It appears all 121 people on board a Cypriot airliner died Sunday when the plane rammed into a hill north of Athens, Greece. Early reports say one or both of the pilots may have been unconscious prior to the crash, …
While temperatures fell Friday and the humidity rose, that was about the only good news for folks and firefighters in southeastern Washington State, as a nearly 50,000-acre wildfire continued to blaze. More than 100 homes have been destroyed according to …
Swett & Crawford announced the appointment of Neal Abernathy as chief operating officer, effective immediately. Abernathy will serve in the position of COO until the retirement of CEO David Hartoch. Hartoch is expected to retire at the end of 2006, …
The Association of California Insurance Companies has released their weekly bill roundup. The following bills that will be heard next week in the California Legislature: Senate Appropriations Committee – Aug. 15 AB 1183 (Vargas) Insurance Fraud. AB 1183 would extend …
The American Agents Alliance released the correction to an Aug. 10 article titled American Agents Alliance Comments on CDI’s Amendment of Agency Appointment Regulations. “The Alliance remains opposed to the proposed revised appointment regulations as noted Aug. 10 on InsuranceJournal.com. …
Lockton Companies Inc., the nation’s largest privately owned insurance broker, has appointed Robert Hopson as a vice president, aviation specialist in its commercial insurance group, property/casualty division in its Kansas City corporate office. Hopson has 15 years of insurance experience, …
The United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, recently issued its opinion in Graphic Packaging International Inc. v. Employers Insurance of Wausau, upholding the validity of an exclusion for “bodily injury by disease” found in workers’ compensation/employers liability policies issued …
National Interstate Corporation has promoted David Michelson to executive vice president and chief operating officer. In this newly created position, Michelson will be responsible for leading all business operations and for achieving the corporation’s written premium and underwriting profit objectives. …
Requiring insurers to submit written explanations of “for cause” terminations of company appointments is unnecessary and lacks statutory authority Rancho Cordova…The Western Insurance Agents Association, a leader in the fight against the Garamendi Agenda, submitted comments to the California Department …
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger on Friday released the 2004 Consumer Complaint Ratio Report which tracks complaints and questions about insurance companies licensed to do business in the State of Kansas. During 2004, the Kansas Insurance Department closed 5,012 complaints …
