West News for October 2006 Pierce Joins McFall General Agency Safeco Reports Net Income of $101.1 Million in Third Quarter Employers Opens Salt Lake City Office L&I Adds Fifth Hearing on Proposed Workers’ Comp Rates Axiom Offers Market for Primary Products and GL in California N.M. Fraud Bureau Hosts National Fraud Directors Conference Janes Named Property Broker in Swett & Crawford’s Los Angeles Office Former N.M. Insurance Superintendent Must Appear for Deposition Gallup, N.M., Man Sentenced in Insurance Fraud Case Spinach Probe Most Thorough Ever, But No Clear Answers Yet Calif. Blaze that Killed Four is 70 Percent Contained Koches Receives Spirit of Education Award Hearing for Merger Request by National Merit Insurance Rescheduled Hawaii Insurance Commissioner Issues Notice of Earthquake Coverage Many California Hispanics Not Aware of Uninsured Motorists Requirements Second Criminal Complaint Filed Against Placer County Broker Palm Springs Homes Evacuated as Wildfire Sweeps Through Dry Brush Storm Buries Colorado Mountains under 18 Inches of Snow, Blizzard Hawaii County Cuts Red Tape for Big Island Repairs State Farm Credits Change to Tort System in Colo. for Lower Rates Rate Reductions Approved for MiniCo Self-Storage Program Esurance Seeks to Grow in Oregon Molander to Chair Defense Research Institute’s Insurance Law Committee FEMA Approves Recovery Assistance for Big Island Quake Victims National Advantage Offers Market for Calif. Transportation Risks Chatsworth, Calif. CEO and Wife Arrested for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud Travelers Introduces TravelersExpress for Master Pac in Utah, Nevada, Illinois Crawley Warren Insurance Services Announces Customized Calif. Homeowners Program Calif. Associations Say Regulations Would Raise Auto Rates Calif. State Fund to Host Restaurant Supervisor Safety Training Little Help Available for Hawaii Earthquake Victims with Property Damage Claims Handled by California Insurance Guaranty Association Drops Hawaii Damage Estimated at $73 Million, Possibly from Two Quakes Hearing Scheduled for Merger Request by National Merit Insurance State Audit Confirms $1.1 Billion Secured for Executive Life Policyholders Tri-City Brokerage Appoints Olson Broker Oregon Hosts Wildfire Summit Workshops in November Report: Blue Cross of California Agrees to Settle Patients’ Suits Thoits Selected as ESOP Company of the Year, Employee Honored Abram Interstate Offers Coverage for Condos and Tenants Mestayer of Yates & Associates Retires Whitlow Joins McFall General Agency California Alliance Presents Presidential and Agent Awards New Mexico Workers Compensation Insurance Rates are Cut Hawaii Vulnerable, but Tremor Does Not Signal More Quakes to Come Hawaii Commissioner Warns Insurers of Discriminatory Practices Calif. State Fund to Hold Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Seminar Calif. Distributes $1.25 Billion to Policyholders of Failed Insurers Worldwide Facilities Relocates Headquarters to Downtown Los Angeles California Leads Nation in Hybrid Ownership; Travelers Offers Discount Saylor & Hill Teams Up with Globex International Home Design Changes Affect Total Cost of Ownership Hull & Co. Offers Home Builders Programs HRH Appoints Leader of E&S Operations Inspectors Check for Damage after Hawaii’s 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hawaii Feels 6.6 Level Earthquake California Hospitals Sue Blue Cross over Canceled Policies California State Fund to Host Safety Training Seminars E.L.M. Insurance Brokers’ Hamlin Earns RPLU Swett & Crawford to Appear on World Business Review David Joins 1st Community Insurance Director of Con Alma Leaving No Increase Recommended in Nevada Unemployment Taxes La Junta City Council Bans Pit Bulls Without Liability Insurance Utah Officials Plan No Changes in Workers’ Comp Hull & Company Newport Beach adds Market for Commercial Auto Wheeler Named Principal in Integro’s San Francisco Office Washington’s Mike Kreidler Vows to Protect Trust Relationship Between Insurers, Consumers Guthrie Joins Board of Directors at Mitchell International Schoenthal Joins Professional Program Insurance Brokerage Baldwin Resource Group Joins with Corporate Planning Systems Prime Holdings Launches New Excess and Surplus Lines Company Mercury General to Report Third Quarter Results on November 6 Santa Clara Man Sentenced In Bogus Insurance Company Scheme Leadership Changes in Colemont – Southern California WSS, Shand Morahan Offer Free Misc. Professional Liability Seminar, Oct. 19 Avian Flu Pandemic is Likely Much Ado about Something Cal/OSHA Cites California Ski Resort Following Patrolmen Deaths Study: Sunday Liquor Sales Mean More Sunday Crashes Soft Market, Globalization Spurs Need for Well-Educated D&O Underwriter Calif. Spinach Growers Take Stock of Industry after FDA Deems Most Spinach Safe Farmers Insurance Exchange ‘A’ Rating Affirmed California Issues Cease and Desist Order Against Trip Assured N.M. Appoints Chavez Insurance Superintendent, Establishes Market Conduct Analyst Position PSIC Launches Homeowners Market in Arizona Arizona State Expands Alcohol Rules for Student Clubs, Requiring Insurance Utah Workers’ Comp Fund Evaluates Worker Elegibility Second Association Joins in Fight Against Garamendi Regulations Auto Premium Rating Error Cost U.S. Auto Insurers More Than $16 Billion Guaranty Insurance Acquires South Valley Insurance Calif. Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Releases Cost Monitoring Report The Jacobson Group Opens Los Angeles/Orange County Office Physicians Insurance Responds to Washington OIC Consent Order BISYS Names Egan Senior Underwriter Fireman’s Fund Offers Insurance for Wineries Washington’s Minimum Wage to Increase to $7.93 an Hour Angeles Clergy Abuse Cases Could Reach $60 Million Settlement New Mexico Remains Tightlipped on Candidates for Insurance Chief West News Archives
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