San Francisco-based BB&T Insurance Services of California Inc. announced that Wesley G. Justyn has joined its San Francisco office as a senior vice president. Justyn, who has more than 25 years of sales experience, will be responsible for business development …
Elmer R. Jordan, past president of the Independent Agents and Brokers Association of the San Fernando Valley, Calif., has sold his agency to his daughter Karen Jordan-Quigley. The new name of the agency is Karen & Michael Quigley Insurance Agency. …
Renewal marketing now delivered through streamlined submission packages. Schenectady, NY – January 26, 2010 – docSTAR, the leading provider of insurance document management software, has released a brand new module called SubmissionXpress. SubmissionXpress is a powerful addition to docSTAR’s core …
Nebraska lawmakers may allow car passengers to make liability insurance claims when their family members cause car wrecks. The Nebraska Legislature on Jan. 22 narrowly gave first-round approval to a bill (LB216) that would repeal the state’s so-called guest statute. …
Hundreds of levees around the United States protect vulnerable areas and tens of millions of people from potentially devastating floods. Yet hardly anyone gives them a second thought until one is breached. The most glaring example is the wreckage that …
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has submitted to the Legislature his proposed 2010-11 budget – calling for “greater reductions in nearly every aspect of state government than were necessary in 2009.” Among the proposed cuts is a decrease of $32.8 million …
Low-wage workers in Los Angeles experience more wage and labor violations than low-wage workers in Chicago and New York, a study by the UCLA’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment found. The survey found that low-wage workers in Los …
More than a year and a half after a massive flood left a huge swath of eastern Iowa underwater, the tiny farming community of Oakville is clinging to survival. Many of the town’s 400-or-so residents moved on after the June …
A New Jersey plumber who was severely injured while driving to a coffee break can collect full workers’ compensation benefits, a Superior Court has ruled. The decision centers on injuries suffered by Jesse J. Cooper Sr., a master plumber and …
Oklahoma was one of only four states to show lower unemployment in December, compared with the month before, with a drop of half a percentage point to 6.6 percent, according to federal figures. That was the biggest improvement in joblessness …
