West News for January 2008 Former Wash. Mayor, Ex-state Trooper Convicted of Fraud Wood Gutman & Bogart Open Office Nev. Casino Fire Losses Could Have Hit $75 Million, Say Risk Analysts Colo. Agents Praise Credit Scoring Ban Defeat; Next Up: Wisc. Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Oakland’s CEM Insurance Services Nev. Auto Theft-Fraud Panel Formed Ex-N.M. Deputy Insurance Superintendent Found Guilty Calif. Insurance Dept. and DHMC Target PacifiCare for Poor Claims Handling CO Credit Ban Defeated on House Floor Foley Joins Bliss & Glennon’s Escondido Office Chartwell Expands with New Arizona Office Insurance Charitable Foundation to Hold Club100 Dinner, March 6 Calif.’s Barney & Barney Merges with Saylor & Hill Wash. AG Supporting Cell Phone Privacy, Internet Safety and Ethics Bills Calif. WC State Fund Appoints Simons Marketing Manager State Auto Middle Market appoints Goeller Western Zone VP Utah Bill to Add Sexual Orientation to Anti-Discrimination Law Still Alive Monte Carlo Hotel-Casino Facade to be Removed; Still No Cause for Blaze Crump Promotes Figueroa to Underwriting Manager Ascension to Acquire Calif.-based Pan American Underwriters Insurers to Fight Credit Scoring Ban on Colo. House Floor Southern Calif. Braces for Another Storm; Mudslides Feared Calif. High Court Rules Employers Can Fire Workers Using Medical Marijuana Calif.-based MOC Insurance, Farallon Assoc. Announce Merger WKF&C Offers Earthquake Deductible Buybacks Coverage Sloan Mason Offers New Program for Restoration Firms Wyo. Lawyers Say Changes Needed for Benefits Delivery in WC Program Wash. AG Proposes Identity Theft Bill Calif. Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Some Risky Mortgages Hawaii Gov. Pushes Insurance Reforms Corvallis Earns Farmers’ Secure City Award N.M. Insurance Agent Accused of Fraud Ludt Joins Lawson-Hawks Team Ore. Law Prevents Parents from Getting Fired for Taking Sick Leave N.M. Domestic Partnership Bill Goes to House California AG Approves Uninsured Motorist Ballot Initiative Ex-N.M. Deputy Insurance Superintendent on Trial for Fraud Jansen & Hastings Names Brian as SVP Sullivan E&S Appoints Haenig as Commercial Lines Manager Utah Lawmakers Consider Revoking Driving Privilege Cards Couple Says Oregon City Should Pay For Sewer Mess Colorado Mandates Electronic Rate Filings Nautilus Announces Management Promotions Flooding is ‘Next Big Disaster’ in Store for Calif., Say Engineers California Agents Brace for Rising WC Rates, Sluggish Economy Brass, Cuneo and Lowe Appointed to California WC Appeals Board Retired Oregon Mutual President Osborne Dies Networked Insurance Agents Opens New Territory in So. Calif. Corps of Engineers Raises Alarm on Sacramento Levees VRT Opens Sacramento Office Calif. Title Insurers to Pay $3.5M for Alleged Unfair Rating Practices AIA Names Slovin Legislative Advocate for Hawaii SCIF Names Wood as HR Manager Rosser to Develop NSM Insurance Programs in Western States Lava Risk Zones Fastest Growing Area on Big Island Wash. Regulator Has Big Ideas for Health Care Ariz. Court Goes Against State Farm in Uninsured Motorist Case Another Class-Action Lawsuit Filed over Fernley Flood Los Angeles Controller: City Should Take a New Look at Managing Risk Southern California Wildfire Losses Could Reach More than $2 Billion Family of Ore. Girl Injured by Lawnmower Files Suit Physicians Insurance Files To Decrease Doctors’ Medical Malpractice Coverage in Washington Farmers Appoints Executive VP/CFO California Governor To Propose Homeowners, Business Property Insurance Policy Tax California State Fund Offers Credit Extension to Storm Victims West Storm Losses Could Reach $600 Million Venbrook Group Names President and CFO Court: Hockey-Stick Injury Could Be Considered an Accident Questions Arise over Federal Aid for Nevada Town Flooded by Canal Beecher Carlson Acquires Phoenix’s Alliance Insurance Group Nevada Allows Nonresident Adjusters to Assist with Storm Claims Oregon Requires CGL to Include Completed Operations Coverage Colemont’s San Francisco Office Appoints Conlon VP Oregon Liability Cap for Public Employees Ruled Unconstitutional Sequoia Insurance Offers California Agribusiness Program Personal Data at Risk after Utah Workers’ Comp Fund Laptop Stolen Hub International Acquires Montana Agency Residents, Industry Analysts Evaluating Western Storm Damage Farmers Contributes $62,000 to La Jolla Mission Indians to Rebuild After Fires Campbell Joins Barney & Barney as Principal Montana High Court Rules in Favor of Employees in Workers’ Comp Cases Marks To Lead New Mexico’s Public Regulation Commission Levee Breaks in Nevada, About 3,500 Temporarily Stranded, 3 Dead S&P Affirms Arrowhead General Ratings; Lowers Outlook to Negative Hub International Acquires JRN Benefits New Mexico Attorney General AG Settles Securities Fraud Lawsuit Pet Birds-Risk – WA Health Officials: Pet Birds May Pose Health Risk Oregon Towers Must Provide Proof of Insurance Authorities Fear California Rains Could Trigger Mudslides, Flooding Montana Directs Auto Insurers to Follow Anti-Steering Law ICW Group Names Harris CIO Idaho Upset over Toyota Ads New Mexico Residents Still Recovering from March 2007 Tornado Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Owners Sue Insurer for Earthquake Claim R.E. 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