August 9, 2011
PacWest Alliance Insurance Services, Inc. welcomes two new members: Hooper, Spuhler & Sturgeon Insurance Services and Moore & Miller Insurance Agency. Hooper, Spuhler & Sturgeon Insurance Services is located in Tulare, California. Moore & Miller Insurance Agency is located Soquel, …
August 8, 2011
Two veteran insurance industry executives – Pat Kilkenny, former Chairman and CEO of Arrowhead General Insurance Services, Inc., and Bob Kimmel, former Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC, executive vice president – have formed K2 Insurance Services, LLC, a managing general …
August 8, 2011
A convicted arsonist was charged Thursday with setting 10 fires in three days in the San Fernando Valley that burned cars, trucks and motorhomes as part of a larger spree that caused an estimated $1 million in damage. In one …
August 8, 2011
The most recent twist in the long-running Ogilvie case over the setting of disability payments for permanently injured workers may not be the big blow to the California workers’ compensation system some initially feared. On July 29, California’s First District …
August 5, 2011
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced $3.2 million in grants to California District Attorneys aimed at combating fraudulent disability and health claims against insurance carriers and to protect consumers from various crimes related to the sale of life insurance …
August 5, 2011
Fire investigators tried to determine Wednesday whether a man arrested for investigation of a serial arson spree in the San Fernando Valley served time for torching bars and restaurants in Japan a decade ago while he was in the Marines. …
August 5, 2011
AIPSO has appointed Roberta Haskins to serve as the manager of its Western Region, which includes the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan (CAARP), the California Low Cost Program, and the Western Association of Automobile Insurance Plans (WAAIP). Effective August 15, …
August 4, 2011
California’s Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today applauded Governor Jerry Brown for signing legislation, sponsored by the Department of Insurance, which allows California to implement provisions in a new federal surplus lines insurance law. California, like all other states, had until …
August 3, 2011
Officials with the California Earthquake Authority said yesterday that their recent $150-million bond issue is just a first step in diversifying their risk so that they can expand earthquake coverage in the state. “It is just a step and we …
August 1, 2011
Two independent insurance brokers announced today they are joining forces to become one of the largest insurance brokerages in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. The August 1st agreement combines Northridge Insurance Agency (NIA) in the San Fernando Valley with the …