Heffernan Insurance Brokers, a full-service insurance brokerage firms in the San Francisco Bay Area, has hired Jay Johnsen as assistant vice president in the San Francisco office. Johnsen specializes in marketing assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. As a producer …
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. based in Novato, Calif., has teamed with College Student Insurance (CSI) to offer a property insurance plan especially for college students living away from home. Parents are sending more than 13 million students to college this …
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced the Department of Insurance has created an online service for organizations applying for an insurance agency license. The online filing service will streamline the license application procedure and expedite processing time by several weeks, …
Harry W. Gorst Co. based in Chatsworth, Calif., has opened a new office in the Inland Empire and hired Eirik Fulton as senior underwriter. Fulton will be responsible for new business development and increasing the Gorst brand. The new Inland …
More than half of Florida’s 800,000 mobile homes are no longer covered by homeowner’s insurance – another sign of the state’s soaring insurance costs. The number of insured Florida mobile homes dropped from more than 500,000 in 2004 to less …
Formation of a Financial Security Council will provide an opportunity for business leaders across Florida to focus on key financial service issues such as development of public policy recommendations on property insurance, according to the Associated Industries of Florida. “AIF …
Crump Insurance Services announced the return of Ron Lanning to its Memphis, Tenn. branch. Lanning will be vice president and manager of the Memphis office, overseeing all brokerage and administrative operations there. Lanning brings over 30 years of insurance experience, …
West Virginai state officials convicted a Morgan County woman on three felony counts of insurance fraud, and she is currently serving time behind bars. Found guilty in December 2006, Deborah K. Wildberger solicited Michael Hovermale, who rented a home from …
Copart Inc. announced the opening of its 12th salvage facility in the state of Florida. Located in Punta Gorda, the 20.6-acre greenfield facility will serve the Ft. Meyers area and all of southwest Florida. “This latest facility in Florida will …
The state of Nebraska may have to pay more than $9 million in damages because it failed to repair a faulty traffic-signal system in Schuyler more than eight years ago that led to a serious accident. The lawyer for the …
