California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced a total award of $500,000 in consumer protection grants to four District Attorneys’ Offices for the Life and Annuity Consumer Protection Program (LACPP). The LACPP implements AB 2316, which became effective in January 2005. …
A coalition of insurance companies, community colleges and workforce development specialists have started a statewide insurance education program, called the California Insurance Careers Program, aimed at preparing community college students for work in the insurance field. Solano Community College is …
The Drive Group of Insurance Companies, an auto insurer that operates through independent agents and brokers, has opened a new data center and document production facility in Colorado Springs, Colo. Over the next several months, the company will install the …
Former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner John Wooley will be the luncheon speaker at the 14th annual Mid-Year Property & Casualty Insurance Symposium in Austin, Texas, on July 13. Wooley served as commissioner during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. The symposium is …
A dozen fires in Benton County in less than a week has investigators wondering if all were accidents and, if not, who set them. Investigators are not yet willing to conclude definitely that arson was involved, according to Deputy Doug …
Country star and Warner Brothers recording artist Blake Shelton on July 6 presented Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland and Project Rebuild with a $108,000 check for Oklahoma wildfire victims in a State Capitol ceremony. Shelton recently hosted …
Insured homeowners in Eastern and Southern Coastal Texas have, on average, taken roughly 50 percent of the steps to prepare their homes and property to recover from a major hurricane, according to a new Hurricane Readiness Index. Homeowners on the …
New York-based Mercator Risk Services, a specialty wholesale insurance broker, has added Julie Courcelle Lewin to its expanding Midwest Casualty Practice as an assistant vice president. Prior to joining Mercator, Lewin worked for six years as a broker, most recently …
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit against Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and seven affiliates, alleging that the company and its affiliates participated in a bid-rigging and business-steering scheme. The civil complaint, filed Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court, …
The Rhode Island General Assembly recently passed the Health Care Affordability Act, a set of 14 bills intended to lower health insurance costs for small businesses, strengthen state control over provider expansion, enhance consumer access to health care information and …
