http://www.insurancejournal.com Property casualty insurance news from Insurance Journal en-us Copyright 2009 Wells Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:31:28 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/img/insurance-journal-property-casualty-magazine-logo_88x31.gif http://www.insurancejournal.com 88 31 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/25/105583.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/25/105583.htm The Hanalei community on Kauai was hit with 13 inches of rain in 24 hours last week, and bore the brunt of the storm's flood damage. County officials say it will cost $500,000 to repair a pipeline ... Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:31:28 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/25/105579.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/25/105579.htm The Alaska Supreme Court ruled a former prison guard at the Anchorage Jail deserves workers' compensation for the psychological problems he suffered after being threatened by a convicted killer 15 ... Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:21:45 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/24/105557.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/24/105557.htm Salt Lake City-based The Buckner Co. has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Flying J Insurance Services effective Jan. 1, 2010, continuing President Terry H. Buckner’s vision to ... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:13:16 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/24/105556.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/24/105556.htm Honolulu-based Island Insurance Co. Ltd. has launched its new Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) and Cover Choice products for small to mid-sized businesses. The products are designed ... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:45:54 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/24/105555.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/24/105555.htm Momentous Insurance Brokerage of Van Nuys, Calif., has launched a restaurant insurance specialty practice. Some of the risk management services offered include contract review, loss control and ... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:42:53 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/24/105554.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/24/105554.htm AIG Hawaii Insurance Company, Inc. has announced that it is changing its name to Farmers Insurance Hawaii, Inc. – heralding in a new chapter in the company's nearly 55-year history – ... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:19:01 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/24/105553.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/24/105553.htm Colorado-based weather researchers say three hurricanes formed in the Atlantic this year, two fewer than they predicted before the season and one less than their August update called for. Colorado ... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:12:05 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/24/105541.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/24/105541.htm An Illinois insurance executive accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews pled not guilty during his arraignment in a Los Angeles federal courtroom on Monday. Michael ... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:32:29 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/23/105501.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/23/105501.htm Gov. Bill Ritter has appointed attorney Barbara J. Kelley of Denver to be the new executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, effective Dec. 1. She replaces Rico Munn, ... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:13:45 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/23/105500.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/23/105500.htm Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard wants a Connecticut-based insurance company to tell Arizona policyholders whether their personal, medical or financial information was lost or stolen in a ... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:11:00 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/20/105494.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/20/105494.htm A new study from the California Workers' Compensation Institute shows that claims from white-collar workers have assumed greater relative importance as the economy has sputtered. The study shows ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:57:51 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/20/105492.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/20/105492.htm In the wake of new recommendations for mammography, California officials said that a state law remains in place to ensure that insurance covers mammograms for breast cancer screenings beginning at ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:39:25 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/20/105491.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/20/105491.htm The U.S. Forest Service should allow helicopters to fight fires during darkness, a tactic that could have been used in the critical first hours of the summer's gigantic and deadly wildfire in the ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:32:46 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/19/105450.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/19/105450.htm The number of Washingtonians with no health insurance will soon reach 1 million, according to a report issued yesterday by the state's Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. Kreidler also predicts ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:29:16 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/19/105446.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/11/19/105446.htm Members of Wyoming's Joint Judiciary Committee have voted down a measure that would have increased liability for oil and gas operators whose employees are injured in workplace ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:13:19 -0600