West News for September 2006
- Hawaii’s JP Schmidt: There’s Opportunity in the Pacific
- California Association Launches Attack on Garamendi Regulations
- Pacific Coast E&S Offers Business Auto Market
- California Anticipates Lowering Workers’ Comp Rates
- New Mexico Commission Seeks New Insurance Superintendent
- 3rd Bag of Tainted Spinach Linked to Calif. Plant
- Safeco Plans to List on the New York Stock Exchange
- Settlement Reached in Woman’s Death at Spokane Parking Garage
- Oregon Employers To Pay Less for Workers’ Comp in 2007
- Court Rules Hurt Prison Guard Not Entitled to Workers’ Comp
- Residents Worry as SoCal Fire Moves Toward Mountain Homes
- Idaho Fire Crews Turn to Starting Fires as Season Ends
- Mercator Risk Services Expands with San Francisco Office
- York Insurance Services Invests in Southern California Risk Management
- Officials Seek Voluntary Evacuations for Dwellers near Large Wildfire
- Horn Appointed as Mitchell’s VP of Industry Relations
- Espanola Agent Charged with Bilking Clients of $52,000
- Colorado Agent Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Money Laundering
- IES Introduces Education Insurance Program
- Hawaii Web Site To Educate Homeowners on Hurricane Retrofits
- Nigohosian Joins Western Insurance Agents Association’s Team
- Countrywide Launches Auto Insurance Product in Arizona
- San Diego Drivers May See $20 Million in Auto Rate Reductions
- Twelve Arrested for Overbilling Insurers, Fraud
- Western Security Offers Market, 17.5 Percent Commission
- Safeco to Lay Off, Reassign 240 Workers
- Pinnacol Assurance Honored as “Top Company”
- Alameda County Suspects Arrested for Fraud, Conspiracy, Grand Theft
- Web site Helps Arizona Consumers Get Smart about Insurance
- Alaska Workers’ Comp Reforms Lower Rates
- Court Approves Transfer of Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty
- RMS Forecast Factors in El Nino Cycle
- Safeco to Host Webcast to Discuss Q3 Results
- Clayton to Head West Coast Operations from Los Angeles
- More than 2,200 Auto Claims Filed after Southern N.M. Storm
- Wash. Report Reveals Cost of the Uninsured More than $550 Million
- California AG Sues Automakers for Global Warming Damages
- Oregon Credit Scoring Measure Picks Up National Endorsement
- Kelley Blue Book’s Kbb.com Partners with InsWeb
- Five Vice Presidents Take New Positions at Blue Shield of California
- Calif. State Fund To Host Restaurant Supervisor Safety Training
- Hawaii Hurricane-Prepared Homeowners to Get Grant
- Calif. Governor Schwarzenegger Vetoes Workers’ Comp BIll
- Avreco and The Park Group Open San Diego Office
- Employers Direct Web Site to Sell Workers’ Comp Directly to Consumers
- Former Beverly Hills Agents Sentenced for Felony Grand Theft
- Tampering Not Suspected in E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Spinach
- Salazar Seeks Federal Disaster Loans for Farmers Who Lost Wells
- Orange County Association Changes Phone Number
- Integro San Francisco Office Welcomes Starnes
- Agency Management Resource Group Hosts Agribusiness Conference
- PWIB Names Guzman Assistant Vice President
- California Company Recalling Bagged Spinach due to U.S. E. coli Outbreak
- Hail Damages Vehicles, Homes in Southern New Mexico
- Insurer Association Urges Veto of Calif. Punitive Damages Bill
- Abram Interstate Offers a High Value Vacant Dwelling Program
- Calif. State Fund Hosts Emergency Preparedness in the Workforce Workshop
- Calif. State Fund Appoints Tudor President
- Calif. Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Proposes Rate Decrease
- L&I Director Resigns to Head Washington Health Care Association
- Eaton Professional Names Aldana Assistant Broker
- Two Calif. Insurers File For Rate Reductions
- Judge: Landowners Cannot Sue Forest Service Over Lost Homes
- NM Public Regulation Commission Provides Information For Flood Damage
- San Diego Couple Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
- Preferred Employers Insurance Joins Trusted Choice Network
- Brandt Named Manager for Calif. State Compensation Insurance Fund
- Snow is Good, but Southern Ore. Ski Area Needs Green
- California Governor Signs Bill to Increase Minimum Wage
- Oregon Seeks to Revoke Agent’s License for Fraud
- Buyer found for Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty Ltd.
- Insurers Urge Calif. to Drop Proposed Rate of Return Regulations
- Yates & Associates Names Vo Underwriter/Broker
- PGI Commercial Opens California Office
- Western Agents Upset Brokers Working Against Compensation Agreements
- GEICO to Hire More Than 600 for Tucson Office
- Businesses Help Bring Down Hawaii Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates
- Roseville Broker Arrested for Grand Theft, Forgery and Insurance Fraud
- Commodore Insurance Opens Las Vegas Office
- CRM Holdings to Acquire Embarcadero Insurance
- Oregon Mutual Names Patterson VP-General Counsel
- Builders & Tradesmen’s Offers One-Shot Builders Risk Program
- Hull & Co. Offers Residential Contractors Coverage in Calif.
- Oregon Voters to Decide on Credit Scoring for Insurance
- Kulongoski Floats Insurance Fee to Fund Oregon State Police
- Medical Liability Insurer Sold by Washington Commissioner
- Employers Insurance Group Cuts Calif. Workers’ Comp Costs
- Former NFL Star Terrell Davis Sues Insurer over Emmy Fracas
- Millions of Young Adult Risk-Takers Uncovered
- Thousands Hawaii Residents Affected in Freeway Accident
- Montana Firefighters Battle Bees as well as Wildfires
- NAS Introduces Turnkey EPLI Reinsurance Program
- Crump Opens Denver Branch Office
- Wyoming Proposes Cuts in Workers’ Comp Premiums
- Farmers Vows to Appeal California Court Ruling
- 19 Suspects Arrested for Auto Body Insurance Fraud
- Hawaii Captive Insurance Chief Receives Award
- San Diego Contractor To Pay Calif. State Fund $119,000
- Insurance Watchdog Petitions California Commissioner to Bar ‘Outlaw’ Insurer
- Colemont Insurance Brokers Opens Phoenix Office
- California Legislature Takes Action on Workers’ Comp, Punitive Damages
- State Patrol Veteran Hired for Washington Anti-Fraud Unit
- Hawaii to Host Hearing to Clarify Payments to Claimants’ Attorneys
- State Farm Files for Double-Digit Homeowners Rate Decrease
- Oregon Regulator: Credit Scoring, Other Issues Better Handled by States
- Election-Year Politics Dominate California, Association Says
- Sequoia Introduces Risk Management Package for Commercial Middle Market
- Provo Recovering From Storm Damage
- Wyoming Buys Vaccines for Children
- Insurer’s Policies for Churchgoers Attract Christians
- Bass Underwriters Offers New Markets in California
- Washington Proposes 2 Percent Cut in Workers’ Compensation Rates
- Arrowhead Appoints Chipp Marketing Representative
- California Strengthens Teen Driver Laws
- M.H. Ross Finds New Carrier for Travel Coverage
- California Assembly Fails to Pass Flood Bill
- California Land and Title Association Encourages Commissioner to Withdraw Regulations
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