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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...

THE ST. PAUL IMPLEMENTS NEW BROWSER

OneSource Information Services Inc. announced that The St. Paul Companies is implementing OneSource’s Business Browser product line to access and...

AGENTS, EMPLOYEES RAISE $50,000

Allstate Insurance Company presented $54,890 to the Greater Houston Area Chapter of the American Red Cross to assist flood victims...

TDI SETS MOLD HEARING

The Texas Department of Insurance will hold a hearing on mold coverage provided in the state’s residential property insurance policies...

EFI INITIATES MOLD INVESTIGATION

In response to the increasing number of mold-related claims in the United States, GAB Robins North America Inc. subsidiary, Houston-based...

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