September 7, 2009
Just a short time after announcing it was leaving the California workers’ compensation insurance market because it was not profitable, direct writing Employers Direct Insurance Co. changed its tune and said it is going to come back, only this time …
September 7, 2009
Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company headquartered in Centennial, Colo., has appointed Brent Irving to regional vice president for the company’s Arizona territory, which includes Nevada and New Mexico. Prior to this appointment, Irving was vice president …
September 7, 2009
40 The number of hours of training in a single 24-hour day claimed by some Denver firefighters in false reports to Insurance Services Office, which rates fire protection based on training and other factors. The Denver Fire Department has acknowledged …
September 7, 2009
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September 4, 2009
Some Mexican passenger buses are not being inspected when they enter the U.S. because they cross the border on evenings and weekends, there are no inspectors or the crossings lack safe places for inspections, according to a government audit. Daily …
September 4, 2009
A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of French reinsurer SCOR S.E. and its rated subsidiaries. Best has …
August 31, 2009
Last year, Pembroke Pines turned on its first red-light camera. Across South Florida, other cities followed. But now critics — and lawsuits — are questioning whether the cameras pass legal muster. Several Florida cities, including Aventura and Miami Gardens, face …
August 26, 2009
Just a short time after announcing it was leaving the California workers’ compensation insurance market because it was not profitable, Employers Direct Insurance Co. is announcing it is back. The Southern-California-based company said yesterday that it has signed a definitive …
August 24, 2009
Once a week, Arizonan Ruthie Culver steps into her golf cart and drives the 3 miles or so from her home to Banner Boswell Medical Center in Sun City, where she volunteers. If it’s raining, she gets behind the wheel …
August 21, 2009
Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be drunk drivers, robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists. They got their producer licenses in states that did not ask them for their …