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American Claims Management Appoints Randall as Director of Special Investigations Unit & Investigations Department

San Diego, CA, 03/31/10 – American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM), a leading national third party claims administrator, is pleased to announce that Bill Randall will lead ACM’s newly expanded Special Investigations Unit and Investigations Department. “Bill Randall will oversee a …

Heffernan Insurance Brokers Adds McCaffery as Assistant VP

Heffernan Insurance Brokers has hired Janine McCaffery as assistant vice president, commercial producer in its Palo Alto, Calif., office. McCaffery will expand Heffernan’s large commercial real estate and construction insurance practice in Northern California. McCaffery has 20 years of title …

Tennessee Regulators Move to Close ATA Health Insurance Firm

Tennessee officials are trying to shut down operations of two Robertson County companies accused of defrauding more than 12,000 consumers nationwide who sought affordable health insurance. Some of the $14 million that Springfield-based American Trade Association and Smart Data Solutions …

California Workers Compensation Institute Elects 2010 Board

T. Hale Johnston, senior vice president of Employers Compensation Insurance Co., has been re-elected chairman of the board of directors of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute for 2010 at the Institute’s annual meeting in San Francisco. Robert N. Darby of …

Insurance Agents: Get Ready for Green Building Exposures

An idyllic, pasture-like setting is not the only green image agribusiness owners would like the public to imagine when they picture their operations — they increasingly want to be known for their “green” environment-friendly buildings, too, according to Scott A. …

Heffernan Insurance Brokers Adds Benefits Specialist in Missouri Office

Heffernan Insurance Brokers announced that Simonne de Villiers has joined the firm’s Chesterfield, Mo., office as a benefits specialist. Heffernan is a full-service insurance brokerage in the St. Louis and Metro East Illinois areas, offering property and casualty, and life …

Szefler Joins Eqecat as Senior VP

Oakland, Calif.-based catastrophe risk modeling firm EQECAT Inc. announced that Marian Szefler has joined the company as senior vice president of software architecture. Szefler will manage the overall re-architecture project and help to enhance further the current product development processes …

Insurers Disagree With Calif. Over Divesture of Iranian Investments

California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that 460 insurers have agreed in writing to a moratorium on future investments in 50 companies identified by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) to be doing business with the Iranian energy, nuclear and …

PSIC Names Sacks VP of Corporate Risk and Finance

Menlo Park, Calif.-based Pacific Specialty Insurance Company (PSIC) has appointed David L. Sacks vice president of corporate risk and finance. Sacks, who had served as PSIC chief financial officer, will be responsible for enterprise-wide risk management, including long-term financial planning …

New Insurance Association Forms in California

A new Broker Insurance Group (BIG) has formed in California, starting with a flagship chapter to serve insurance professionals of the Inland Empire area. Under the leadership of President Sharron Varga, a broker and long-serving member of several industry organizations, …