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Calif. Judge Rules Against Auto Insurers in Lawsuit over ZIP Codes
Feb 18 2007 // Siding with consumer groups and state regulators, a state judge on Feb. 15 threw out a lawsuit that challenged rules requiring auto insurers to base their rates primarily on drivers’ records instead of where they...
PHLY’s Maguire Buys Renewals of Calif. Agency Targeting Fitness Industry
Feb 16 2007 // Maguire Insurance Agency, Inc., a subsidiary of Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp (PHLY), has purchased the renewal rights to the policies issued through the Fitness and Wellness Insurance Agency of Solana Beach,...
Sierra Summit Surety Opens Two Calif. Locations
Feb 15 2007 // Sierra Summit Surety Insurance Services, as managing general agents for Arch Insurance Co., has opened two Southern California locations, one in Pasadena and one in Rancho Cucamonga. Both offices are ready to write surety...
York Claims Svc. Announces Accreditation to Teach Claims Adjusting in Florida, New Jersey, California and Texas
Feb 13 2007 // Parsippany, NJ: York Claims Service a subsidiary of York Insurance Services Group, Inc. (“York” or “the Company”), a leading insurance services provider, announced today its approval as a claims...
Safeco To Cut Homeowners, Commercial Rates
Feb 13 2007 // Seattle-based Safeco has announced it will be cutting rates for California homeowners in 2007 an average of 20 percent. The move is expected to affect some 200,000 Safeco home and business customers in California,...
Levees in 27 states at risk; could trigger flood insurance mandate
Feb 12 2007 // The Army Corps of Engineers reported recently that 122 levees from Rhode Island to California are at risk of failing, potentially affecting thousands of people and requiring millions of dollars in repairs. Six states in...
Fla. pols to lobby Washington for national catastrophe fund
Feb 12 2007 // After the Florida Legislature passed a bill that lawmakers say will address the state’s insurance problems, Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders said their attention will be on pushing for a national...
New Markets
Feb 12 2007 // Long Haul Trucking Program Nuts & Bolts: M.J. Hall and Co. Inc. has a program for long haul truckers garaged in California. It covers liability, physical damage, cargo and trucker’s general liability. The...
Calif. commissioner to examine broker disclosure, workers’ comp issues
Feb 12 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner may have three major priorities for his office — to make his office non-partisan, to fight insurance fraud and to prepare the state for the next major disaster —...
News Currents
Feb 11 2007 // Risky levees in 27 states could trigger flood insurance mandate The Army Corps of Engineers reported that 122 levees from Rhode Island to California are at risk of failing, potentially affecting thousands of people and...
8 Calif. to examine broker disclosure, workers’ comp reform
Feb 11 2007 // Commissioner wants to fine-tune system to protect consumers 8 Agents, brokers set sight on political involvement Meeting with legislators helps them relate to insurance issues 9 West has highest number of...
News Currents
Feb 11 2007 // Calif. commissioner to examine broker disclosure, workers’ comp issues California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner may have three major priorities for his office — to make his office non-partisan, to fight...
New Markets
Feb 11 2007 // Long Haul Trucking Program Nuts & Bolts: M.J. Hall and Co. Inc. has a program for long haul truckers garaged in California. It covers liability, physical damage, cargo and trucker’s general liability. The...
Calif. To Expand Low Cost Auto Program to Merced and Tulare Counties
Feb 9 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has announced his final determination of the need for the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program in Merced and Tulare counties. The announcement follows recent town...
Bakersfield Businesswoman Charged with Fraud
Feb 9 2007 // A Bakersfield, Calif., businesswoman and two accomplices have been arrested in California on a list of charges stemming from a variety of alleged fraud. Shawn Dodd, 40, is charged with four felony counts of insurance...
Three Calif. Senior Citizens Sentenced in Financial Scam
Feb 8 2007 // Three senior citizens who preyed on the elderly by selling them financial products that were unregistered and unqualified for sale in California have been sentenced, according to the California Department of Insurance. All...
Judge Rules that Priest Files Must be Released
Feb 8 2007 // A judge ordered the Roman Catholic Church to release insurance records and confidential files related to a notorious priest who had been convicted of molestation before being transferred to California. Superior Court Judge...
FEMA Tripling Calif. San Joaquin River Flood Plain
Feb 7 2007 // The federal government will triple the size of California’s San Joaquin River flood plain on maps, which could limit development and force more homeowners to buy flood insurance. The Federal Emergency Management...
John Green, Farmers Actuary, Dies in Auto Accident
Feb 7 2007 // John Green, Farmers Insurance Group’s regional vice president of auto product management and chief auto actuary, died Thursday, Feb. 1, of injuries due to an auto accident. A respected leader in the industry and at...
Levees in 27 States at Risk of Failing; Could Trigger Flood Insurance Mandate
Feb 5 2007 // The Army Corps of Engineers reported last week that 122 levees from Rhode Island to California are at risk of failing, potentially affecting thousands of people and requiring millions of dollars in repairs. Residents of...
