January 12, 2006
The Seattle-based Grange Insurance Group has partnered with Identity Theft 911 LLC to provide free identity theft resolution services to its homeowner and farmowner policyholders. Identity Theft 911 also will assist victims following disasters, such as home fires, floods, hurricanes, …
January 12, 2006
Insurance Skills Center will be offering Broker-Agent Disclosure Classes beginning in January. The class will be taught by Steve Young, vice president and counsel general for IBA West. He will provide broker-agents with the results of legal research prepared by …
January 12, 2006
The Insurance Skills Center is offering two new classes on disaster preparedness, to be held in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 17, and in Irvine, Calif., on Jan. 24. The classes qualify for eight continuing education credits (CEs). The morning class, …
January 12, 2006
California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund is hosting a free workplace safety “Office Ergonomics” workshop at its San Jose district office on Jan. 12-13. The workshop is designed to help employers create safe workplaces, inform them about workers’ compensation regulations and …
January 12, 2006
Sierra Specialty, based in Fresno, Calif., has appointed Misty Haron professional liability specialist for all lines of professional liability and director’s and officers liability. Haron has been in the insurance wholesale business for more htan 10 years with experience in …
January 12, 2006
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi cautioned Los Angels residents on Wednesday to take strong, proactive steps to prepare for the next inevitable disaster by looking at flood insurance and updating their home and auto policies. “In California you can lose …
January 12, 2006
Conway, Ark.-based American Management Corporation reported it now allows farmers to insure all of their farm operations with one policy. Through a new partnership with St. Paul Traveler’s AMC agents are able to offer farmers coverage for agriculture business needs …
January 12, 2006
With almost 2,000 cases of identity theft in Oklahoma in 2004, State Rep. Steve Martin believes it’s time to increase deterrence by hiking the penalties upon conviction. Martin filed House Bill 2109, which would increase the sentence for identity theft …
January 12, 2006
New, tougher building codes go into effect in March for all Louisiana’s coastal parishes, and a recent donation should help public officials interpret and enforce them. The Legislature passed a law in November 2005 creating a system to implement a …
January 12, 2006
An agreement approved by the Louisiana Tax Commission sends almost $2 million in State Farm Insurance property taxes to Ouachita Parish, where officials had feared budget cuts if the money stayed in Baton Rouge. State Farm announced in 2004 it …