Latest NonProfits Headlines
All the headlines from our NonProfits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Industry Wants Wisconsin Veto of Telemarketer List
Aug 8 2001 // The insurance industry wants Wisconsin Gov. Scott McCallum to veto a telemarketer “do-not-call” list that would be created by the state budget, according to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Bob...
The Magic and the Power of Brand Positioning
Aug 6 2001 // If you are like most owners of retail agencies, you get tired of hearing about this new marketing tactic called “branding” that will someday revolutionize the way you are supposed to market. Too many marketing...
Calif. Jockey Thrown for a Loss
Aug 1 2001 // California jockey Carlos Cristo will spend 60 days in home confinement, serve three years formal probation, and pay restitution of $30,000 to the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) along with a $200 court fine,...
A.M. Best Assigns Rating to NIAC and Affiliated Companies
Jul 26 2001 // A.M. Best Co. assigned an “A-” (Excellent) financial strength rating to Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC) and “B++” (Very Good) ratings to Alliance of Nonprofits for...
Insuring The Children Awarded $10,000 from The Hartford
Jul 17 2001 // Insuring the Children (ITC), the insurance industry’s initiative to end child abuse and neglect, has received a $10,000 commitment from The Southern California Regional Office of The Hartford Financial Services Group...
NICB Reports Efforts to Fund Models for Street/Drag Racing Can Lead to Fraud
Jul 2 2001 // According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), illegal street racing may be “Fast and Furious” as a popular film suggests, but the real production is largely funded by fraud and theft. The popular...
Changes, Challenges in EPL Arena Discussed at PLUS Symposium
Jun 28 2001 // Increased claims involving workplace violence, sexual harassment, identity theft and ADA issues are presenting many challenges to the Employment Practices Liability (EPL) marketplace, according to a panel of experts at the...
CPCU Society, NICB Join Together to Provide Education During Insurance Fraud Prevention Week
Jun 22 2001 // In an effort to educate consumers nationwide about insurance fraud and the price we all pay for these crimes, the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) Society and National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) released...
Insuring the Children Orange County Chapter Distributes $85,000 to Local Children’s Charities
Jun 22 2001 // As chairman of the Grants Committee of Insuring the Children, Orange County Chapter, Larry Shoaf, branch manager and senior vice president of Dodge, Warren & Peters Insurance has been distributing checks to various...
California State Assembly Approves Premium Tax Bill
Jun 11 2001 // Legislation sponsored by the American Insurance Association (AIA) moved one step closer to becoming law when the California State Assembly voted Thursday to approve a measure continuing the 20-percent premium tax credit...
Argonaut Exec Michael Nolan Named President of CWCI
Jun 8 2001 // J. Michael Nolan, senior vice-president, general counsel and secretary of Argonaut Insurance Company, was named the new president of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The CWCI is an Oakland-based...
Jockey Couldn’t Stay on His Steed
May 21 2001 // CDI investigators arrested Carlos Cristo, 31, of Santa Ana, Calif., on charges of insurance fraud. Cristo was arrested pursuant to a warrant issued by the Orange County Central Court and transported to Orange County...
Calif. Jockey Arrested for Insurance Fraud
May 8 2001 // Investigators for the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Investigators arrested a Santa Ana, Calif. resident Carlos Cristo, 31, on charges of insurance fraud. Cristo, arrested at his residence pursuant to an arrest...
Monitor Liability Managers Rolls Out New Program
May 7 2001 // Illinois-based Monitor Liability Managers, Inc., a member company of W.R. Berkley Corporation, rolled out a new Non-Profit Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance Program. This program is primarily...
Commissioner Low to Address Annual ITC Forum
Apr 16 2001 // Property/casualty and life/health insurance professionals will find a timely subject on the table at the Seventh Annual Insuring The Children (ITC) Insurance Industry Forum on June 22 in Costa Mesa. Set for discussion is...
Frick Named to Top Academy Post
Feb 9 2001 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research has promoted Jack Frick to executive vice president of the Academy of Producer Insurance Studies, the non-profit organization’s research division. Frick...
Nonprofits Form RRG in Vermont
Feb 6 2001 // Charitable nonprofit organizations will soon have access to a new risk retention group called Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance Risk Retention Group. The alliance was recently licensed in Vermont and offers charitable...
Ex-Quackenbush Deputy Makes Plea Agreement in CDI Probe
Jan 29 2001 // George Elliot Grays, a former senior aide to erstwhile California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush, pled guilty on Jan. 16 to federal charges of two counts of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money...
Second Person Prosecuted In Calif. Insurance Scandal
Jan 19 2001 // A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday, accusing a football coach who operated a camp for troubled children of mail fraud, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. It was the second such indictment in the...
Calif. Insurance Executive Leaves Firm for Non-Profit Sector
Dec 29 2000 // Greg Gallion, current vice president of American Title Co. in Bakersfield, Calif. will become chief executive of the nonprofit blood bank Houchin Blood Services where he has served as a board member for four...
