September 30, 2002
Truck driver Ovidio Ochoa, 43, of Hesperia, Calif., was arrested recently by CDI investigators. The San Bernardino County Superior Court issued a felony warrant on Aug. 6, 2002 charging Ochoa with six counts of giving false or misleading information regarding …
September 30, 2002
Purn Howard, 37, of Stockton, Calif., surrendered to authorities in San Joaquin County on multiple counts of fraud, according to an investigation by the CDI’s Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division. Howard allegedly reported his vehicle stolen on Dec. 12, 2001 …
September 30, 2002
Lakisha Nicole Langston, 22, of Modesto, Calif., surrendered to authorities in Stanislaus County on three counts of insurance fraud. Langston purchased an auto insurance policy from Infinity Insurance Company on Sept. 21, 2001. She allegedly told the broker that her …
September 30, 2002
Evelina Ortiz Rosario, 49, of Modesto, Calif., was arrested at her residence and booked into the Stanislaus County Jail on five counts of insurance fraud. Rosario was working at Big Lots in Santa Clara, Calif., when she injured her left …
September 30, 2002
Gary Scott Bishop, 35, of Folsom, Calif., was arrested on two felony counts of insurance fraud and booked into the Sacramento County Jail. In Aug. 2001, Bishop allegedly claimed his residence garage was burglarized. Bishop filed a homeowners claim with …
September 30, 2002
James Charles Isbell, 38, of Encinitas, Calif., was charged with seven counts of insurance fraud and one count of grand theft. According to investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI)Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division, Isbell was observed on videotape …
September 30, 2002
The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has released a four-page guide, the “Cyber Risks Needs Analysis,” to provide corporate board members, risk managers and information technology security professionals with a methodology to identify and mitigate their organizations’ cyber exposures. The …
September 30, 2002
Nevada Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman ordered that a “Construction Liability Clearing House” be established for the purpose of providing information on markets and availability of residential construction insurance. She also asked for assistance from the insurance industry for the formation of …
September 30, 2002
Consolidated Freightways Corp., one of the nation’s largest trucking firms, is shutting down its U.S. operations immediately and moving to liquidate the business, according to the Los Angeles Times. Headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., Consolidated has been struggling financially over the …
September 30, 2002
Insurance Journal.com’s associate publisher Mitch Dunford announced recently that the Web site for the 79-year-old insurance publication surpassed 1 million page views in the month of August. “This is a milestone for our company,” Dunford commented. “One million page views …