June 8, 2006
The Los Angeles based office of Worldwide Facilities Inc., will be presenting a free educational seminar that discusses coverage and insurance issues relating to “tough” products liability accounts. The event, is scheduled for July 18 and will be held at …
June 8, 2006
Networked Insurance Agents, a Grass Valley, Calif., professional account placement organization, has appointed Charise Salivar as territorial sales vice president in California’s North Central region. Salivar has been a top production underwriter at Networked for more than two years, first …
June 8, 2006
California residents Cameron Harris, 44, of Norco, and Michael Weaver, 45, and Kelly Weaver, 43, of Corona, Calif., have been arrested for suspected insurance fraud. All three suspects were booked into the Riverside County Jail with a total bail of …
June 8, 2006
Risk Management Solutions (RMS), Newark, Calif., has updated its U.S. and Canada Earthquake models. “Earthquakes east of the Rockies are less common than in the tectonically active West, but can be more severe due to the slower attenuation of ground …
June 8, 2006
Strategic Independent Agents Alliance (SIAA) announces that The Powers Group, Inc. of Clayton, Mo. has established Valley Insurance Agency Alliance as a SIAA Master Agency. Their exclusive territory covers several counties in central and southern Missouri, including the St. Louis …
June 8, 2006
With the risk of damage from surface water and flood becoming more prevalent in even low to moderate flood zones, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., Novato, Calif., has launched a surface water and flood endorsement to its Prestige Home Premier policy. …
June 8, 2006
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it is changing its process for evaluating the terrorism exposure of insurers and reinsurers. The updated process is partly a response to the increased insurance retentions under the two-year extension of the Terrorism Risk …
June 8, 2006
A former Illinois Department of Natural Resources park supervisor who accused the agency of discrimination in denying him a promotion has settled the federal lawsuit for $65,000, a newspaper says a copy of the settlement shows. In the lawsuit that …
June 8, 2006
Prosecutors say Terrence Gasper, the former chief financial officer at Ohio’s $15 billion insurance fund for injured workers, exchanged investment opportunities for money, his son’s college tuition and stays at a Florida condominium. Terrence Gasper, the first official with the …
June 8, 2006
Bermuda’s White Mountains Insurance group has set Friday, June 9, 2006 as the date for its annual investor’s information meeting. The event will take place at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel – John Jacob Astor Salon, …