Articles by Don Jergler

Report Shows Month-to-Month Surplus Lines Volatility in California

So far it’s been an “unusual year” for surplus lines in California. Filed premiums were up 14.1 percent in October from the same month last year, but that increase followed a 38.3 percent year-over-year drop in September, new figures from …

Farmers Insurance Facing Possible Class Action by ‘Hundreds’ of Female Attorneys

An attorney representing a woman suing Farmers Insurance for discriminatory practices filed a motion in mid-October seeking class action status in a suit she says could potentially encompass 300 female attorneys. The attorney also added five new women to the …

Best Agency to Work For – West

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA Der Manouel Best Agency to Work For – West Best Agency in West: Der Manouel, Where Improvement Is Key Building a great agency starts with building great people. That should be the slogan for Der Manouel Insurance Group …

Industry Chasing Mobile Consumers with Ads, Apps, Self-Service Options

Carriers are spending big on advertising, and agencies are working to become increasingly more sophisticated and reach out to more and more people. In the world of insurance, that’s just doing business as usual. But the efforts seem seem to …

Economics of Climate Change, Climate Fiction and Climate Control

With fresh news out on the global economic cost of climate change, an enticing climate fiction contest and a sweet victory for this column, it would take until Christmas to individually cover it all in a bimonthly space. So I’ll …

Industry Chasing Mobile Consumers with Ads, Apps, Self-Service Options

Carriers are spending big on advertising, and agencies are working to become increasingly more sophisticated and reach out to more and more people. In the world of insurance, that’s just doing business as usual. But the efforts seem seem to …

Another Report Shows California Workers’ Comp Reforms Working

A new study on worker’s compensation across 17 states shows that reforms sometimes work — and such is the case of sweeping reforms made in California, the report shows. The Workers Compensation Research Institute, an independent, not-for-profit research organization based …

SES About Community, Employees

Best Agency to Work For – West SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA SES Insurance Brokerage Services Inc. Sharing is caring — that goes for your community and your employees. That’s the attitude at Santa Ana, Calif.-based SES Insurance Brokerage Services Inc., which …

Farmers Insurance Facing Possible Class Action by ‘Hundreds’ of Female Attorneys

An attorney representing a woman suing Farmers Insurance for discriminatory practices was set to file a motion on Thursday seeking class action status in a suit she says could potentially encompass 300 female attorneys. The attorney also added five new …

Climate Change Means Wildfire Seasons May Continue: Professor

The drought-plagued western U.S. has had more than its share of fires this year – but this may not be the last year that the nation sees so many wildfires gone wild. A Yale University professor looking back over the …