State Compensation Insurance Fund will collect $135,000 in restitution from a San Diego County-based construction firm as part of the sentence in a workers' compensation insurance fraud case. Ray
Washington--Besides financial restructuring, reform of the National Flood Insurance Program must include updating flood plain maps used to set premium rates and home purchase requirements, witnesses to
Risk managers can help deter theft of construction and agricultural equipment by focusing their efforts on protecting high-value, easily transported machinery, according to a new National Equipment Re
According to the California Department of Insurance, Amy Quist, 29, paid her friend, Jennifer Griffin, 27, to "steal" her 2001 Ford Mustang and then set it afire. Quist reported to local police that
"At first we were trying to be sensitive regarding Charley, but now we are beyond that point. We need to clean it up. We need to get property owners to get moving forward. They are either going to
The Main Street America Group has launched Personal Lines Quick Quote, an online quoting system that allows independent agent-customers to obtain home-owners and personal auto new-business quotes dire
FOR THE past decade or so, we've covered flood insurance in the February issue. The thinking was that spring historically has been the time when snow melts, rains fall, rivers rise and homes flood. Consequently, February should be a good time
Environmental insurance products are a relatively new class of business, having been around for only the past 25 years. But the opportunities for agents to capitalize on this growing segment have
Every insurance carrier has a slightly unique view of the world, according to Craig Weber, senior analyst in the insurance practice for Celent. That view often is based on the data carriers have acqui
With the increasing threat of identity fraud, The Hartford Financial Services Group began offering a new identity-recovery coverage program to all new or renewed small-business policyholders last