December 6, 2009
The California Legislative Analyst’s Office recently issued a report stating that the state’s General Fund is going to come up $20 billion short when its present budget ends. The report said officials are going to need to deal with the …
December 6, 2009
While one company has gotten out of the business of insuring political campaigns, another is throwing its hat in the ring. Markel Risk Solutions, based in Glen Allen, Va., is offering campaigns a multiline, admitted insurance product that will cover …
November 24, 2009
While one company has gotten out of the business of insuring political campaigns, another is throwing its hat in the ring. Markel Risk Solutions, based in Glen Allen, Virginia, is offering campaigns a multi-line, admitted insurance product that will cover …
November 19, 2009
The California Legislative Analyst’s Office issued a report yesterday that says the state’s General Fund is going to come up $20 billion short when its present budget ends. The report says officials are going to need to deal with this …
November 15, 2009
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. is going to have to pay the defense costs of two former agents it fired, and then sued, according to a court decision handed down recently. The well-known dispute between the two agents against …
November 15, 2009
The board of directors of California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) appointed Doug Stewart, chief risk officer, as president and CEO on an interim basis, replacing outgoing CEO Janet D. Frank. “The board is very confident that Doug Stewart will …
November 15, 2009
Heavy Equipment Theft Now Estimated To Be A Sophisticated $600 Million Business On the last day in September, Jerry Dean Ledford was driving a stolen Ford F-250, and pulling a trailer loaded with a stolen tractor, down Highway 74 in …
November 10, 2009
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has rejected for the second time this year an insurance industry request for a large increase in the workers’ compensation benchmark premium rate. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Bureau had asked for a 22.8 percent increase …
November 6, 2009
State Farm Fire and Casualty Company is going to have to pay the defense costs of the two former agents the insurance company fired, and then sued, according to a court decision handed down last week. The well-known dispute between …
November 1, 2009
San Diego’s Natural History Museum Took Extraordinary Steps to Protect Dead Sea Scrolls The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the oldest documents, and greatest artifacts, in the world. So what do you do if they get lent to your museum? …