M.E. James Surplus Lines Insurance Brokerage Inc. has hired Scott Chang as an underwriter in the new Los Angeles-based office. Chang began his insurance career in 1989 at Singer Insurance, an managing general agent in Beverly Hills, Calif., while attending …
Wisconsin-based Wausau Signature Agency has unveiled its new Employee Benefits Division with comprehensive sales, marketing and service capabilities to fully complement its traditionally-strong property and casualty products and services. Rod Flanders has been named as the WSA vice president-Employee Benefits. …
The next 11-year solar storm cycle is expected to be 30 to 50 percent stronger than the current one, and could slow satellite orbits, disrupt communications, bring down power systems, and force airplanes to take alternate routes to avoid the …
Washington lawmakers have reached a bipartisan agreement on changes to unemployment benefits, a controversial issue that has divided labor and business interests for years. Rep. Steve Conway, D-Tacoma, said it was “something of a miracle” to have before us a …
The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents has reaffirmed its opposition to any proposals that call for a so-called “optional” federal charter for insurers. “Those who want to dismantle state regulation of insurance and replace it with a federal government …
The Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia suggested three bills that have been introduced to the Georgia Legislature to address Certificates of Insurance for subcontractors and workers’ compensation issues. According to an IIAG spokesperson, Rep. Mike Coan, Lawrenceville agreed to introduce …
The 2006 Ford Fusion received poor marks in offering motorists’ protection in side crashes, according to new crash tests released by the insurance industry. The Fusion, a mid-size sedan starting at $17,795, received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s lowest …
A levee break in the southeastern corner of Sonoma County, Calif., has flooded part of state Highway 121 and is threatening a half-dozen homes and a winery, according to the California Highway Patrol. The levee is located on private property …
Finding old photographs to mark the centennial of California’s 1906 “Great Quake” and fire was the easy part of Corey Keller’s job as an assistant curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She had a much harder time …
An 81-year-old Cleveland man, Myron Manders, wants the Social Security Administration to admit that he is alive and well. No matter what he says or does to prove it, the Administration just doesn’t seem to get it. Last November, Manders …
