Sitzmann Morris & Lavis (SML), an independent based insurance advisory firm in Northern California, announced that Steve Shaw, formerly president of Lafayette Square Insurance Services, has merged his practice into SML. Shaw will remain partnered with SML and continue to …
Prior to 2004, Florida had gone for five years without a significant hurricane. So it is of little surprise that the onslaught of this year’s three major hurricanes has caught all of us in the insurance industry a bit unprepared. …
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced that two more unlicensed adjusters are off the streets in the Ft. Myers area. James John Tomlinson, 42, and James Stephen Hudgens, 55, both working for Ft. Lauderdale-based Seabreeze Public Adjusters Inc., were …
The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) reported that occupational fatalities in Texas increased by 17.7 percent in 2003, while the national number of fatalities increased less than 1 percent compared to 2002. There was a total of 491 occupational fatalities …
The American Medical Association (AMA) joins the Washington State Medical Association (WSMA) for a National House Call this week to urge voters to sign on to Initiative 330 to help restore fairness and balance to Washington’s broken medical liability system …
The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced recently that although reservations can still be made for the 17th Annual Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference Oct. 13-15, planners are characterizing the event as almost full. Registration is required. The registration fee is …
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher has no grounds to seek a delay in his Senate impeachment trial, an attorney argued recently in a brief filed with the Court of Impeachment. Last week, attorneys for Fisher filed a series of motions …
The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has designated 54 Puerto Rico municipalities eligible for federal disaster aid to help homeowners, renters and businesses recover from the effects of Tropical Storm Jeanne. Michael …
The PMA Insurance Group announced that Tony Steinauer has been promoted to branch viceprresident in the firm’s Hunt Valley, Maryland office. Steinauer is responsible for overseeing PMA’s Maryland, Washington, DC and northern Virginia operations, managing the agency distribution network and …
According to a new survey conducted by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and Providian Financial, most Americans do not understand credit scores, even when they think their knowledge of credit is good. The bulletin noted that “as companies and …
