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Camilla Marlowe Camilla A. Marlowe was appointed vice president of Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurt-isMonroe Insurance Brokerage. Marlowe specializes in employee benefits consulting. She has 23 years of experience in the insurance industry. She previously spent six years with Calco in Orange, …

Idaho Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud

Chad Croner, 30, of Meridian, Idaho was sentenced to one to five years in prison for insurance fraud, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. Fourth District Judge Joel Horton suspended the sentence and ordered Croner to serve 180 days in the …

Coloring by Numbers

The vote tallies in the presidential and congressional races suggest this is a blue region (with the exception of Virginia) but that is probably not true of the insurance community here or elsewhere. Purple, maybe; blue, doubtful. Blue voters can …

N.C. HAS 8TH LOWEST AUTO RATES IN U.S.:

A National Association of Insurance Commissioners report comparing auto insurance rates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia found that North Carolina ranks eighth in the nation for the lowest rates. This is an improvement over the ninth-lowest …

Trucking Program

Nuts & Bolts: Crump E&S of California Insurance Services Inc. announced a new trucking program. Coverage includes auto liability, physical damage and cargo. Dollars: Limits range from $750,000 to $1 million. Premiums and deductibles for cargo range from $500 to …

PIA Western Alliance Unites Agents Across Nine States

Four Professional Insurance Association (PIA) affiliate chapters recently united to form the PIA Western Alliance, a 1,500-member organization for independent agents based in Vancouver, Wash. The four PIA chapters that make up the Western Alliance, which was formed on Oct. …

Fitch Reports on Finite Risk Reinsurance; Teleconference for Nov. 17

Fitch Ratings announced that it will hold a teleconference on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 11:00 a.m. EST (4:00 p.m. GMT) to discuss its report on Finite Risk Reinsurance. The rating agency noted that it had issued a special report on …

Smith to Head Idaho Department of Insurance

Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne’s selection to lead the Idaho Department of Insurance is no stranger to state government, public service and private sector leadership. Gary Smith, a long-time senior aide to Gov. Kempthorne, was named as the new director of …

People & Places

Robert Campeau Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Brokerage has appointed Robert M. Campeau as vice president, announced President John Monroe. Campeau specializes in property/casualty insurance for medical device companies. Campeau has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. …

States Get Tough on Parents with Underage Drinking Liability Laws

Lenient parents best beware: A new generation of tough laws make parents liable for underage drinking. In the past decade, about 35 states have passed “social host” laws that make adults criminally and civilly liable when they provide alcohol to …