Declarations

February 6, 2012

Cornerstone

“You have to be smart about your marketing, and I think it’s all about relationships. Without the relationship I think this business goes nowhere. I am not GEICO. I am not Progressive. I am Cornerstone Insurance.”

—Phil Hakopian, CEO of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.-based Conerstone Insurance Services, speaking about insurance exchnages at the Insurance Industry Roundtable run by the WIAA Education & Research Foundation in Irvine, Calif.

Dave Jones

“I think he’s relatively been working behind the scenes. Certainly more than any other commissioner, he has not been out in the insurance public for any events that normally we would be able to see the commissioner and be able to have a dialog.”

—Bob Hogeboom, a regulatory lawyer with the Los Angeles office of Barger & Wolen, comparing California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones with other commissioners following the completion of Jones’ first year in office.

Cal/OSHA

“California law requires all employers to identify and mitigate safety risks in the workplace.”

—California Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker said following an announcement that Cal/OSHA issued $256,445 in fines to two companies in Chino, Calif., for over 60 safety violations discovered during warehouse inspections that found unsafe working conditions.

Risk

“Every ERM strategy has a different level of maturity and is influenced by regulation, industry, company size and countless unique business characteristics.”

—Mark Stephens, Milliman Inc.’s director of risk advisory services and executive director of the newly formed Milliman Risk Institute.

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