Editor’s note: Following the cover story “Cracks in the Stucco: Construction Defect Litigation Spreads” in our July 24, 2000, issue, several readers called in to share stories of how the problem of construction defect goes beyond multi-family housing in California. …
The Reverend Jesse Jackson is not your typical speaker at your typical insurance industry gathering. But the Independent Insurance Agents of America aren’t afraid to do things differently, and they proved it again at the Big ‘I”s recent Convention & …
It’s a sunny fall day in Sacramento and at 300 Capitol Mall, all is peaceful. Up on the 17th floor at the California Department of Insurance (CDI), the quiet murmur of voices, purring fax machines and chatter from the cubicles …
On Oct. 20, Insurance Commissioner Harry Low took a much-needed first step to improve the dire state of California’s workers’ comp market. Low approved the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s (WCIRB) proposed 10.1 percent average increase in pure …
“There is turmoil in our industry right now,” Boh Dickey, president of Safeco Corp., told the approximately 700 attendees of Sacramento “I” Day last week. Dickey gave the keynote address at the event, which was hosted by the Insurance Agents …
Picture this: one of your clients is a ‘Seinfeld’ fan, so he posts a picture of Michael Richards on his website. No harm done, right? Wrong, according to Leib Dodell, underwriting manager for Chubb Executive Risk’s media liability program. ‘It’s …
The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) is set to outdo itself once again. After last year’s action-packed event at Las Vegas’ Caesar’s Palace, the Big ‘I’ is heading south to Orlando, Fla., for the 105th Annual Convention & InfoXchange. …
It’s a well known fact in the insurance industry that we are also, in large part, the golf industry. Nine times out of 10, a golf tournament will accompany a convention. Want to raise money for charity? Sponsor a golf …
Credit General Insurance Company and Credit General Indemnity Company are back on track after a brief period in which the companies stopped writing new business. Henry C. Sibley, vice president of underwriting, sent a letter to agents on Sept. 15 …
Credit General Insurance Company and Credit General Indemnity Company are no longer writing new business, effective immediately. Henry C. Sibley, vice president of underwriting, sent a letter to agents on Sept. 15 stating that: “No new business will be bound, …
