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Employers offering health coverage in California declining California has the most number of people without insurance coverage compared to any other state – and the number of employers offering health insurance plans is declining. According to a recent “Snapshot of …

St. George, Utah, tanked most secure place to live

St. George, Utah, is the most secure place in the nation to live, according to the third annual “Most Secure U.S. Places to Live” rankings from Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Group of Companies. The rankings, compiled by www.bestplaces.net, evaluated communities …

Sales Management

A necessary evil. That’s how some people might describe insurance. A producer’s job, of course, is to turn this kind of misguided, industry-swiping thinking around, and make the whole experience of purchasing insurance pleasant — or at least something that’s …

Zurich agrees to terms to close multi-state bid-rigging probe

News Currents Ten states, led by Texas and its Attorney General Greg Abbott, have come to terms with Zurich American, closing their probe into the insurer’s involvement in alleged bid-rigging and unfair compensation practices in the commercial insurance market. The …

Campbell, Swing Join Britt/Paulk in Georgia

Britt/Paulk has hired two underwriters to join its Carrollton, Georgia office. David Campbell is now underwriting operations manager, while James Swing has been hired as equipment chief underwriting officer. Campbell has 25 years of experience in underwriting, product development and …

Study: St. George, Utah Ranked Most Secure Place To Live

According to the third annual “Most Secure U.S. Places to Live” rankings from Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, the most secure location to live in the United States is St. George, Utah. The rankings, compiled by database experts at www.bestplaces.net, …

Zurich Agrees to Terms to Close Multi-State Bid-Rigging Probe

Ten states, led by Texas and its Attorney General Greg Abbott, have come to terms with Zurich American, closing their probe into the insurer’s involvement in alleged bid-rigging and unfair compensation practices in the commercial insurance market. The multi-state settlement …

Regulators Install Management Committee for Interstate Compact

The Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission created by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners installed its Management Committee and elected a Committee chair, vice-chair and treasurer recently during the Commission’s inaugural annual meeting in Lansdowne, Va. The Commission elected Pennsylvania …

Judge Slashes Pay for CEO of Ala.-based Vesta Insurance

A bankruptcy judge slashed the monthly salary of Vesta Insurance Group chief executive David Lacefield to $15,000, siding with creditors who claimed he was making too much as the company is liquidated. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas Bennet ruled that Lacefield’s …

Crescent City Harbor Suffers Up To $700K in Tsunami Damages

The National Weather Service lifted a tsunami advisory hours before powerful waves damaged docks and tore boats from their moorings in Northern California. Forecasters said they were wary of causing chaos along the coast. “The waves were just small enough …