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TWO STARS AND A SMILEY FACE

Jul 10 2000 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating of the Farmers Insurance Group to A+ from A. The rating applies to the 18 members of the group and acknowledges Farmers Insurance Group as a core and integral...

Six Firms Eye Aetna

Jul 6 2000 // As many as six companies are considering a bid for parts of Aetna now that talks between the U.S.’s largest health insurer and Dutch insurance giant ING have broken down. Though ING appears to still have an interest...

One Sticky Situation

Jun 26 2000 // Parvez Karim of Panorama City was arrested at his place of employment and charged with three felony counts of workers’ comp fraud. According to CDI fraud investigators, in July of 1997, the 45-year-old man filed a...

Two in Five Have Close Calls With Cell Phone Users

May 5 2000 // A new survey by Farmers Insurance Group shows 87 percent of adults believe using a cell phone while driving impairs a person’s ability to drive. And while only two percent of drivers said they had been in an accident...

Two Sides to Every Story

Apr 3 2000 // Following a 10-month investigation by the CDI Fraud Division, Tina Anne Musso, also known as Tina Triano, was arraigned on insurance fraud charges. On Dec. 13, 1996, Musso allegedly filed a theft report with the San Jose...