West News for May 2008

• California Report Details How to Reduce Fraudulent Insurance Claims
• Arizona Law Expands Fine for Worker Deaths
• Pacific Interstate Insurance Brokers Names Wells Agent of the Year
• Feds to Cover Denver Police Insurance Costs During Democratic National Convention
• Western Maritime Insurance Services Marks 25-Year Milestone
• Colorado’s Cherry Creek Insurance and Gaspar Jones Merge
• Fireman’s Fund Names Head of Inland Marine and Related Property
• Utah Law Can Send Uninsured Vehicles to Impound Lot
• Arizona Senate Debates Ban on Texting While Driving
• California Workers’ Comp Insurer Files for 3.5 Percent Rate Decrease
• Colorado Tornado, Hail Damage Adds Up To Estimated $147M in Damage
• California Assembly Passes Agent-Broker Bill
• Duering Retires from American E&S Insurance Brokers
• California Proclaims State of Emergency for Santa Clara, Santa Cruz Fires
• Oregon Collision Shops Give State Farm High Customer Service Marks
• IBA of San Fernando Valley Names Abasta President
• Chubb Offers California Homeowners Extended Replacement Cost Settlement
• Judge: Company Will Pay $10M for Tainted Lunch Boxes
• California Cop to Receive Workers’ Comp Benefits for Vacation Injury
• Lockton Denver Office Acquires Schwander Insurance Services
• Colorado Residents Cleaning Up After Tornadoes, Hail
• Claims of Agent’s Professional Negligence Can Be Assigned To Third Party
• Tornado Strikes Northern Colorado
• Environmental Group Recognizes Fireman’s Fund’s Green Efforts
• California Motorcycle Dealers Endorse Zurich Commercial
• Chubb To Offer Wildfire Property Protection in 13 Western States
• Scientists Predict $200B in Damage from Southern California Earthquake
• RMS Becomes Partner in Climate Change Initiative
• Washington Drivers Challenged to Drive Nice for a Day
• Heffernan Insurance Appoints Versoza VP
• International Insurance Firm Opens in Denver
• Colorado Casualty Offers Commercial Lines Products
• Central Pacific Hurricane Center Predicts 3-4 Cyclones
• Solera National Bank, Allstate Enter Partnership
• California Orange Empire CPCU Chapter Names New Officers
• California Insurance Association To Broadcast Consumer Podcasts
• Washington Commissioner Seeking Contractors to Review Safeco Acquisition
• Union General Offers Adult Day Care Center Coverage
• Arizona Captive Insurance Association Names Directors
• Arizona Passes Captive Insurance Legislation
• Survey: Washington Areas Most Secure Places to Live
• 35 Oregon Workers Died on Job in 2007
• Employers Holdings Reports Decline in Q1 Earnings
• WIAA Insurance Services Adds Access to Environmental Risk Program
• Colorado Supreme Court: Employer Must Pay Suspended Workers’ Comp
• Stawecki joins M.J. Hall and Co. Inc.
• California May Boost Payouts to Workers Injured on the Job
• Wiley Named Assistant Manager for California State Fund
• State Farm Faces Class Action Lawsuit
• California El Camino CPCU Chapter Names New Officers
• NAS Insurance Services Offers Network-Related Coverage
• Takamoto Joins Golden Bear Insurance
• Cambridge General Adds Harvesting Contractors Program in California
• Suhr Risk Services Names Deering, Dershimer Producers
• Oregon Medical Malpractice Limit Upheld
• California Forecasts Stability in Workers’ Comp Insurance Market
• Kotarba to Retire; McPartland Named Golden Eagle President, CEO
• Alaska Authorities Detonate Explosives, 2 Homes Slightly Damaged
• Northwestern Montana Flooding Predicted as Temperatures Rise
• Reed Smith Welcomes Insurance Recovery Litigator in San Francisco
• Montana State Fund Says Workers’ Comp Rates to Drop Next Year
• Argo Group Offers Hurricane Insurance in Hawaii
• Montana Auditor To Negotiate Insurance in China
• State Farm Files Request for California Rate Increase
• Duane Morris Names Leaders of Insurance and Reinsurance Industry Practice
• Colorado Bill Gives Regulator Authority to Demand Insurance Compensation
• American E&S Appoints Epstein Underwriting Manager
• Carver Joins Baldwin Resource Group as Account Executive
• PIA Western Alliance Names Washington Junior VP
• Ware Joins M.J. Hall and Co. in California
• Pinnacol Distributing $55 Million to Colorado Businesses
• Consumer Advocacy Group Questions USAA’s Role in Home Foreclosures
• Woodruff-Sawyer and Redevelopment Risk Services Form Partnership
• Ruiz Appointed Attorney-in-Charge For California State Fund
• California Discussing Sale of State Workers’ Compensation Insurer
• Japanese Credit Card Company Sets Up Captive in Hawaii
• Insurance Brokerage Barney & Barney Completes Merger with Saylor & Hill
• Union General Offers Amusement Centers Market
• Mercury General Reports $4 Million Net Loss in Q1
• Colorado Casualty Opens Phoenix Office
• Cambridge General Increases House Authority
• Insurance Wholesaler Socius Appoints Assistant VPs
• Survey: Small Businesses Don’t Understand Their Dollars Spent on Workers’ Comp
• Recession Challenges Industry
• California Assembly Insurance Committee Passes Agent-Broker Bill
• RMS Names Grant Group Executive of Global Client Development
• Brown & Brown Acquires Nathan Stone Insurance Agency
• National Advantage Insurance Adds Artisan/Service Contractor Market
• Newport Beach Insurance Broker Sentenced to Prison
• Consumer Group Alleges New Rules Will Raise Insurance Rates in Calif.
• Colorado Senate OKs Requiring Car Insurers to Offer Medical Coverage
• Magnitude-5.2 Earthquake Hits Northern California
• Earthquake Expert Honored in Utah for Lifetime of Service
• Allstate to Comply with Order to Lower Calif. Auto Rates by 15.9%
• Insurers Expected to Halt New Business in Nevada as Temblors Continue
• Homes, Schools Threatened as Fires Scorch Nevada, Arizona and California
• Arizona Driver Involved in 10 Hit-and-Run Wrecks before Capture

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