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Consumers Are the Front Line in Fighting Insurance Fraud
The U.S. loses approximately $308.6 billion in insurance fraud, leading to each policyholder paying $900 more through annual premium increases, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. Scams affecting American policyholders and companies are among the most pervasive financial crimes …
POSTED NOVEMBER 07, 2025 6:38 AM |
Baldwin Group Posts $30M Q3 Loss But Expects More Embedded Builders Growth
Fresh off its subsidiary’s purchase of a builder-linked homeowners’ insurance program, the Tampa-based Baldwin Group took another hit to its bottom line in the third quarter this year. But the brokerage and advisory group expects the loss to turn into …
POSTED NOVEMBER 07, 2025 6:02 AM |
Washington Woman’s Fraud Conviction Saves System $1.3M in Lifetime Payments
An Auburn, Washington woman was convicted for fraud after receiving a lifetime pension following her reported injury while working at a supply company. Lemapu Dorothy Seinafo, 56, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree theft and was ordered to repay …
POSTED NOVEMBER 07, 2025 6:00 AM |
Connecticut Collects $95M in Insurance Industry Fees, Fines and Taxes
For the 2025 fiscal year, the Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) collected more than $95 million in revenue that has boosted the state’s general fund. The revenue included approximately $2.2 million from insurance industry fines and penalties, $44 million from various …
POSTED NOVEMBER 07, 2025 6:00 AM |
People Moves: Mutual of Enumclaw Hires New Executives; King & Neel Appoints Itami and King to Leadership
Mutual of Enumclaw Hires New Executives Mutual of Enumclaw named Daniel Guthrie as vice president of product operations and chief operating officer and Hem Chari as chief information officer. Guthrie has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the …
POSTED NOVEMBER 07, 2025 6:00 AM |
Landlord Gets Another Chance to Hold Broker Liable for Failed Lead Paint Disclosure
A federal court of appeals has revived a case over an alleged failure of insurance broke Willis of New Jersey to notify the insurer for one of its New York clients of the presence of lead paint in his residential …
POSTED NOVEMBER 07, 2025 6:00 AM |
AM Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Michigan Millers Mutual
AM Besthas revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICR of “a” (Excellent) of Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company (Michigan Millers) based in Lansing, Michigan. Concurrently, AM …
POSTED NOVEMBER 07, 2025 5:24 AM |
Texas Asks Court to Halt Kenvue Tylenol Marketing, Dividend
Texas officials have asked a state court judge to temporarily block Kenvue Inc. from marketing Tylenol as safe for pregnant women, and from issuing a dividend, escalating the company’s legal woes just days after announcing a major merger with Kimberly-Clark …
POSTED NOVEMBER 07, 2025 5:14 AM |
Wildfire Victims Ask Gov. Newsom to Call for Insurance Commissioner’s Resignation
A few of the victims of the Los Angeles wildfires in January are asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom to call for the resignation of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara over reforms Lara pushed that were designed to help ease the …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2025 7:52 PM |
Engine Detached From UPS Plane Before Fatal Kentucky Crash
The left engine came off a doomed United Parcel Service Inc. freighter moments before it crashed in a fireball near the company’s global hub in Kentucky, killing at least 12 people. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said in a post on …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2025 5:38 PM |
West News Archives - Insurance Journal
Washington Woman’s Fraud Conviction Saves System $1.3M in Lifetime Payments
An Auburn, Washington woman was convicted for fraud after receiving a lifetime pension following her reported injury while working at a supply company. Lemapu Dorothy Seinafo, 56, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree theft and was ordered to repay …
POSTED NOVEMBER 07, 2025 6:00 AM |
People Moves: Mutual of Enumclaw Hires New Executives; King & Neel Appoints Itami and King to Leadership
Mutual of Enumclaw Hires New Executives Mutual of Enumclaw named Daniel Guthrie as vice president of product operations and chief operating officer and Hem Chari as chief information officer. Guthrie has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the …
POSTED NOVEMBER 07, 2025 6:00 AM |
Wildfire Victims Ask Gov. Newsom to Call for Insurance Commissioner’s Resignation
A few of the victims of the Los Angeles wildfires in January are asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom to call for the resignation of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara over reforms Lara pushed that were designed to help ease the …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2025 7:52 PM |
Novo Car Insurance Based on Driving Behavior Launches in Arizona
Novo Insurance is launching in Arizona with month-to-month pricing tied to driving behavior. Novo uses a “Safety Score” based on how each vehicle is driven. Novo offers an “instant quote,” in which drivers get an upfront safe-driver program enrollment discount. …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2025 4:07 PM |
Collision Engineering Program Coming to LA to Address Auto Repair Gap
The Collision Engineering Career Alliance partnered with El Camino College in Torrance, California to launch a collision engineering program. The aim is to help fill the more than 100,000 job openings expected through 2028 in the field. The two-year associate …
POSTED NOVEMBER 06, 2025 3:54 PM |
Judge Rejects Deal for Funeral Home Owner Accused of Stashing 190 Bodies
A Colorado judge rejected the plea agreement of a funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies in a bug-infested building after family members of the deceased argued that the agreement’s 15- to 20-year sentence was too lenient. …
POSTED NOVEMBER 05, 2025 2:26 PM |
People Moves: Ausink Joins Alliant’s Seattle Benefits Team
Khynna Ausink joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within its employee benefits group in the Pacific Northwest. Based in Seattle, Washington, Ausink will serve a national client base. Before joining Alliant, Ausink was sales director with Juno. Ausink’s experience …
POSTED NOVEMBER 05, 2025 2:00 PM |
Sling TV Settles With California AG for $530K for Privacy Act Violations
Sling TV LLC and Dish Media Sales LLC, a streaming service, have agreed to pay $530,000 to settle allegations that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act by failing to provide an easy method for consumers to stop the …
POSTED NOVEMBER 05, 2025 6:00 AM |
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Surescape Insurance Services in Colorado
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Denver, Colorado-based Surescape Insurance Services LLC. Doug Rothey and his team will remain in their current location under the direction of Bret VanderVoort, head of Gallagher’s South Central retail property/casualty brokerage operations. Surescape is …
POSTED NOVEMBER 04, 2025 2:54 PM |
California Labor Commish Fines Costco, Others $868K for Misclassifying Drivers
Costco, Ryder Last Mile Inc. and Mega Nice Trucking LLC $868,128 citation has been issued by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office for worker misclassifying and labor law violations affecting 58 delivery drivers. The LCO reports that Ryder Last Mile Inc. …
POSTED NOVEMBER 04, 2025 6:00 AM |
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