Aon Risk Services of the West has appointed Julie Davis to its senior management team in the technology practice to strengthen its San Francisco/Bay area team. In her new role, Davis will be tasked wi
Recognizing that innkeepers need broad protection and flexible limits. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. is now offering the innkeepers' extension endorsement, whi
Former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt pleaded not guilty to two felony charges of misspending agency funds, almost two months after the state Supreme Court ruled Blunt should g
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of 'A++' (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of "aa+" of General Re Group and its members. The ratings apply to General Reinsuranc
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has proposed regulations that would make green auto insurance option available for California consumers. If implemented, pay-as-you-drive auto insurance
A 600-acre wildfire near Draper, Utah, continues to threaten more than 100 buildings.
Fire officials said Aug. 26, 2008, they're trying to establish containment lines around the blaze.
On Aug. 2
Caroline Edkins has been hired by Cavignac & Associates, a San Diego-based risk management and commercial insurance brokerage firm, as an account administrator.
Edkins brings to Cavignac & Associat
A new study on teen driving habits and safety found that 59 percent of teens always buckled up in the driver seat but only 42 percent always wore seat belts as passengers. However, only 38 percent of
TAPCO Underwriters Inc., a Burlington, N.C.-based managing general agent, said it is now offering its products and proprietary quoting and binding process to retail agents in Pennsylvania.
TAPCO s
An appeals court on Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, tossed out a $241 million award won by the state of California in a lawsuit stemming from the takeover of failed insurer Executive Life by French investors.
Los Angeles-based Lemac & Associates announced that Gloria Li-lien Lam, who specializes in workers' compensation, has been promoted to vice president.
Lam began her career with Lemac & Associates i
With Tropical Storm Gustav on deck in the Caribbean, insurance claims from Tropical Storm Fay continue to mount while the storm's rain producing potential manifests throughout Alabama, Georgia and the
The latest workers' compensation filing in Florida calls for an overall average rate decrease of 14.1 percent statewide, which would produce a savings of more than $465 million for Florida employers,
The cost of auto injury claims involving lighter-weight vehicles tends to be higher than the cost of claims involving heavy vehicles, according to new research from the Insurance Research
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A former Bucks County, Pa., chiropractor has been accused of fraudulently billing two insurance companies for more than $27,000 for treatments to patients who claimed to have been injured in staged bu
