Monthly Archives: <span>April 2005</span>

What Should be Industry Response to Ethical Lapses?

CPCU Society Looking at IMSA The property casualty industry’s leading educational society is weighing what role to play in helping the industry restore its image after months of charges about bid rigging and contingent commissions. A presidential task force of …

Brothers Arrested in Auto Premium Scam

Carlos Vasquez-Marquez and Jose Miguel (Mike) Marquez, of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., have been arrested and charged with seven felony counts of grand theft. The arrests are the result of a 20-month investigation conducted by CDI. The investigation found that …

Wash. DOL Fines Contractor over Workers’ Comp Violations

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has put Skanska USA Building Inc. on notice that it will lose its certificate to self-insure if it doesn’t improve the way it manages workers’ compensation insurance claims. In addition to the “corrective …

Calif. Sweep Nets Four Fraud Suspects

Starting Feb. 24, investigators from the California Department of Insurance’s Fraud Division conducted joint operations in the Central Valley to execute outstanding arrest warrants. CDI partnered with the Fresno District Attorney’s Office, Fresno Police Department, and the Tulare County District …

Residential and General Contractors

Nuts & Bolts: McFall General Agency Inc. is offering coverage for residential and general contractors for the small to medium size general contractor for both commercial and residential projects. Habitational work is limited to eight or fewer units in any …

Shelters

Nuts & Bolts: Union General has an “A+” rated carrier offering general liability and professional liability coverage for various shelters. Abused children, battered women, teenage runaway shelters and homes for unwed mothers can be considered. Personal injury is included. Employees …

Public Auto

Nuts & Bolts: Union General is offering a variety of programs to address public auto exposures. The program can handle accounts up to 10 units. Public auto classes include limo, day care, airport, and hotel shuttles and others. Dollars: Limits …

Workers’ Comp

Nuts & Bolts: Lemac General Agency in Orange, Calif., has added a new market for workers’ compensation. Eligible classes include, but are not limited to, agricultural operations, building operations, contractors (no roofers or framers), habitational, janitorial, manufacturing, professional (attorneys, doctors, …

People & Places

Michael Moran Michael F. Moran has joined California-based wholesale broker Network E&S Insurance Brokers, LLC, as a partner and its chief operating officer. His immediate responsibility will be to establish and to staff an office in Los Angeles. Moran brings …

NAMIC OPTIMISTIC ABOUT UTAH’S LEGISLATIVE SESSION:

The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies is pleased that the Utah Legislature’s 2005 property/casualty approved legislation contains some elements sought by NAMIC member companies. “The Legislature adopted industry supported amendments to its insurance cancellation and nonrenewal restrictions bill,” said …