Washington State approved its first fraud bureau and added a fraud prosecutor. Gov. Christine Gregoire signed SB 6234 into law in late March. The measure decisively passed the state House and Senate earlier this winter. Washington joins the mainstream of …
Major changes in the insurance field have triggered a dramatic weeding out of this country’s sales force. Five years from now, many of you will no longer be in the insurance business. To succeed in the industry, you cannot be …
The Association of California Insurance Companies warned insurers that the state’s Legislature would consider a bill to establish a hidden, multi-million dollar tax on Californians to publicly fund campaigns of unknown candidates. Jeff Fuller, ACIC’s executive vice president and general …
The Commissioners are now fully prepared to go before their various legislative committees with recommendations for a system of insurance law, which shall be the same in all States — not reciprocal, but identical; not retaliatory, but uniform. That statement …
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., a workers’ compensation insurance provider, will team up with BC Life & Health Insurance Co., an affiliate of Blue Cross of California to allow The Hartford’s workers’ compensation clients in California access to Blue …
Seattle-based property and casualty insurer Safeco is considering direct marketing its automobile insurance business over the Internet to reach additional consumers that do not like to deal with middle-men and do not like to purchase insurance through agents. According to …
Ogden, Utah, officials are expecting a $2.5 million insurance settlement for a fire that destroyed a building the city had offered for sale at a fraction of that amount. The cause of the March 11 fire that destroyed the 100-year-old …
Given the pace of today’s technological developments, it is often difficult for agency principals to know where to get the most bang for their buck. As most agency principals know, it is important to take a strategic approach when it …
If you’ve been writing agricultural and farm insurance for years and think you know everything there is to know about the business, don’t bet the farm. Farm exposures have changed dramatically in the past 50 years and require sophisticated liability …
The PIA Western Alliance will be holding its second Moisture Management Summit in Irvine, Calif. with the goal of writing a public policy based on moisture management standards that have already been developed. The PIA’s goal is to take that …
