Sequoia Insurance Co., a multi-line property and casualty insurer serving the western United States has deployed a new Web-based claims processing center, Guidewire ClaimCenter. Currently, the system supports personal and BOP lines of business. Additional phases currently underway will support …
The Association of California Insurance Companies’ (ACIC) has sent an opposition letter to SB 832, a late end-of-session development, to members of the Assembly. According to ACIC, the bill would grant, for the first time, most of the punitive damage …
Faced with high gas prices, low trade-in values and other economic pressures, some people are setting fire to their cars and reporting them stolen in hopes of collecting insurance, business and law-enforcement experts say. “The sharp spike in gas prices …
Washington Democrats and Safeco Corp. are battling over the company’s use of credit scores in canceling policies while Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike McGavick was chief executive. The skirmish has moved to Thurston County Superior Court, where Safeco is resisting …
U.S. Census figures show the average percentage of New Mexicans without health insurance over the past three years has remained relatively unchanged, but state officials say the figures don’t take into account their efforts to address the problem. About 402,000 …
HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a provider of managed care industry intelligence, reports that the state of Arizona is responding to its population boom with new initiatives to reduce the number of uninsured. According to the Phoenix Market Overview, a proposed amendment to the …
Molly Seibert has joined PWIB Texas as associate underwriter/broker. She will work out of the firm’s Dallas office. Seibert previously was associated with other insurance wholesalers in Texas and has 27 years’ experience in this field. PWIB Texas is part …
With an ever-increasing number of policyholders, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is considerably under-funded in the event a major hurricane makes landfall in Galveston or Corpus Christi, according to Jerry Johns, president of Southwestern Insurance Information Service. Last year TWIA …
Ernesto may not be a hurricane, but it continues to be a very persistent tropical storm. After passing over Florida with a lot of rain and wind, but minimal damage, Ernesto has gained new strength with maximum sustained winds near …
A Louisiana state agency doling out $7.5 billion in federal housing aid to hurricane victims shut down its online application system after it discovered personal information was inadvertently being shared with others. The shutdown of the application system, which was …
