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Los Angeles Area Quake Could Result in 7,600 Dead, Major Property Damage

Potential earthquakes on the Puente Hills fault beneath the Los Angeles area could result in 3,000 to 18,000 fatalities, 142,000 to 735,000 displaced households, and more than $250 billion in total damages, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Southern …

Los Angeles Area Quake Could Result in 7,600 Dead, Major Property Damage

Potential earthquakes on the Puente Hills fault beneath the Los Angeles area could result in 3,000 to 18,000 fatalities, 142,000 to 735,000 displaced households, and more than $250 billion in total damages, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Southern …

Los Angeles Area Quake Could Result in 7,600 Dead, Major Property Damage

Potential earthquakes on the Puente Hills fault beneath the Los Angeles area could result in 3,000 to 18,000 fatalities, 142,000 to 735,000 displaced households, and more than $250 billion in total damages, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Southern …

La. Commissioner Returns Truck to State After Criticism

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley has sent his pricey, special edition pickup truck to the state’s surplus property yard, giving up the luxury perk that provoked sharp criticism of both the state-paid purchase and Wooley’s attitude toward the attention it …

Second Thoughts

Not every business merger works out, for one reason or another. Just ask Citigroup and Travelers. This is especially true of independent agency mergers and acquisitions. “Independent” agencies aren’t just called that because they produce for a number of companies. …

Two Ala. Agents Sentenced in Bribery Case

Two Cherokee County, Ala. insurance agents have been sentenced in a Birmingham court on charges of bribery of elected officials. James L. Williams and Michael Tillery pleaded guilty in November to giving money to county officials in exchange for insurance …

Sacramento Day Care Worker Gets 90 Days in Jail in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case

Sacramento resident Thomas Jordan was sentenced on Dec. 28 to 90 days in jail on a felony workers’ compensation fraud charge. Jordan was employed by K.C. Family Care Inc. of Sacramento. K.C Family Care operates a children’s residential care facility …

People & Places

Therese Vaughan Iowa Insurance Commissioner Therese M. Vaughan has resigned effective at the end of the year and will join the faculty at Drake University, the school announced recently. Vaughan has been named the Robb B. Kelley distinguished professor of …

First Professional to Offer Fla. Clients Rightful Solutions Risk Software

One of the Florida’s largest professional liability insurers, First Professionals Insurance Company (FPIC), has announced an alliance with Rightfield Solutions, LLC to promote Expectation Management and Medical Information (Emmi), a web-based risk management and patient satisfaction tool. FPIC covers 7,400 …

AIA VP Part of Team Working on Iraqi Code

David Snyder, vice president and assistant general counsel for the American Insurance Association (AIA) was part of a support team that went to Amman, Jordan, in June 2004 to assist the efforts of the group that included Arkansas Insurance Commissioner …