Southwestern states could face a particularly troubling fire season this year, particularly in the next few days, according to AccuWeather.com reports. The company said moisture from winter storms has spurred spring growth of brush and foliage. And now that the …
San Francisco-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers has named Allison Parshall the new manager of InsureMyEquipment.com. This online insurance product is designed to streamline the previously time-consuming, manual process of providing rental insurance to the production industry. Camera operators, lighting stage hands …
Worldwide Facilities Inc. has hired Esmeralda Temores in the Los Angeles headquarters as vice president- broker, responsible for brokering business and underwriting for all lines. Temores began her insurance career in 2000 at Western Security Surplus in Pasadena, Calif. While …
Maywood, Calif.’s insurance agency has terminated the city’s policy, citing two recent officer-involved shootings and its failure to hire a new city manager. The California Joint Powers Insurance Authority announced it would end Maywood’s general liability and workers’ compensation coverage …
San Diego-based risk management firm Cavignac & Associates has named Gerrit (Gary) Brouwer surety department manager. A 29-year veteran of the surety bond industry, Brouwer will serve as the primary liaison between the agency’s surety accounts and surety companies, responsible …
Republican Meg Whitman will face off against Democrat Jerry Brown in the race for California governor in November. Whitman won the Republican ticket for governor with 64.2 percent of the vote, defeating Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner who received 26.9 percent …
Seattle-based SeaBright Insurance Holdings Inc. announced that it has changed its corporate name to SeaBright Holdings Inc. to better reflect the different products and services offered by SeaBright’s subsidiary companies. The company’s New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol “SBX” will …
California workers’ compensation total direct written premium (DWP) fell nearly 10 percent last year, dropping to a nine-year low of $6.9 billion, according to market share data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released by the California Department …
Cody Ritchie and other senior members of the BBVA Compass Insurance Agency of Tucson, Ariz., have acquired the firm’s assets to form a new company called Crest Insurance Group. The sale returns the agency’s ownership and management to Tucson. Ritchie …
Officials from Colorado’s state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer Pinnacol Assurance have some explaining to do. The Legislative Audit Committee recently met to go over the company’s financial performance and lawmakers want to ask CEO Ken Ross about a golf trip to …
