Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. based in Pasadena, Calif., has named Deanna Peyton to replace Rebecca Hill as vice president/branch manager at the Orange/San Diego county office located in Los Alamitos, Calif. Peyton began her insurance career nearly 20 …
A new public entity business product to provide workers’ compensation for cities, towns, counties, and water and sewer districts has been announced by Key Risk Insurance Company. Coverage is available in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia. The program is …
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Tuesday accused a major Internet pop-up advertising company of secretly installing spyware and sending ads through spyware already installed on personal computers. Spitzer sought a court order in state Supreme Court to stop …
Informational meetings describing West Virginia’s transition to the National Council on Compensation Insurance system of workers’ compensation have been scheduled in eight locations from April 10 to 20, according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. NCCI is the oldest and …
Cheryl Ward stood next to her demolished house in Marmaduke, Ark., and put things in perspective. “None of this means anything when you’ve got one kid and your kid is safe,” she said. Nearly two-thirds of Ward’s home collapsed when …
Oklahoma’s civil justice system ranks No. 33 among states in a national survey of lawyers representing insurance companies and public corporations and was judged better than some nearby states that have restricted the size of lawsuit damage awards. The 2006 …
The Professional Insurance Agents of Louisiana (PIA) reported that several of the association’s members are set to meet with members of Congress in Washington, D.C. on April 6, 2006. Jared “Butsy” Martin, president of PIA of Louisiana and owner/principal of …
The Delaware Senate has voted for compromise legislation that will allow insurers to continue to consider credit history information in the underwriting process. Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn’s original bill had proposed banning insurers’ use of credit scoring in personal lines …
Insurance agents have succeeded in removing from the New York State budget a provision to hike fines against insurance professionals. The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York, Inc., praised the Assembly and Senate for deleting a provision that …
United States Senators John Sununu (R-N.H.) and Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) are scheduled to outline their proposal to allow life and property/casualty insurers to choose federal rather than state charters under an “optional federal charter” regulatory system at a press conference …
