Monthly Archives: <span>July 2006</span>

5,450 W.Va. Employers Delinquent, Owe $11.4M in Workers’ Comp Payments

West Virginia has delinquent workers’ compensation payments valued at $11.4 million outstanding as of July 13, with 5,450 employers overdue on their payments to BrickStreet Mutual, according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. Jan. 1 the policies of all West …

Ohio Hylant Group Names President, Grand Rapids Office

The Hylant Group, a commercial insurance brokerage headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, announced today that Len Dyer has been hired as president to head the newly-established office in Grand Rapids, Mich. Dyer comes to Hylant Group after having successfully initiated two …

Nevada Approves Progressive Halcyon’s Rate Increases

Nevada Commissioner of Insurance Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved a rate change for private passenger automobile insurance filed by Progressive Halcyon Insurance Co. Bodily injury liability rates will increase 8 percent, and property damage liability rates will increase 5 percent, …

Utah Agent Charged with Pocketing Premiums

Ryan Webb, a Salt Lake County, Utah, insurance agent, was charged with insurance fraud, a second degree felony, unlawful dealing by a fiduciary, a second degree felony, theft by deception, a second degree felony, and forgery, a third degree felony. …

Oregon Adopts Rules to Implement Mental Health Parity Bill

Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services has adopted administrative rules to implement the mental health parity bill passed by the 2005 Oregon Legislature. The rules were filed with the Secretary of State’s Office on July 14, 2006. The law, …

NJ PURE Medical Malpractice Insurer Receives Favorable Financial Rating From S.A.S.

Standard Analytical Service (SAS) Rating for NJPURE Is Higher Than For The 15 Largest Companies Princeton NJ – New Jersey Physicians United Reciprocal Exchange (NJ PURE), a leading NJ medical malpractice insurer, received a favorable public rating by Standard Analytical …

FleetRisk Advisors Names Wagner President, COO

FleetRisk Advisors, a provider of predictive analytics and loss control services to the fleet transportation industry, has appointed David C. Wagner president and chief operating officer. Wagner previously worked at FleetRisk Advisors from 2004 to 2005 as senior vice president, …

Congressional Hearing Meets on ‘Terrorism and the Insurance Market’

Two U.S. House subcommittees — the Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversights and Investigation, and the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment — held a hearing today to examine the ongoing issue of insuring …

Calif. Supreme Court Rules Prop 64 Applies to Pending Cases

The Civil Justice Association of California (CJAC) in Sacramento applauded the California Supreme Court for applying Proposition 64 to lawsuits that were pending when the initiative overwhelmingly passed in November 2004. “Today’s unanimous ruling has put an end to the …

Cambridge General Offers Outbreak Extra Expense Coverage in California

Acknowledging the potential contagions that make businesses vulnerable to closure, Cambridge General Agency is offering outbreak extra expense coverage. The coverage is designed to provide California businesses with insurance coverage in the event that their business operations are suspended by …