Pennsylvania Attorney General Jerry Pappert this week will be notifying consumers affected in the state’s Pocono land fraud investigation that failure to pay their home mortgage or escrow funds for that purpose will hinder the state from successfully intervening in …
New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced that his office has filed a motion for contempt against a Woodbury furniture retailer which seeks to help protect consumers and end the company’s reported fraudulent, illegal and deceptive business practices. The …
Veteran Texas business and insurance lobbyist Frank V. Galitski, of Austin, has been appointed director of Government Affairs for Farmers Insurance Co. Farmers said the appointment is effective March 31, 2004. Galitski will office in Farmers’ Austin Service Center. As …
Jason Wrather has been appointed by SAFECO to fill its position on the Board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. Wrather is senior product manager for SAFECO Insurance in Seattle where he is a member of the product management team. …
Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Inc. (HIA), a provider of insurance services to building contractors and specialty industries in Texas, announced that Johnette Taylor, Greg Walsh and Candy Atkins will make-up the company’s newly formed Texas Green Industry Workers’ Compensation Group’s (TGI) …
A Florida House bill designed to address issues related to insurer insolvency was reported favorably this week from the full House Insurance Committee. “H.B. 1687 was developed by the Department of Financial Services specifically in response to the fallout from …
Tennessee Senate Republicans reportedly stand ready to move the Volunteer State forward with a comprehensive workers’ compensation reform bill sponsored by Senator Mark Norris (R-Collierville). The bill, Senate Bill 3169, can reportedly carry the worker’s compensation reform legislative package needed …
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman announced that the anhydrous tank lock requirement is now in effect and outlined how anhydrous dealers and farmers should request reimbursement. The tank lock pilot program, which was prompted by legislation passed in 2003, …
Florida-based eAutoclaims announced that Tim Ellis has joined the eAutoclaims management team as a full-time consultant. Ellis will be leading the sales efforts in the company’s recently created Special Markets Group, among other executive roles. Ellis got his start in …
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (FFIC) has launched the first wave of Fireman’s Fund Heritage, a community-based program that supports firefighters for safer communities. San Diego County is the first community in the country to participate in this national initiative, which …