http://www.insurancejournal.com Up to the minute insurance news and magazine archives for property casualty insurance professionals en-us Copyright 2008 Wells Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:28:10 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/img/insurance-journal-property-casualty-magazine-logo_88x31.gif http://www.insurancejournal.com 88 31 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2008/07/09/91731.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2008/07/09/91731.htm Gov. Ed Rendell has signed into law the first comprehensive update to Pennsylvania's mine safety law in nearly half a century. It addresses emergency shelters and accidental breaches of flooded min Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:28:10 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2008/07/09/91730.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2008/07/09/91730.htm Richmond, Virginia-based insurer The Main Street America Group named Joe Meholic president of its Richmond region. Meholic, who has extensive background leading property-casualty operations in the Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:26:36 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2008/07/09/91725.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2008/07/09/91725.htm Firefighters are making progress in California's siege of wildfires, but forecasters warned that weather was turning back in favor of the flames. "A high pressure system is setting up over the enti Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:05:46 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2008/07/09/91724.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2008/07/09/91724.htm Workers currently receiving Washington workers' compensation wage-replacement or pension benefits will receive a 5.018 percent cost-of-living increase, according to the state Department of Labor and I Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:35:35 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2008/07/09/91722.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2008/07/09/91722.htm California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner ordered Dent Defense Group Inc., a Concord-based company, to pay $60,000 in fines for transacting insurance in California without a proper license. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:59:59 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2008/07/09/91720.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2008/07/09/91720.htm Sacramento, Calif.-based InterWest Insurance Services named Keith Schuler CEO. He will be in charge of guiding the company toward a $500 million increase in premiums managed and keep the company inde Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:40:20 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2008/07/09/91719.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2008/07/09/91719.htm A combination of costs and confusion keeps many Iowans from buying federal flood insurance. Only about 1 percent of Iowans owned flood insurance when last month's record flooding struck. More Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:55:28 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2008/07/09/91715.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2008/07/09/91715.htm Florida-based PURE Risk Management recently launched an insurance program for personal boaters called PURE Watercraft Insurance. PURE provides hull coverage, including coverage for windstorm, on a Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:41:16 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2008/07/09/91676.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2008/07/09/91676.htm M.J. Hall and Co. Inc. named Coleen Mulhern Rupp as marketing representative for its San Francisco office. Mulhern Rupp brings more than 25 years industry experience to her position. She was most rece Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:37:38 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2008/07/09/91674.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2008/07/09/91674.htm The San Diego Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) Society installed new 2008-2009 officers and directors. The officers include: President David Fitzgibbons of Wawanesa; P Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:30:43 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2008/07/08/91711.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2008/07/08/91711.htm Sustainability risks are one of the most critical emerging risk areas of the 21st century and actuaries will need to develop mitigation and financing strategies for handling them. "Sustainability r Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:24:25 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2008/07/08/91710.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2008/07/08/91710.htm Maryland Insurance Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler has named Carolyn H. Henneman as associate commissioner to oversee the Insurance Fraud Division, which investigates and prosecutes cases of criminal ins Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:17:28 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2008/07/08/91709.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2008/07/08/91709.htm Indiana Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, today announced the appointment of. Jessica M. Frankovich to Inland Marine underwriting manager. Frankovich will be based in Ind Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:16:17 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2008/07/08/91707.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2008/07/08/91707.htm The Gibraltar Group, a full-service insurance firm based in Lubbock, Texas, announced that Brandt Beal has been promoted to president of the firm and Ralph Beal has been designated as chairman of the Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:08:09 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2008/07/08/91706.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2008/07/08/91706.htm Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Companies have expanded its Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) program for small and mid-size business owners. Employment practices liability Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:05:13 -0500