West News for August 2006
- Experts: Gas Prices a Factor in Insurance Fraud Car Fires
- California Insurers Oppose Giving Punitive Damages to State
- Sequoia Insurance Deploys Web-Based Claims Processing Center
- Arizona Working to Reduce Number of Uninsured
- Census: New Mexicans Held onto Health Insurance in 2005
- State Dems, Safeco Battling Over Company’s Use of Credit Scores
- Pinnacol Assurance Named One of Nation’s Best for Workers Over 50
- WKF&C Agency Opens New Regional Office in Southern California
- San Diego Contractor Ordered to Pay $475,000 to State Fund
- Climate Change Will Limit Ability to Control Wildland Fires, Scientists Say
- Arrowhead General Offers Online Quotes for Accountants Liability
- Safeco Sells U-District Complex to University of Washington
- New Assistant Attorney General To Help Washington Combat Fraud
- Hawaii Insurance Division Releases Insure U
- Colorado Issues Emergency Cease and Desist Order
- GOP Senate Challenger McGavick Reveals Drunken Driving Incident
- Hail, Torrential Rain, Wind Gusts Pound Pueblo
- Washington Agents-Brokers Host Annual Conference in Spokane
- Latin American Agents Will Wait and See How Auto Regs Affect Customers
- Child Drownings Believed High among Immigrants
- California Lawmakers Enter Final Days of 2005-06 Session
- Pacific Coast E&S Offers Liquor Liability Program
- Risk Management Solutions Analyzes Calif. Wildfire Data
- Phoenix Man Sentenced for Defrauding Workman’s Comp Fund
- Calif. State Fund Offers Credit Extension for Heat Waves
- Producer School to be Held in Sacramento in September
- Beecher Carlson Appoints Suter Senior Vice President
- Unigard Insurance Awards 12 Scholarships
- Continental Marine Offers Ocean Marine Product
- Worst Red Tide in Years Hits Puget Sound
- Washington Governor Declares Wildfire Emergency
- San Diego Contractor to Pay State Fund $456,000
- Heritage General Agency Offers Semi-Exclusive Homeowner Coverage
- San Francisco Corporate Officer Arrested for 49 Felony Counts
- Nevada Benefits Firm Appeals $1 Million-Plus in Fines
- Fox Joins E.L.M. as Account Manager
- WCF General Counsel Dennis Lloyd Honored for Service
- EIG Mutual Holding Files Plan to Convert from Mutual to Stock Company
- Reed Group Releases White Paper on Return to Work Guidelines
- Chubb Reduces California Auto Rates An Average of 34 Percent
- Calif. State Fund Eureka Employees Raise Funds for Cancer Society
- Two Riverside Residents Arrested for Grand Theft, Perjury
- Zack Cooper Merges with RA Higgins to Develop Senior Pro Program
- Insurance Industry Foundation Hosts 9th Annual Volunteer Week
- Gray-Stone & Co. Acquires Cascade General Agency/ Amstar E&S
- Baldwin Resource Group Adds Seattle Pacific University Dean to Board
- Insurance Costs Stop Volunteer Doctors in Idaho
- Bechtel Won’t Get San Jose Airport Job Because of Insurance Issues
- Abram Interstate Offers New Owner Builder C.O.C. Policy
- King Insurance Offers California Agents Errors and Omissions Program
- Judge Rules Against Private Ambulance Company Serving Spokane
- Warren G. Bender’s Katt Celebrates 50 Years in Industry
- Wise, of Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Dies
- Wyoming Court Says Skiers May Assume Risk of Riding Lifts
- Safeco Launches Instant Auto Endorsement Processing
- Continental Risk Moves Location
- State Farm Files for Rate Reduction
- California Workers’ Comp Rate Filing Submitted
- Allstate Drops Alaska Earthquake Coverage
- Calif. Commissioner Calls Court Ruling on Auto Regs a Victory
- Scully Joins Colemont’s San Francisco Office
- Professional Program Insurance Offers Medispa Program
- Bliss & Glennon Offers Garage Market
- Employers Insurance Doubles Workers’ Comp Market Share
- Calif. Governor, Commissioner Propose Legislation To Oversee State Fund
- Hawaii Seeks Order to Liquidate Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty
- Associations Oppose Eliminating Contingent Commissions
- Arizona Puts the Heat on Insurers for Wildfire Protection
- Colorado Court: Drivers Not Liable for Hitting Animals in Road
- Report Warns of More Frequent Coastal Flooding and Rising Sea Levels
- Provo Withdraws Federal Disaster Aid Application
- Calif. Blue Cross Spent 78.9 Percent of Premium on Patients In 2004-05
- Safeco Announces $250 Million Share Repurchase
- Agents Association Accuses Garamendi of Using Office to Win Votes
- Attorney Suggests Parishioners Contribute to Settlement
- Workers at Catholic Healthcare West Reach Tentative Deal
- Safeco Announces Share Repurchase Increase, Declares Dividend
- Reece Joins Baldwin Resource Group
- Washington Military Policyholders to Share in Settlement
- California Imposes New Ethics Regulations on Broker-Agents
- Study to Look at Extreme Heat’s Impact on Californians’ Health
- Health Officials: E. Coli Believed Traced to a Wendy’s Lettuce
- Judge Denies California Insurers’ Lawsuit to Stop Auto Rate Regs
- Durazo Named Manager at Mills Insurance
- Calif. Approves USAA’s 8 Percent Auto Rate Reduction, Insurers Not Surprised
- California State Fund Receives $566,000 in Restitution for Fraud
- Nine Players – Including Agent – in World Series of Poker
- Arrowhead General Offers Market for Auto/Extra Heavy Trucks and Tractors
- Thousands of Passengers Stranded after LAX Equipment Malfunction
- Hawaii Becomes First State to Order Anti-Viral Flu Drugs
- Hawaii Seeking Comments on Hurricane Retrofits
- California Study Examines Medical Access in the Wake of Reforms
- California Couple Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud
- Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation Hosts Golf Tournament
- Insurance Poll Reveals Misconceptions about Renter’s Insurance
- Some Utah Legislators Plan Measures on Illegal Immigration
- IES Continues to Expand Online Quoting
- Former Agent Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Grand Theft
- Colorado Consumers Part of Alleged Military Insurance Scam
- California State Fund Hosts Heat Illness Prevention Seminars
- Mercury General Announces Second Quarter Results
- USAA Insurance Seeks Approval for 22 Percent Rate Decrease
- Crump Names Sienkiewicz Property Broker
- Rorke Promoted to Claims Manager for California State Fund
- AmCom Offers Contractors’ Property and Inland Marine Coverage
- Associated Builders and Contractors Members Receive $200,000
- Nas Sets Higher Limits for Computer/Technology Liability
- Alaska-Regulated Insurance Plans Must Cover Colon Cancer Tests
- Washington Issues Multiple Enforcement Actions
- Pinnacle Entertainment Files Lawsuit Against Three Insurers
- The Standard Names LaFlamme San Francisco Office Manager
- San Jose Resident Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud
- The Drive Group Opens Colorado Data Center
- Arrowhead Adds New Standard for Specialty Contractors Package Program
- New Mexico Insurance Official is Formally Fired
- Safeco Reports Strong Profitability in Second Quarter
- Western Agents Blast Insurers for Settlements Restricting Compensation
- Boggs Joins Colemont’s Fresno Office
- Granddaughter of Safeco Founder Sues Former CEO Mike McGavick and Board
- Poll: Democrats Leading in Six California ‘Down Ticket’ Races
- Cambridge General Agency Offers Home Inspectors Program in Calif.
- Oregon Offers Insurance Wildfire Summit Workshops
- Arrowhead General Names Sedillo CFO
- Washington Employers Invited to Join Workers’ Comp Pilot
- Builders Insurance Hires Two Safety Specialists for Reno, Nev., Office
- Abacus Names Ace American Carrier for Online Foreign Production Coverage
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