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The largest of the California wildfires, known as the "Station Fire," has burnt more than 140,000 acres, destroyed 62 "dwellings," and is 22 percent contained, said the Insurance Information Network of California.

The factors contributing to Fitch Ratings' negative outlook for the global insurance industry are unlikely to improve enough in the near term to allow for a revision to a stable outlook, the company reports.

Are producers and insurers ethically bound to recruit new blood into the industry, and if so, how? To see how readers responded, and file your own comments, check out NU Editor Sam Friedman's blog at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.

To keep up with the latest breaking stories and trends in insurance technology, follow Tech Decisions Editor Sharon Schwartzman at http://twitter.com/techdecisions.

At the recent VCIA conference in August, a rumor was being circulated that Bill White could be the next captive administrator of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Get the scoop at www.NoRiskZone.com.

Hurricane Jimena is currently a "strong Category 4 hurricane" and continues toward the Baja California Peninsula, according to risk modeler RMS.

The CPCU Society named Douglas J. Holtz to the one-year term of president and chairman during the association's 65th annual meeting in Denver yesterday.