June 10, 2008
Risk Management Solutions and AIR Worldwide have both issued bulletins analyzing the effects of a 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Western Greece at 03:26 p.m. local time on Sunday, June 8. RMS said that according to “preliminary reports from the …
June 10, 2008
Chinese soldiers used anti-tank weapons to blast away rocks and mud holding back waters in an earthquake-formed lake that threatens more than 1 million people living downstream. Television and official Web sites showed People’s Liberation Army troops firing 82-millimeter recoilless …
June 10, 2008
The final approval of a settlement has been granted to thousands of Holocaust victims and their heirs against Italian insurer Generali over unpaid insurance policies during the Holocaust era. A U.S. appeals court Friday upheld the settlement that was reaffirmed …
June 10, 2008
L/B/W Insurance & Financial Services, an independent full-service insurance agency in Santa Clarita, Calif., promoted Haley Wiener from group benefits manager to vice president of employee benefits. Wienr started in the insurance industry in 1988 working in life and disability. …
June 10, 2008
Aplington-Parkersburg officials were given an early payment of $2 million by EMC Insurance Companies on June 6 to help the school district take care of immediate needs. The high school, which was destroyed by the tornado that hit Parkersburg on …
June 10, 2008
“A couple of days ago our agency president asked me if we could run a report in “the system” that lists all of our clients by age, as he was interested in undertaking a long term care marketing campaign for …
June 10, 2008
The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that a former Hinds County risk management consultant must repay the county $380,000. Hinds County sued Shappley Harris for making changes in invoices from the Mississippi Municipal Association between 2002 and 2003. …
June 9, 2008
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced Olav A. Flores, 35, of Cedar Glen, surrendered himself to San Bernardino Superior Court after learning an arrest warrant was issued charging him with one count of insurance fraud for falsely claiming that his house …
June 9, 2008
Michael Van Gilder, CEO of Van Gilder Insurance Corp., and Steve Schneider, president of CB Insurance LLC, an affiliate of Central Bancorp, announced their firms have signed a letter of intent for the sale and purchase of Van Gilder’s Colorado …
June 9, 2008
Thomas Ciardello has joined All Risks in San Francisco as director of operations. He has 22 years of experience, specializing in agents and brokers errors and omissions, as well as in professional management liability. Most recently, he was with Tri-City …