rep. Matsui Introduces National Flood Insurance Program Participation...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
February 15, 2007 ;
370 words
......has introduced the National Flood Insurance Program Participation Evaluation Act of 2007...participate in the National Flood Insurance Program." The bill, introduced on Feb. 8...legislation follows:National Flood Insurance Program Participation Evaluation Act of 2007H...
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