Farmers Insurance has appointed Susan Bithell, formerly Farmers Washington State executive director, to vice president of field operations in Washington. Bithell began her career with Farmers in 1983 as an auto underwriter in the Pocatello, Idaho, regional office. In 1984 …
Carl Warren & Company, a liability claims management enterprise headquartered in Orange County, Calif., has hired Larry Finn as new business development leader. Finn brings with him more than 25 years experience in the insurance industry. Most recently, he was …
The South Carolina pastor accused of burning his church is now facing insurance fraud charges. Anderson County deputies say 40-year-old Christopher Patrick Daniels of Belton was charged Thursday with three counts of filing false insurance claims on behalf of Blue …
Layoffs at AIG’s 21st Century Insurance subsidiary were not big enough to require the company to warn Delaware officials. The WARN Act requires employers to give notice of mass layoffs to the state and employees. The AIG unit employs about …
A Haverhill, Massachusetts woman severely injured when a drunken driver struck her vehicle has been awarded $6.4 million in a lawsuit, but her lawyer said she is unlikely to see much of the money. An attorney for Stephanie Baril says …
With less than four full weeks left in the 2009 session, Florida lawmakers started moving legislation Friday aimed at reducing a multibillion dollar property insurance risk politicians have laid on consumers and taxpayers. After running through more than a dozen …
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has upheld the claim of a 19-year veteran of the Edmond Fire Department who has cancer that he is entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits. The firefighter, 45-year-old Tim Vernon, was diagnosed with stage 4 colon …
North Dakota’s spring flooding problems have focused new attention on a proposed $44 million state disaster fund that a Fargo lawmaker wants to establish. “Setting the money aside is more critical than it’s ever been right now,” said Rep. Rick …
The five-member board of the Oregon-owned worker compensation insurance company has delayed a decision on a raise to its chief, Brenda Rocklin. The Oregonian reported that she will receive a $290,000 base salary to manage SAIF Corp. She got a …
A Moscow, Idaho, hospital is suing the motorist who crashed into a fire hydrant and sent thousands of gallons of water into the hospital in 2007. Court documents say the water caused more than $10,000 in damages. Darrel Aherin, a …
