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EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center) added Tina Brink as a senior account executive in its Folsom, Calif., office, and Lori Perry as a senior account executive in its San Francisco office. Brink brings more than 18 years of experience in …

West Faces High Wildfire Potential

Arizona Wildfire Incurs $1.8 Million in Claims An Arizona wildfire that has burned 15,075 acres and incurred $6.9 million in claims to date might be the first example of the fire risks the Western United States are facing in 2010. …

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U.S. Launches Pre-Existing Condition Health Insurance Plan

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the launch of a Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) that will offer coverage to uninsured Americans who have been unable to obtain health coverage because of a pre-existing health …

Arizona Wildfire Claims Up to $5 Million

The Schultz fire burning in Arizona near Flagstaff has incurred up to $5 million in claims to date, according to the latest National Interagency Coordination Center Incident Management Situation Report. To date, 14,800 acres have burned, and the fire is …

Ariz. Judge Rules Against State on Fund Raid

A new court ruling says the Arizona Legislature’s raid of nearly $4.7 million from a special fund for injured workers was illegal. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Larry Grant says the money to be transferred into the state general fund …

Arizona Wildfire Incurs $1.8 Million in Claims

An Arizona wildfirethat has burned 14,000 acres and incurred $1.8 million in claims to date might be the first example of the fire risks the Western United States are facing in 2010. But, the National Interagency Coordination Center expects fire …

Arizona Fire Burns 10,000 Acres

The wildfire burning near Flagstaff, Ariz., has claimed more than 10,000 acres and is only 10 percent contained three days after it started, the National Interagency Coordination Center has reported. NICC’s latest Incident Management Situation Report said the Schultz fire, …

Latin Agent Groups Growing, Starting Up, Going ‘Mainstream’

Florida Group Stresses Educational Offerings, Serving Non-Latin Agents Following the success of agents in Florida and California, a group of New York insurance agents has launched a new trade group for Latin insurance producers as well as brokers who serve …

Business Moves

BBVA Compass, Crest Insurance Cody Ritchie and other senior members of the BBVA Compass Insurance Agency of Tucson, Ariz., acquired the firm’s assets to form a new company called Crest Insurance Group. The sale returns the agency’s ownership and management …