California News

Pacific Gateway Insurance Adds To Underwriting Staff

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 …

EPIC Adds Senior Account Executives

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 …

Latin Agents Group Launched in New York

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 …

Signature Insurance Group Adds Gerwig to Management Team

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 …

Heffernan Insurance Names Parshall Manager of InsureMyEquipment.com

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 …

And the Best, Worst States for Tort Liability Costs Are…

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 …

Orange Empire CPCU Elects Officers

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 …

Insurance Agency Pulls Maywood’s Coverage

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 …

Cavignac & Associates Appoints Brouwer Surety Department Manager

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 …

Voters Select Whitman Over Calif. Commissioner Poizner, Reject Prop. 17

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 …