U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses an estimated $3.35 billion for first-quarter property losses resulting from nine catastrophes. The nine events identified as catastrophes by the Property Claim Services (PCS) unit of Insurance Services Office include …
Mountain View, Calif.-based Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates, an insurance intermediary and broker, has added Laura Ramsey as vice president of Private Client Services. She will be responsible for growing the new division and determining both the markets and strategies capable of …
April 29, 2008 – San Leandro, CA – Insurance Brokerage firm McDermott-Costa Co., Inc. is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. McDermott-Costa is recognized as one of the leading insurance brokerage firms in Northern CA specializing in Property & Casualty …
Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman is stepping down after a long regulatory career that included approval in 2007 of a $2.6 billion deal involving Nevada’s largest health insurer — a deal that troubled Gov. Jim Gibbons. Molasky-Arman, retiring next September, …
Scientists urged residents of northern Nevada’s largest city to prepare for a bigger event as the area continued rumbling Saturday after the largest earthquake in a two-month-long series of temblors. More than 100 aftershocks were recorded on the western edge …
A wildfire that has scorched 270 acres and forced the evacuation of about 100 homes in neighborhoods near Pasadena might not be under control for days, officials said Sunday. Firefighters originally had hoped to have the blaze contained Sunday, but …
Americans may be much more willing to get genetic tests showing predisposition to diseases with this week’s expected final passage by Congress of a bill barring discrimination based on one’s genetics, experts say. Genetic testing, typically involving a sample of …
Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Levene told an audience of around 100 business executives in Los Angeles on Friday that London’s strengths as a leading global financial center have not been diminished by the credit crunch. Addressing the subject of current economic …
Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions announced that John Stroughair has been hired to head the RiskMarkets group of RMS Consulting. In that capacity, he will be responsible for all capital markets activities, including risk analysis of catastrophe bonds for use …
QuotesAuction.com, a leader in the insurance leads industry, is now offering live transfer insurance leads to agents and brokers in all 50 states. North Hollywood, CA – April 28, 2008 — QuotesAuction.com, an insurance industry lead, has announced plans to …
