The California Office of Administrative Law has approved new regulations for creating a Web site that will allow people to verify employers have workers’ compensation insurance coverage, and for employers to dispute with the rating organization or the employer’s insurance …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has said that its ratings and outlook on Netherlands-based insurance holding company AEGON N.V. (‘A-‘/Negative/A-2) and its core insurance operating subsidiaries (‘AA-‘/Negative/–) are unaffected by AEGON’s announcement that it aims to issue 173.6 million common …
Richard Rutkin, president of L.A.Xcess Insurance Brokers Inc. announced that L.A.Xcess has become an independently owned national wholesaler by purchasing itself back from DeWitt Stern Group, an entertainment insurance provider. L.A.Xcess will remain in its current in Los Angeles office. …
San Francisco-based Wholesale Trading Co-Op Insurance Services LLC (WTCI) has named Mark Morgan vice president/property broker. He will be based in Atlanta, where he has lived and worked throughout his career. Morgan joins WTCI from Swett & Crawford Group, with …
Colorado’s Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee has unanimously recommended the confirmation of John Cevette, Blair Richardson and John Plotkin to Pinnacol Assurance’s board of directors. On Tuesday, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed executive orders to appoint John Plotkin and …
Middleton, Wis.-based Capitol Insurance Companies has announced three promotions. Kevin A. Klestinski has been named vice president of property and casualty underwriting, Richard F. Boettner has been promoted to director of underwriting – brokerage and general agent binding, and David …
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has reappointed Norman Darwin of Benbrook as the state’s Injured Employee Public Counsel for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2013. The public counsel helps injured employees in the workers’ compensation system, oversees the ombudsman program …
North Dakota’s former workers’ compensation director is asking the state Supreme Court for the second time to throw out his felony conviction for misspending public funds. Sandy Blunt’s attorney told the Supreme Court that prosecutors didn’t give him crucial evidence. …
Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has named its 2010 Top Insurance Company Partners. This year, CAA expanded its annual “Top 4 Insurance Partner” awards to include the top four insurance partners in the three new categories of …
Capitol Insurance Cos. of Middleton, Wis., announced that Kevin A. Klestinski has been named vice president of Property & Casualty Underwriting, Richard F. Boettner has been promoted to director of Underwriting – Brokerage & General Agent Binding, and David W. …
