The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is discussing with the Financial Services Commission (Cabinet) the possibility of activating the Standby Commercial Joint Underwriting Association. According to the Florida Surplus Lines Association, regulators are responding to increasing complaints from business owners …
RG America Inc., a Dallas-based insurance restoration company specializing in recovery, remediation, roofing and re-construction of insurance losses, announced that Bruce A. Hall, who has been serving as chief financial officer for RG America, is being promoted to the position …
The director of the Arkansas Department of Emergency management has resigned, leaving his post less than a week after a newspaper reported that the agency gave itself failing grades for its preparedness for a large-scale disaster. Gov. Mike Huckabee named …
The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during May. The actions include eight license revocations and fines and restitution totaling $224,967. Copies of Geeslin’s orders may be obtained by contacting TDI’s …
The Texas Department of Insurance announced that the Windstorm Building Code Advisory Committee on Specifications and Maintenance will hold a meeting of the advisory committee on July 12, 2006, at 1:00 p.m. in Room 102 of the William P. Hobby …
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced he will approve an 18 percent decrease in homeowner and renter premium rates by The Hartford Insurance Co. The Hartford’s filing for a decrease contrasts dramatically with four other major insurers who were …
Twenty-five suspects in connection with a major insurance fraud investigation dubbed “Operation Cashout” have been indicted, according to the California Department of Insurance. Twenty suspects were arrested Thursday morning, and five suspects remain outstanding. The Urban Organized Auto Fraud Task …
Branchville, N.J.-based Selective Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. announced the following officer appointments: Kathleen Imparato (Wantage, NJ), to assistant vice president of Selective’s Business Practices Group. Imparato joined Selective in 2002 as a government …
Caifornia’s State Compensation Insurance Fund recently received $64,000 in restitution from the owner of a San Luis Obispo county moving company. Mark John Frey, 38, of Oceano, Calif., pleaded no contest on May 15 to one count of workers’ compensation …
Aon Corporation announced it has reached a definitive agreement to sell Aon Warranty Group (AWG) and its worldwide operations to Onex Partners, an affiliate of Onex Corporation, a company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Among the AWG businesses to be sold …