| Fireman's Fund Grants $300,000 to Fire Departments | Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. announced it is awarding fire departments located across the country with a $300,000 grant package designed to help make communities safer.
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| Morris Polich & Purdy Name Insurance Specialists in San Francisco | Morris Polich & Purdy LLP has named Douglas K. Wood and Andrea Bednarova insurance specialists in San Francisco.
Wood, a MPP partner, is a Martindale-Hubbell "AV-Preeminent" rated trial ...... |
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| Hurricane Earl Expected to Drench East Coast; Some Evacuations Possible | Powerful Hurricane Earl churned toward the eastern U.S. seaboard Tuesday and looked to sideswipe the densely populated coast from North Carolina to New England, the U.S. National Hurricane Center ...... |
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| BP Claims Fund Pays Out $10 Million in First Week Under Feinberg | Kenneth Feinberg, who last week took over the claims process for BP Plc's Macondo well oil spill, has so far paid nearly $10 million in emergency payouts to Gulf Coast residents who have suffered ...... |
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| Surplus Lines Bills Await Schwarzenegger's Signature | The California Legislature has passed two surplus lines insurance bills that have been sent to Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
AB 1708 (Villines), sponsored by the California Department of ...... |
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| AIR Tracking Typhoon Kompasu, Tropical Cyclones | According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, the sixth, seventh, and eighth named storms of the northwest Pacific season are approaching the Asian mainland bringing high winds and ...... |
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| Lexington to Insure Tax Credits on Low Income Housing | Lexington Insurance Company, a Chartis company, has introduced its Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) First Party and Professional Liability Insurance program. The program is designed to ...... |
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| Oklahoma Prepares to Liquidate Pegasus Insurance Co. | A judge in the District Court of Oklahoma County in mid-August issued an order of liquidation with a finding of insolvency for workers' compensation provider Pegasus Insurance Co. Inc.
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| New Jersey Court: Construction Worker Can Sue Employer | New Jersey workers' compensation laws do not prevent a construction worker injured in a trench collapse from suing his employer, a state Appeals Court has ruled.
The lawsuit — which was ...... |
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| Grange Insurance Promotes Dinnin to President, Commercial Lines | Columbus, Ohio-based Grange Insurance has promoted Elizabeth Dinnin to president of Commercial Lines. In this role, she'll be responsible for the overall growth and profitability of the company's ...... |
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| Study: Compound Drugs, Co-Packs Increase Calif. Workers' Comp Costs | The use of compound drugs, medical foods, and so-called convenience packs that combine prescription drugs and medical foods, increased dramatically in the second quarter of 2007 -- driving up ...... |
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| Ohio Workers' Comp Group Discount to Remain the Same for 2011 | The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation board of directors has voted to maintain the current maximum discount and break even factors (BEF) for group-rated employers for the policy year beginning ...... |
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| RISC Adds Staub, Anderson in Brokerage Department | Bryan Staub and Kelly Anderson have joined Dallas-based surplus lines insurance broker and managing general agent RISC Inc. in its brokerage department.
Anderson has joined the firm as a senior ...... |
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| Ratings Recap: Glacier Re, AXIS | A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to 'B++' (Good) from 'A-' (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating to "bbb+" from "a-" of Swiss-based Glacier Reinsurance AG. Best has ...... |
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| Virginia DMV Still Unable to Process Licenses | Virginia's governmental computer problems aren't fixed just yet.
The Department of Motor Vehicles said yesterday it could not process driver's licenses and identification cards. The agency is one ...... |
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