The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, (CSB) recently issued an urgent recommendation calling on the BP Global Executive Board of Directors to commission an independent panel that would review a range of safety management and culture issues in …
Beecher Carlson, an insurance and risk management company, announced that it has expanded its National Health Care Practice with the appointment of seven industry professionals. The team expansion increases Beecher Carlson’s presence across four of its offices – Irvine, California, …
With gasoline prices creeping past $3 per gallon in some areas, California commuters may turn to public transportation to ease the gas crunch. But they may not realize that making a habit of public transportation may also save them money …
Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has recently reduced premiums for Employment Practices Liability Insurance by 40 percent in most states. Among the many features of the NAS EPLI program are full prior acts coverage for most risks, punitive damages included …
Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe’s office announced it is among the state and federal agencies investigating an international scam involving forged copies of State of Arkansas checks. Operating from Turkey and possibly Latvia, the scam artists send out counterfeit checks, …
WIAA Calls Latest Set of Regulations “Agency Killer”; Calls on Coalition To Stick Together. Rancho Cordova…Although soundly defeated in the legislature earlier in the year, the Garamendi Agenda remains alive and well according to The California Department of Insurance’s Chief …
The Civil Justice Association of California (CJAC) reported recently that California personal injury and other plaintiffs’ lawyers contributed nearly $7.5 million to incumbent and candidate campaigns in the 2003-2004 state election cycle. Since the 1997-98 election cycle, plaintiffs’ lawyers have …
Insuring the Children has set the date of Oct. 17, 2005 for the Annual Golf Tournament. This year it will be held at the prestigious Santa Ana Country Club. For those golfers who haven’t played this course, this is a …
Shareholders in the American International Group Inc. last week approved the insurance company’s slate of 15 board members and renewed the auditing contract of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, despite opposition from some major institutional investors. The voting at AIG’s annual meeting – …
Three Marines based in Twentynine Palms pleaded not guilty to felony insurance fraud charges for allegedly filing a false claim that a vehicle was stolen and vandalized. The trio also pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor count of filing a …
