January 2, 2006
Nuts & Bolts: Hull & Co., Stockton, Calif., has added another company to its array of contractors markets. The new market is Best’s rated “A,” IX and writes both general contractors and artisans. Key features include the writing on occurrence …
January 2, 2006
Builders and trade contractors vie to bring carriers back to the Golden State. During the past few years, builders and trade contractors in California have endured triple-digit rate increases and an exodus of insurance carriers, according to an informal survey …
January 2, 2006
The California Insurance Wholesalers Association has launched a grassroots campaign to help its members have a more active and profound voice at the state legislative level. According to Mark Maucere, association president, the state’s special election in 2005 proved that …
January 2, 2006
Happy New Year. As tradition has it, the start of the new year is a popular time to make resolutions to be better. And for 2006, the Insurance Journal staff has vowed to do just that. If you peer past …
January 2, 2006
Slated for Orlando windstorm conference Two leading hurricane experts, Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center, and Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane Insurance Information Center will speak during the Feb. 8 to 11, Seventh Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference …
January 2, 2006
Flood damage checks are an essential buyer’s tool so used car purchasers and insurance companies can determine if a used car for sale by an owner in Atlanta or by a car dealer in Tampa, Fla., were not submerged in …
January 2, 2006
The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Board of Governors agreed to change the amount of commissions it paid to agents in May 2005, but Florida insurance agents complain that the new commissions are not being paid. Citizens filed its revised commission …
January 2, 2006
We returned to Kiln, Miss., knowing our home was gone and then were told our office was also gone. When we arrived, we found our offices weren’t gone, but after 4 feet of water, they might as well be and …
January 2, 2006
45 percent coastal, 21 percent inland The Citizens Property Insur-ance Corp. board of governors has approved premium increases that average 45 percent on Florida’s coastal areas and 21 percent inland. Florida’s insurer of last resort asked for a 17 percent …
January 2, 2006
Premium fraud, working without workers’ compensation coverage, fraudulent certification and claimant fraud are common types of fraud encountered by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fraud, Vincent Mazzara, central region commander, said at a series of town hall meetings across Florida. …