Articles by Dawn Love

Wells is National Alliance Los Angeles Producer School Recipient

Joshua Wells, an account executive with Las Vegas-based George L. Brown Insurance & Associates, was recently selected as the National Alliance City of Industry (Los Angeles) Producer School recipient of the Matt Wells Scholarship for Producer Development. Matt Wells, son …

Garamendi Announces Legislation to Expand Low Cost Auto Program

California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi recently announced Department of Insurance-sponsored legislation that will expand the Low Cost Auto Insurance program and the results of an outreach campaign to enroll drivers in the program. The Low Cost Auto program, enacted by …

From thoughts and words to deeds…

I am guilty of making New Year’s resolutions and then forgetting about them come March. In fact, in the beginning, my resolutions were only in my head. I guess somewhere along the way, probably back when I was in college, …

Panelists Discuss Med-Mal Crisis, TRIA at PLUS Conference

Tort reform is necessary to alleviate the national medical malpractice crisis and the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) will likely be extended, claimed panelists at the Professional Liability Underwriting Society’s International Conference held Nov. 3-5 in San Diego. Participants in …

Progressive’s Black Box: Is Big Brother Good for the Industry?

Some drivers in Minnesota will soon have an added passenger in their cars: their insurance company. Progressive Insurance Company is using so-called “black box” technology to offer drivers discounts based on how much, how fast and when they drive. The …

Garamendi Recommends 2.2% Reduction in WC Pure Premium Rates

California Insurance Comm-issioner John Garamendi called for a 2.2 percent reduction in pure premium rates for workers’ compensation insurance in a Nov. 17 conference call to the media. “My current advice to the industry is that the cost of claims …

Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance of California Celebrates 15 Years

Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC), a nonprofit, charitable risk pool specializing in 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, recently celebrated its 15th anniversary. NIAC, based in Santa Cruz, Calif., offers liability insurance to nonprofit entities of all sizes and estimates that it …

Documentary Tells Story of Injured Worker’s Struggle with State Fund

Production recently finished on a documentary detailing an injured worker’s personal struggle with California’s workers’ compensation system. Writer/producer of the documentary Almost Broken, Christine Pietz, said that the idea for the documentary came about when searching the Internet. An injured …

Progressive’s Black Box: Is Big Brother Good for the Industry’

Some drivers in Minnesota will soon have an added passenger in their cars: their insurance company. Progressive Insurance Company is using so-called “black box” technology to offer drivers discounts based on how much, how fast and when they drive. The …

Citizens Vote Yes on Med-mal Caps in Nevada; No in Oregon and Wyoming

Doctors triumphed over lawyers in Nevada when citizens passed a ballot initiative that limits noneconomic damage awards in med-mal cases to $350,000 with no exceptions and limits fees for attorneys, while voters defeated similar initiatives in Oregon and Wyoming. About …