June 14, 2010
Pacific Gateway Insurance of Valencia, Calif., has added the field underwriting staff previously with Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies. Pacific Gateway acquired BHHC’s property/casualty division in April. Customers who have worked with the BHHC commercial auto division are already familiar with …
June 11, 2010
EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center) has added Tina Brink as a senior account executive in its Folsom, Calif., office, and Lori Perry as a senior account executive in the San Francisco office. Brink’s responsibilities will include providing clients with strategic …
June 11, 2010
A group of New York insurance agents has launched a new trade group for Latin insurance producers as well as brokers who serve the Hispanic community in the Northeast. Elmer Rivera, New York branch manager for Jimcor Agencies and founder …
June 11, 2010
Laguna Niguel, Calif.-based Signature Insurance Group has added Eric M. Gerwig to its management team as the financial services manager. Gerwig, started his career in 1998 in the home office of Banner Life Insurance Co. He trained agencies on how …
June 10, 2010
San Francisco-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers has named Allison Parshall the new manager of InsureMyEquipment.com. This online insurance product is designed to streamline the previously time-consuming, manual process of providing rental insurance to the production industry. Camera operators, lighting stage hands …
June 10, 2010
Alaska, Hawaii and North Carolina get thumbs up while New Jersey, New York and Florida get thumbs down for their tort liability costs in the latest ranking by a free-market think tank. The states with the worst performance had the …
June 10, 2010
The Orange Empire Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) Society recently elected its 2010-2011 officers. The chapter serves about 300 members who live and/or work in the Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties of California. The incoming new …
June 9, 2010
Maywood, Calif.’s insurance agency has terminated the city’s policy, citing two recent officer-involved shootings and its failure to hire a new city manager. The California Joint Powers Insurance Authority announced it would end Maywood’s general liability and workers’ compensation coverage …
June 9, 2010
San Diego-based risk management firm Cavignac & Associates has named Gerrit (Gary) Brouwer surety department manager. A 29-year veteran of the surety bond industry, Brouwer will serve as the primary liaison between the agency’s surety accounts and surety companies, responsible …
June 9, 2010
Republican Meg Whitman will face off against Democrat Jerry Brown in the race for California governor in November. Whitman won the Republican ticket for governor with 64.2 percent of the vote, defeating Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner who received 26.9 percent …