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Mich. Insurer Group Taps Former Auto Industry Lobbyist as New Executive Director
Sep 28 2004 // The Lansing, Mich.-based Insurance Institute of Michigan has named a former lobbyist for the auto industry as its new executive director. Peter Kuhnmuench will start Oct. 11, 2004 and previously served as legislative...
MICHAEL E. JAMES OFFERING FREE CABO TRIPS FOR AGENTS:
Sep 6 2004 // Mike James, president of Michael E. James Insurance Agency, plans to send agents out of the country to Mexico next year by implementing a reward program that enables qualifying agents and brokers to win an all expense paid...
Automobile Repair & Service Operations
Sep 6 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Lemac General Agency in Orange, Calif., has added a new market for Automobile Repair & Service Operations. Eligible classes include but are not limited to: detailers, body shops, quick lubes, heavy...
Farmers Sues L.A. Body Shop for Alleged Fraud
Sep 2 2004 // Farmers Insurance Exchange has begun serving civil summons and complaints upon a Los Angeles body shop and its director, accusing them of taking part in a scheme designed to defraud Farmers and its policyholders. The civil...
Lemac Offers New Market for Auto Repair & Service Ops
Aug 13 2004 // David Gorin, president of Lemac General Agency in Orange, California has recently added a new market for Automobile Repair & Service Operations. The market is rated “A” by A.M. Best. Eligible classes...
Michael E. James Offering Free Cabo Trips for Agents
Aug 12 2004 // Mike James, president of Michael E. James Insurance Agency plans to send agents out of the country to Mexico next year by implementing a reward program that enables qualifying agents and brokers to win an all expense paid...
Former Fla. Car Dealer to Pay Restitution
Aug 10 2004 // The former owner of a Milton, Florida automotive dealership has entered a plea of no contest to racketeering and organized fraud and has been ordered to begin making deposits of $5,000 a month into an escrow account that...
N.Y.’s Vicarious Liability Costly for Consumers and Auto Dealers
Jul 19 2004 // New York’s so-called vicarious liability law affecting car leasing firms costs consumers more than $130 million a year and has led to a 36 percent decline in the number of vehicles leased in New York each year,...
Mich. DOI Report Details Auto Repair Rights
Jul 19 2004 // A new report released by the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services aims to give consumers a better understanding of their rights with regard to auto repair under the state’s no-fault policy. The report,...
Akzo’s Nobilas to Acquire Aon’s UK Auto Repair Unit
Jun 1 2004 // The Netherlands’ Akzo Nobel announced that its Nobilas Claims & Fleet solutions business has agreed to acquire the UK-based Aon Motor Accident Management company (AMAM), which it described as “the number...
HAWAII NOT TO PURSUE STUDY ON AUTO REPAIR SHOP OWNERSHIP RESTRICTIONS:
Apr 19 2004 // A resolution that calls for a study of the need to prohibit insurance companies from owning auto repair facilities was deferred indefinitely following a hearing on the issue in Honolulu recently. Senate Concurrent...
Hawaii Not to Pursue Study on Auto Repair Shop Ownership Restrictions
Apr 7 2004 // A resolution that calls for a study of the need to prohibit insurance companies from owning auto repair facilities was deferred indefinitely following a hearing on the issue in Honolulu recently. Senate Concurrent...
Buttafuoco Among 11 Charged with Auto Repair Fraud
Jan 26 2004 // Nine owners or employees of California auto repair shops were arrested and charged recently with auto insurance fraud following a lengthy investigation by a multi-agency task force headed by the District Attorney’s...
Buttafuoco Among 11 Charged With Auto Repair Fraud
Dec 19 2003 // Nine owners or employees of area auto repair shops were arrested and charged today with auto insurance fraud following a lengthy investigation by a multi-agency task force headed by the District Attorney’s Bureau of...
N.Y. Officials Announce Indictments of Auto Body Shop Insurance Fraud Ring
Aug 14 2003 // Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, announced that the owner, manager and employees of a Far...
Florida Auto Dealer Charged with Fraud
Jul 31 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services announced that Michael Bander, of Pensacola, former owner of Everyone Rides Car, Truck and SUV Center, is facing charges of organized fraud, theft, retail installment sales...
Texas AG Reports Auto Repair Refund Deal with Farmers
Jul 29 2003 // According to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, the state has reached a settlement with Farmers Insurance Group that requires the company to refund an estimated $2.4 million to about 13,000 Texas motorists who may have...
London American General Agency Unveils Calif. Small Used Car Dealer Program
Jun 30 2003 // London American General Agency announced its new exclusive California Used Car Dealer Program. Written through an A VX rated insurer, this program is underwritten in-house and the carrier is non-admitted. Coverage...
CDI Busts 19 Bay Area Auto Body Shops
May 20 2003 // Nineteen California auto repair shops were busted by the Department of Insurance last week for allegedly providing fraudulent written repair estimates for vehicles that had no visible damage, according to the Associated...
Body Shop Owner & Accomplice Arrested for Fraud, Grand Theft
Jan 6 2003 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the arrest of Mike I. Masarweh, 36, owner of All Pro Mechanicx, a San Francisco auto repair...
