West News for March 2006
- Insurance Skills Center Hosts Two Contractors Conferences
- Construction, Insurance, Banking Industries To Meet and Develop Moisture Management Standards
- California Employer Arrested for Wrongly Accusing Employee of Workers Comp Fraud
- Association Warns Insurers that Bill Would Impose Hidden Tax to Fund California Campaigns
- Swett & Crawford Picks Rountree to Head Southwest Operations
- Colorado Cites Lawsuit for Big Jump in Insurance Costs
- NAS Miscellaneous Medical Malpractice Insurance Sports New Features
- Association of California Insurance Companies Elects Officers
- City in Utah Expects $2.5 Million Fire Insurance Settlement
- New Law May Hamper Nevada Mining Watchdog Group
- Washington Gains New Fraud Bureau
- Heffernan Group Adds Staff in San Francisco, Portland
- Barney & Barney Adds Two to Ownership Ranks
- Cant To Head Washington Workplace Safety and Health Division
- Safeco To Host First-Quarter Earnings Conference Call
- California State Fund Holds Ergonomics Workshop in Sacramento
- Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Host Contractual Risk Transfer Seminar in Pasadena
- Abram Interstate Offers Dwelling Under Construction/Course of Construction Policy
- Kulongoski, Leavitt Plan Oregon Bird Flu Summit
- Safeco to Lease Puget Sound Facilities
- Tax Help Available for California Storm and Flood Victims
- Standard Insurance Creates Advice Service for Retirement Plans
- California Commission Hosts Forum on Catastrophe Preparedness
- Answer Financial Appoints Goebel To Head Marketing Efforts
- Insurer’s Sponsorship May Help Renoe-Tahoe Keep PGA Tour
- Pipe Corrosion Biggest Threat as Alaska Marks Exxon Valdez Spill
- Fearing Bird Flu Outbreak, Officials Hope Tamiflu Will Help
- Feds Probe Water Tritium Levels at Nuclear Power Plants
- California Proposes Decrease in Workers Comp Pure Premium Rates
- Utah Appoints New Directors, Creates Market Conduct Division
- Former ’49er Wersching Indicted on $8M Insurance Fraud and Tax Evasion
- Abram Interstate Unveils Special Event Program in California, Arizona
- Idaho Considering Law to Increase Award of Attorney’s Fees
- New Mexico Superintendent Serna To Resign from Nonprofit Board
- Lovestad-Worthington’s Rusty Young Passes Away
- Garamendi Issues Cease and Desist Order Against TSI Title & Escrow
- The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Orange County’s Ed-Day
- Pacific Specialty Promotes Summers to Chief Operating Officer
- Riley to Head Networked Insurance Agents’ Nevada Sales
- Abram Interstate Offers Coverage for Janitorial Services
- Santa Fe Bank for Insurance Division Donated to Nonprofit Group Founded by Insurance Superintendent
- Small Business California Finds Employers Still Concerned about Workers’ Comp
- About 200 Gather to Mourn Victims of Kauai Dam Break, State Prepares for More Rain
- Adams Appointed to Fill Arizona House Vacancy
- Keys Left in Car? Arizona Bill Would Allow Insurance Hit
- Arrowhead General Offers Personal Motorcycle Program in Arizona
- Continental Risk Opens California Marine Facility
- Calif. Insurance Commissioner Candidate Bustamante to Address Latin American Agents
- Officials Hope ’06 Quake Centennial Prompts More to Get Insurance
- Insurance Educational Association Forecasts the Future
- Sacramento Man Allegedly Submits Fraudulent Documents To Support of Auto Claim
- American E&S Insurance Brokers Names Smithson Executive Vice President
- Calif. Man Arrested for Workers’ Compensation Fraud
- The Hartford Lowers Utah Auto Rates
- Trinity Names Coe Vice President Brokerage and Branch Manager
- Quality Planning Corp. Names Olson Assistant Vice President of Global Services
- Pair of V.P.’s Joining JBL&K Risk Services in Portland
- Calif. Truck Driver Pulled Over for Falsifying Insurance Claim
- Dam Breaks on Kauai, Strong Winds, Rain Down 12 Poles on Oahu Highway
- Acordia Names Rudolph as Managing Director for Its Ariz. Operations
- Calif. Law Office Manager Sent to Prison in Large-Scale Auto Fraud
- ABD Insurance and Financial Services Gains Top D&O Broker Rating
- California Bars Workers from Neverland Ranch Due to Insurance
- Increasing Cost of Insuring Mont. Jockeys Threatens Racing
- Calif. Court Reinstates Class Action Against Lead Paint Makers
- Colemont Names Maddox Assistant Vice President and Broker
- Fresno, Calif., Qualifies for State’s Low-Cost Auto Insurance Program
- ME James Surplus Adds New Package for Off Road Racers
- AFS/IBEX Financial Services Promotes Three in Western Region
- Wash. Ag Groups Praise Lawmakers for Farm-Friendly Session
- Unigard Announces Staff Changes
- Colorado Emergency Medical Payments Coverage Bill Killed in Committee
- Insurers Happy with Utah Privacy Bills
- Mazza Joins Baldwin Resource Group
- Abram Interstate Offers New Program for Garage Insurance
- Dahlgren Named Director of Marketing for The Harry W. Gorst Co.
- John B. Collins Associates Opens Orange County, Calif., Office
- Calif. Regulator Reaches Settlement with Marsh to End Secret Commissions
- Los Angeles Clerk Charged in Fraudulent Disability Claim Scam
- Union Bank of California Names Janes CEO of Insurance Subsidiary
- Beecher Carlson Expands Executive Liability Practice, Hires Zak for Los Angeles office
- Audit Shows Spokane, Wash., Ambulance Patients, Insurance Companies Overbilled
- Fire Damages Farmers’ Wyoming Office
- Multi-State Class Actions Could Infringe on State Regulators’ Authority, Interfere with Claims Adjudication
- Agents, Brokers Encourage Calif. Supreme Court to De-Publish Opinion
- Alaska Workers Recover 56,000 Gallons; Content Likely ‘Mostly Oil’
- Privacy, Workers’ Compensation Dominate Utah’s Legislative Session
- Meadowbrook Enters Nev. Self-Insured Workers’ Comp Market
- Calif. State Fund, Kern County, Host Heat Illness Prevention Seminar
- Up to 15 Percent of Montana Vehicles Don’t Have Basic Insurance
- Ariz. Senate Backs Higher Hurdle for Some Malpractice Suits
- Wash. Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Unemployment Insurance
- M.E. James Surplus Lines Names Chang Underwriter
- Cavignac & Associates Holds OSHA Construction Seminar in San Diego
- Four Riverside, Calif. Residents Arrested for Alleged Fradulent Auto Theft Claim
- Anderson & Murison Promotes Pappas; Personal Umbrella Program Unveiled
- Insurers’ Photography Tells Story of ’06 San Francisco Quake
- Levee Break in Sonoma County, Calif., Floods Portion of Highway
- State Fund to Host Restaurant Health and Safety Workshop in San Francisco
- University of Wyoming Offers Workshop to Help Reduce Agricultural Risk
- RIMS Hosts Property, Casualty and D&O Seminar
- Washington On the Hunt for Unregistered Contractors, Electricians
- Putnam Appointed VP of Calif.’s State Compensation Insurance Fund
- Utah’s GBS Benefits Affiliates with the Leavitt Group
- Former San Diego Broker Sentenced in Premium Theft Scam
- Colo. Supreme Court Decides Negligent Hiring Case
- Study Says Californians Unmotivated to Prepare for Next Disaster
- Hawaii Leads Nation in Motorcycle Theft, Says Progressive
- Spring Break Prime Time for Home Break-Ins, Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association Says
- DENSO Corporation Forming Captive Insurer in Hawaii
- Calif. Home Inspections for Flood Damage Begin
- HWAC Providing 10-Point Checklist for Calif. Residents on Home Warranties
- Pair Convicted in Calif. for Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud
- Calif. Expands Low-Cost Auto Program to Three Counties
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