Reno, Nev.-based AMERCO (Nasdaq: UHAL) announced earlier this month that following an internal review of its property and casualty subsidiary’s excess workers’ compensation business, Repwest will take a third quarter fiscal 2012 charge to strengthen its loss reserves. The additional …
Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. has named Robert Mahl senior vice president of its property/casualty group in the firm’s Woodland Hills office. Mahl was previously vice president of property/casualty insurance and apparel practice Leader for USI …
Woodland Hills, Calif.-based C.M. Meiers Co. Inc. was auctioned earlier this month at a U.S. bankruptcy court near Los Angeles, with three competing bidders pushing the sales price to $1.375 million for the troubled brokerage’s assets and assumption of its …
Things must look brighter around the San Francisco Bay. People there tend to have a more positive outlook on the economy than folks in the bay areas of Los Angeles and San Diego. That’s according to a recent Citibank survey …
John Norwood is one of California’s best known legislative advocates for the insurance and financial services sectors. Norwood, principal of Norwood & Associates, has garnered recognition for his political work dating back to the early 1980s, including political battles to …
A consumer watchdog group is suing the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent Google from making sweeping changes to its privacy policies next month. The planned revisions would enable Google Inc. to bundle the personal information gathered by …
Robust merger and acquisition activity, carrier relocations and an aging workforce are influencing independent insurance agencies in ways an agency owner might not have experienced decades ago. But Bob Bramlett, president and CEO of The Bramlett Agency in Ardmore, Okla., …
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones marked his first full year in office last month by looking back on his and the California Department of Insurance’s accomplishments during 2011. Insurance Journal wants to know from those in the industry: Is Jones an …
The former chief of the California Occupational Safety and Health Division defended its Injury’s Illness Prevention Program following a study by think tank RAND Corp. showing the occupational safety program that requires California businesses to eliminate workplace hazards only works …
Climate Change “Climate change will have major implications for the insurance industry, yet few insurance companies are identifying their potential exposure and strategies for dealing with it.” —Andrew Logan, insurance program director at Ceres, an investor group that has been …
