An insurance organization says a windstorm that brought two weak tornadoes, rain and hail to the western Denver suburbs last July caused $768 million in insured losses to vehicles and homes. The Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association said that it’s …
White Sutton & Co. Insurance Services, based in Santa Monica, Calif., named Trey Harding as the practice leader of its Main Street Business Division. A Westside Los Angeles native, Harding held an underwriting position at Allied Insurance, a Nationwide Insurance …
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has appointed a new interim insurance superintendent, and the deputy superintendent has resigned. The PRC announced the appointmnt of Craig Dunbar’s. The 59-year-old Dunbar will replace Deputy Insurance Superintendent Thomas Rushton, who had been …
A Montana insurance rule that makes it more difficult for companies to deny claims will stand, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case. “It is immensely important and affects the health insurance rights of tens of millions …
Three executives of a now-defunct California nonprofit that provided job training for young people knowingly placed dozens of teenagers in jobs that exposed them to asbestos, prosecutors say. The nonprofit Firm Build sent teens to remove asbestos from an old …
Weather forecasters said this week that a below-average total of two to three hurricanes are likely to pass through Central Pacific waters this year as ocean surface temperatures cool. But only one hurricane needs to hit land to cause damage, …
An insurance company has asked a federal court to limit liability by the city of Huntington Beach in the death of an 11-year-old girl who was killed during a junior lifeguard drill. Attorneys with Navigator’s Insurance filed a petition last …
The California South Bay Chapter of the National Association of Insurance Women (International) elected its offices for the 2010-2011 term, begining July 1. Elected for a second term of office as president is Carleen Armstrong, commercial accounts manager with Driscoll …
Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and California-based Zenith National Insurance Corp. announced that Fairfax has received approval from the California Department of Insurance for the acquisition by Fairfax of Zenith pursuant to the previously announced merger agreement [See IJ web …
U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. has named Julie Sylim a vice president and branch manager for the company’s Oakland, Calif., office. Julie has mroe than 20 years of insurance experience, most recently in the wholesale arena. She most recently was …
