Countrywide Insurance Group, Calabasas, Calif., announced that Andy Zehnder has joined Countrywide Insurance Services as branch president of its 801 Brand Boulevard office in Glendale, Calif. In that position, Zehnder will be responsible for hiring key producers and staff, as …
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the arrest of Sacramento resident and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Correctional Sergeant Steven Michael Shadden, 32, on April 4, 2006, on workers’ compensation insurance fraud charges. Shadden was booked into the Sacramento …
Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services Inc. has a new excess coverage program for its Excess and Surplus Property facility. Perils include basic, broad and special forms. The program features a $1 million minimum excess point and a $2.5 million maximum …
Heffernan Insurance Brokers, an insurance brokerage based in Walnut Creek, Calif., is merging with Advanced Insurance of Orange, Calif. The new Heffernan Insurance Brokers office will be led by current Advanced Insurance executives Tony Canini and Jim Cochran. Canini has …
ACORD LOMA will be hosting an Insurance Systems Forum on May 22-24, 2006, at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The program includes: -“Harnessing the Business Potential of Information Technology” by John Hagel, author and independent business consultant; …
Local, state and federal officials have joined Governor Haley Barbour in announcing an eight-week informational campaign to help make Mississippians more aware of how to protect themselves as the 2006 hurricane season approaches. “Katrina, the worst natural disaster in American …
A bipartisan group of five assemblymembers joined with local elected officials and concerned citizens at a news conference in Sacramento to support AB 2840, which they say will help ensure fair auto rates for all drivers. Supporters introduced the language …
Aaron Avila and Heidi Ressler have all joined Baldwin Resource Group’s insurance area. Baldwin Resource Group, based in Bellevue, Wash., specializes in risk management, insurance and business consulting. Avila joins as an account manager in the commercial lines department. Previously, …
Workforce Solutions and the Angelo State University Small Business Development Center will sponsor a one-day educational seminar on Workers’ Compensation 101 and Return To Work presented by the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation from 8 a.m. to …
Days after the defeat of their lawsuit reform bill, Oklahoma House and Senate Republican legislative leaders, joined by business and health care leaders, announced a renewed drive for lawsuit reform in Oklahoma in 2006. “There’s no doubt we face an …
