Wise words from Warren.
Following the last soft market, CEO after CEO of insurance companies made a solemn vow: Never again would they allow the underwriting process to be subverted. Industry leaders said they would not underwrite risks they couldn't impose appropriate standards for--regardless of what competitors were doing. Yet now...

Holland bans <i>burqa</i>, Muslims enraged.
Byline: Rashmee Roshan Lall LONDON: The Netherlands is to become the first European county to legally ban the burqa even as Muslims across the continent condemned the new hardening of attitude towards religious minorities. Holland's centre-right coalition government, which is up for re-election in national...

Beecher Carlson Holding, Inc.
JOHN J. KERNS has been hired to serve as a managing director for the New York office of Beecher Carlson Holdings, Inc. He is responsible for designing and distributing consulting and broking services. He will focus on special coverages such as directors' and officers' liability insurance. He will also...

Three shot near CM's rally venue.
LUCKNOW: The precarious law and order in the state capital came to fore when motorcycle-borne assailants gunned down two contractors and a rickshaw-puller in broad daylight near Bara Birwa under the Krishnanagar police station, a kilometre away from the Ambedkar Maidan, where chief minister was distributing unemployment dole on...

Haryana govt dishes out Diwali bonanza.
CHANDIGARH: Kicking off an early Diwali celebrations for the people of the state, the Haryana government on Friday doled out a number of sops, which promise to benefit various sections of society. Addressing a press conference after the cabinet meeting here, Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda...

Job scheme hype may lead to its doom.
Byline: Subodh Ghildiyal NEW DELHI: As the UPA flagship scheme for employment guarantee (NREGS) to win over rural India is being rolled out for launch, a fear is sweeping the officialdom that the the hype surrounding the scheme's USP - assured unemployment allowance - may prove to...

Govt plans massive recruitment of shiksha mitras.
LUCKNOW: With an eye on forthcoming assembly elections, chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has now decided to go in for a massive recruitment of nearly 27,089 panchayat mitras and shiksha mitras in the state. This is yet another attempt by him to woo youngsters after launching a...

Cover all points.
Byline: Sanjeev Sinha You might have taken adequate cover for your life and also for the life of your near and dear ones. Even your house, your business and your car may be adequately covered. But have you ever wondered what will happen to that...

NBCCF gets personal with health access campaign.
Of the approximately 260,000 American women diagnosed with breast cancer last year, there was "Jane Doe." The 44-year-old single woman, a paralegal in a small Louisiana law firm, learned she had invasive ductal breast cancer in October. Doe's employer had often questioned her need For insurance, her medical condition...

Learning a thing or two from Rodney Dangerfield: why you should get a second opinion on your D & O insurance policy.
IN THE Winter 2004 column titled "The Rodney Dangerfield of D & O Policies," the advice conveyed was that excess D & O insurance policies "don't get no respect," borrowing Dangerfield's signature line. Dangerfield died a few months later at age 82. In reflecting on his comedy routines, we...