Monthly Archives: <span>July 2000</span>

Five Star Upgraded

Irvine-based Five Star Insurance Company was assigned a rating of “A-” by A.M. Best. The company, which has a Financial...

He Knee-ded to Tell the Truth

Jorge Benitez of Huntington Beach was arrested on June 9 on workers’ compensation fraud charges. According to CDI fraud investigators,...

Working Hard, Hardly Working

William Elmer Carson of Fresno was recently arrested on insurance fraud charges. CDI fraud investigators discovered that the 54-year-old man...

FREE MARKET TRADE USHERED IN

An agreement signed July 13 between the United States and Vietnam will mean an economic boost for the communist nation...

VESTA COMPLETES CAT BOND DEAL

Vesta Insurance Group’s operating units have completed an insurance securitization transaction through the private placement of $50 million in catastrophe...

CONFERENCE FILLED WITH SUN & FUN

Independent agents and brokers are invited to attend the annual Conference & Expo 2000 hosted by the American Agents Alliance....

CONSECO SHOWED HIM THE MONEY

When Conseco Inc.’s new chairman and chief executive, Gary C. Wendt, agreed last month to take the reins at the...

INDUSTRY VETERAN PASSES AWAY

Vic Slevin passed away on July 8, 2000. Born in Iowa in 1920, Slevin joined the Arson Department in the...