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AB 2639 ON ITS WAY

The American Agents Alliance reported that the six votes required to move AB 2639 (Calderon) out of the Senate Insurance...

NON-OEM RULING QUESTIONED

Collision Parts Network, a Fresno auto parts distributor, filed a lawsuit asking the California Supreme Court to declare the 1999...

CONCORDE COMPENSATION

Air France announced it would compensate relatives of all 113 people who perished as a result of the July 25...

$4 MILLION ARM

The San Diego Padres filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Lloyd’s of London for the insurance consortium’s alleged...

AVIATION BOOK CHANGES HANDS

CNA has entered into an agreement to sell Associated Aviation Underwriters Inc. (AAU) to the British Aviation Insurance Group (BAIG)....

DRESDNER, COMMERZBANK-NO DEAL

Six weeks of merger talks between Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank have reportedly collapsed, ending efforts to create what would have...

Questions & Answers

By Regina Anderson
Q: We have a business client whose home is located on 10 acres of land with a barn. On this...

HIGGINBOTHAM READY FOR BLAST-OFF

The merger between Fort Worth insurance agency Higginbotham & Assoc. and InsureZone has been finalized. The combination, announced last March,...

NAME YOUR PRICE

Internet retailer Priceline.com and insurer W.R. Berkley Corp. plan to offer car insurance online through a new joint venture called...

THE SLEEZE FACTOR

Results of a recent Zogby America poll demonstrated an almost even division in opinion regarding the trustworthiness of insurance salespeople....

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