Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during March include eight license revocations, three license denials and fines and restitution totaling more than $325,000. An order imposing disciplinary measures becomes final 20 days after the …
As the wildfire in Santa Barbara, CA, expands in scope and intensity, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has stepped up measures to help protect its homeowners insurance customers’ properties. Earlier this week, Chubb deployed its Wildfire Defense Services to …
Northern California, where nearly a million acres burned last summer, is poised to possibly be another hotspot for wildfire activity in 2009, according to the Fire Season Outlook released by the Predictive Services group at the National Interagency Fire Center. …
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A warming climate will fuel larger, more frequent wildfires in the Sierra Nevada and other parts of the West, and the fires will contribute to climate change, according to a new study. More than 20 international scientists, in the report …
INSURICA Insurance Management Network announced the addition of Risk Services of Arkansas LLC, as its newest partner. Formerly known as First Arkansas Insurance/Little Rock, Risk Services joins INSURICA’s network of partner agencies. Mike Ross, INSURICA president and CEO, said: “As …
Colemont Insurance Brokers has appointed Gene Calahan vice president for MGA programs in the company’s Woodland Hills, Calif., office. Prior to joining Colemont in 2009, Gene managed Commercial Specialty Insurance Services (CSIS), a general agency which he started in 2003 …
Most states, including California and Florida, are failing to adequately discipline doctors who are practicing substandard medicine, according to the latest annual ranking of state medical boards by the watchdog group Public Citizen. For the first time since Public Citizen …
INSURICA North America Group, a privately held independent insurance agency headquartered in Oklahoma City, is bringing each of its insurance management partners together to form INSURICA, The Insurance Management Network. The company, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, felt the …
As the drought in the Southwest worsens, the wildfire season in Arizona grows longer, burning more acreage and threatening private property in forested areas. “The Arizona State Forestry Division estimates more than 4,000 homes, businesses, and other structures were threatened …
