A new nonprofit insurance producer association has formed in California. The Insurance Agents & Brokers Association of California said it is unlike any producer association in the state as it will be completely managed by fellow agents and brokers. The …
California workers’ compensation medical payments are increasing and have moved back above pre-reform levels, according to a new study by the Califonria Workers’ Compensation Insitute. CWCI research that measures changes in California workers’ compensation medical expense payments from 2002 through …
A judge has ordered the pretrial merger of at least 40 California state court lawsuits filed against Toyota over cars that have raced out of control, including a case stemming from the fatal crash that sparked the automaker’s recall crisis. …
The North Carolina-based Smart Choice Agents Program, which says it currently provides personal and commercial lines markets for some 3,000 independent agencies in 32 states, is expanding into six additional states. The program is moving into Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New …
Alteris Inc. and California-based specialty insurance program administrator Tangram Insurance Services are introducing a commercial janitorial package program to be available in four western states. Alteris’ commercial programs division, headed by Vice President Jackie Bourret, will provide program management oversight …
The nation’s most knowledgeable drivers are in Idaho, Wisconsin, Montana and Kansas, while the least knowledgeable are in New York, New Jersey, Hawaii and California. That’s according to results from the 2009 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test, which found that …
Reaffirming their commitment to the Westside business community, White Sutton & Company Insurance Services announced Trey Harding as the practice leader of its Main Street Business Division. Since 1952, White Sutton & Company Insurance Services is recognized as a leading …
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.is the first insurer to submit an application to offer an program that rewards California drivers who voluntarily drive fewer miles with lower auto insurance rates. State Farm is the first insurer to submit a …
White Sutton & Co. Insurance Services, based in Santa Monica, Calif., named Trey Harding as the practice leader of its Main Street Business Division. A Westside Los Angeles native, Harding held an underwriting position at Allied Insurance, a Nationwide Insurance …
Three executives of a now-defunct California nonprofit that provided job training for young people knowingly placed dozens of teenagers in jobs that exposed them to asbestos, prosecutors say. The nonprofit Firm Build sent teens to remove asbestos from an old …
