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Jordan Joins Western Security Surplus’ Roseville Office

Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers’ Roseville, Calif., office has hired Denise Jordan. She will be responsible for assisting current clients and writing business for new clients. Jordan began her insurance career in 1996 as a Farmers Insurance agent with Bob …

Banks, shippers, oil companies — not just insurers — face Katrina-related suits

Hurricane Katrina lawsuits are multiplying and it’s not just insurance companies that are defendants. Oil companies, mortgage brokers, a shipping firm and a debris removal contractor have all been sued. One lawsuit seeks to cover all the bases. Gerald Maples, …

Banks, shippers, oil companies – not just insurers – face Katrina-related suits

One couple has sued Regions Bank for allegedly failing to pay their windstorm policy out of their escrow account. Hurricane Katrina lawsuits are multiplying and it’s not just insurance companies that are defendants. Oil companies, mortgage brokers, a shipping firm …

Private Firms Seize Profit Opportunities in Emergency Services

If government can’t do it, business will. Once the domain of government and charitable relief groups, hurricane response and preparedness are a booming billion-dollar business — from the self-heating food packets to the souped-up cell phone towers on wheels. Call …

Banks, shippers, oil companies – not just insurers – face Katrina-related suits

One couple has sued Regions Bank for allegedly failing to pay their windstorm policy out of their escrow account. Hurricane Katrina lawsuits are multiplying and it’s not just insurance companies that are defendants. Oil companies, mortgage brokers, a shipping firm …

Banks, shippers, oil companies — not just insurers — face Katrina-related suits

Hurricane Katrina lawsuits are multiplying and it’s not just insurance companies that are defendants. Oil companies, mortgage brokers, a shipping firm and a debris removal contractor have all been sued. One lawsuit seeks to cover all the bases. Gerald Maples, …

Six Months After Katrina, New Orleans Far From Whole

They’re throwing Mardi Gras beads again, so many strands, they’re landing in tree branches and getting snagged on the trellised balconies of the French Quarter. They’re adorning the arms of Spanish statues. Tourists are wearing them, but these days so …

Embezzlement Trial Begins for Former Oklahoma Commissioner

More than a year after he resigned amid allegations of corruption in office, former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher will go to trial Feb. 6 on the first of five criminal cases against him. Jury selection is scheduled on an …

Euler Hermes Issues Global 2006 Economic Assessment

Euler Hermes ACI, a provider of trade credit insurance and risk mitigation information, has released a special global risk analysis report from its U.S. headquarters in Maryland. The company, a subsidiary of French insurer AGF, which is in turn part …

U.K. Experts Warn of Continuing, Evolving Global Terrorist Threats

A leading U.K. intelligence expert and a specialist in terrorist underwriting at Hiscox Plc have warned that the threat of terrorism will not diminish in the year ahead with the continued potential for attacks around the world. Simon Sole, managing …