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CALIF. PRIVACY BILL REVIVED

Following a special waiver by the California State Assembly, a previously defeated financial privacy bill authored by Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough)...

CALDERON GOES FOR COMMISH

Thomas M. Calderon, the chair of the Assembly Committee on Insurance, officially announced his candidacy for California Insurance Commissioner. Calderon’s...

U.S. BROKERS ACCESS LLOYD’S

Officials with Lloyd’s of London announced the names of the first-ever independent brokers in the U.S. to be accredited for...

CALIF. WON’T CELL OUT

California’s Senate Transportation Committee rejected a bill on July 10 that would have mandated a Highway Patrol study on the...

FARMERS ADJUSTERS GET OVERTIME

An Oakland, Calif., jury awarded a record-setting claim for overtime to a group of Farmers Insurance Adjusters participating in a...

CEA RELEASES NEW REPORT

A new report completed by Tillinghast-Towers Perrin presents the current state of the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) in a positive...

A.M. BEST AFFIRMS A+ FOR HCC

A. M. Best Company affirmed the “A+” (Superior) rating of Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. subsidiaries Houston Casualty Company, U.S....

KEMPER, AQUILA AGAINST SPIKES

Kemper Insurance Companies, Aquila Inc. and its wholly owned affiliate Aquila Re Ltd. have joined to market and underwrite products...

THE HARTFORD HONORS AGENCY

The Texas Insurance Agency of San Antonio was named the Hartford Financial Services Group’s VIP Top Producer for personal insurance...

GSB OF DALLAS, HALLMARK PEN DEAL

Great Southwest Brokerage of Dallas and Hallmark Human Resources have come together on a marketing agreement. Great Southwest Agency, an...

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