June 25, 2001
The Delaware Senate passed House Bill #205, which authorizes the insurance commissioner to adopt regulations on consumer privacy consistent with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Joseph Termini, associate counsel for the National Association of Independent Insurers, cautioned that regulators should apply a …
June 22, 2001
As chairman of the Grants Committee of Insuring the Children, Orange County Chapter, Larry Shoaf, branch manager and senior vice president of Dodge, Warren & Peters Insurance has been distributing checks to various local charitable organizations. Kathy McCarrell of the …
June 22, 2001
Keynote Speaker, Bruce Williams, CPCU, National President of CPCU Society Past LA Chapter President Sharon Heard, CPCU, Farmers Insurance, handing over the gavel to newly installed LA Chapter President David Keleher, CPCU, Farmers Insurance (left to right) Bruce Williams, CPCU, …
June 22, 2001
Redondo Beach, Calif.-based ProcessClaims announced the closing of their latest round of financing led by meVC Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund I. Big Sky Partners, who led the previous round, is again participating in the current round of financing. meVC Draper …
June 22, 2001
In an effort to accelerate the speed, scope and profitability of its automobile insurance underwriting process, Amica Mutual Insurance Company said it has purchased and installed San Rafael, Calif-based Fair, Isaac and Company’s ClickPremiumâ„¢ underwriting solution. ClickPremium will provide Amica, …
June 22, 2001
According to the Automobile Club of California California’s Graduated Driver Licensing Law (GDL), one of the toughest teen driving laws in the nation, will have a major impact on the number one killer of teens — motor vehicle crashes — …
June 22, 2001
The California Department of Insurance (CDI) is announcing the creation of a Personal Lines Broker-Agent License set to begin January 1, 2002. The new agent status is a legislative action (AB 393, Scott) implemented to allow the licensee to transact …
June 22, 2001
In an effort to educate consumers nationwide about insurance fraud and the price we all pay for these crimes, the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) Society and National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) released prevention tips that may help Americans avoid …
June 22, 2001
Zurich North America announced it will begin offering its environmental and standard surety products through its Surety & Financial Enterprises business unit. Previously, the two products were offered through separate units, the Specialty Surety operation and the Surety unit. Under …
June 22, 2001
Trenwick Group Ltd., which specializes in insurance and reinsurance, filed a plan with the Securities and Exchange Commission to occasionally sell up to $400 million in common and preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants and contracts. According to a Reuters report, …