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Jul 5
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 According to a press release on the California Department of Insurance website:  “On July 4, the California Department of Insurance's Enforcement Branch partnered with investigators from the El Dorado County District Attorney's Office and the California Contractors State License Board to identify unlicensed public adjusters as well as unlicensed and uninsured contractors. The operation resulted in five arrests. The El Dorado County District Attorney's Office is prosecuting the cases.” |
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Jul 3
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I guess there doing something right over at Insurance.com. According to a press release on dBusinessNews.com the accounting firm Ernst & Young awarded CEO Dave Roush the “2007 Northeast Ohio Entrepreneur Of The Year award, in the Emerging Business category.”The...
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In every insurance policy the insurer has printed exactly what is and isn’t covered. All the answers to your questions about your policy are inside the actual policy itself. I came across a webpage in Orlandosentinel.com where a person asked...
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The California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has released a lengthy list of tips in a press release to help the survivors of the recent Lake Tahoe Angora fire. The first thing to know is that “California Department of Insurance (CDI)...
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According to an article in Yahoo sports India the Football Player’s Association of India is going to be introducing a health insurance plan. Admitedly I don’t follow professional Indian football, so any help with putting this into perspective would be...
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Jul 2
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While the time it takes to learn the ins and outs of your homeowners’ policy could be a pain in the butt, it’s worth it in the long run. Not only will you know what is covered and not covered...
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The Massachusetts health-care law making health insurance mandatory “officially took effect” July 1 according to Businessweek.com. Residents now have until the end of the year to purchase health insurance or they’ll lose a “$219 personal exemption when filing state taxes...
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The health care provider Clarian Health Partners Inc. has announced that “starting in 2009 they will begin charging workers extra for insurance if they let health risks such as smoking, obesity or high cholesterol go unchecked” according to Foxnews.com. It...
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Spending most or all of our working hours online us bloggers can sometimes forget that there is a world out there. At least I can count myself as one of those people. One of the blogs I subscribe to and...
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The United States has seen an increase in the number of captive insurance companies based within its borders according to National Underwriter. If you’re not sure what a captive insurance company is then here is a definition from Captiveinsurancecompanies.com:“A captive...
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Jul 1
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The Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale made an announcement last week according to National Underwriter that Nationwide Insurance “has paid an additional $25 million to Mississippi residents “ after agreeing “in April to reevaluate claims of homeowners whose houses were...
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The Lake Tahoe fire is finally contained after causing damage to over “300 buildings and almost 3,100 acres” according to National Underwriter. Tahoe hasn’t seen this magnitude of fire damage “in over four decades.” According to risk modeling firm Risk...
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At times within the life insurance world it’s hard to hear through the din of permanent life insurance naysayers. So many so-called “experts” or financial gurus have written books, articles and made presentations about the evils of permanent life insurance...
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As a consumer or agent I doubt the news of the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission’s (IIPRC) first filing will bring much interest or joy to your world. However, for insurers it marks the beginning of a potentially significant turn...
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I came across a very interesting article in National Underwriter about the current state of health benefits for veterans. Not all veterans are granted access to health care because of laws passed in 1996 and 2001. While the logic does...
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