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Fireman's Fund Grants $300,000 to Fire DepartmentsFireman'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. In all, 20 fire departments ......

Morris Polich & Purdy Name Insurance Specialists in San FranciscoMorris 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 ......

Hurricane Earl Expected to Drench East Coast; Some Evacuations PossiblePowerful 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 ......

BP Claims Fund Pays Out $10 Million in First Week Under FeinbergKenneth 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 ......

Surplus Lines Bills Await Schwarzenegger's SignatureThe 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 ......

AIR Tracking Typhoon Kompasu, Tropical CyclonesAccording 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 ......

Lexington to Insure Tax Credits on Low Income HousingLexington 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 ......

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. Oklahoma ......

New Jersey Court: Construction Worker Can Sue EmployerNew 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 ......

Grange Insurance Promotes Dinnin to President, Commercial LinesColumbus, 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 ......

Study: Compound Drugs, Co-Packs Increase Calif. Workers' Comp CostsThe 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 ......

Ohio Workers' Comp Group Discount to Remain the Same for 2011The 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 ......

RISC Adds Staub, Anderson in Brokerage DepartmentBryan 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 ......

Ratings Recap: Glacier Re, AXISA.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 ......

Virginia DMV Still Unable to Process LicensesVirginia'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 ......