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Body Shop Owner & Accomplice Arrested for Fraud, Grand Theft

Jan 6 2003 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the arrest of Mike I. Masarweh, 36, owner of All Pro Mechanicx, a San Francisco auto repair...

Farmers, Mid-Century Ins. Co. Sue Calif. Body Shops for Fraud

Dec 11 2002 // Farmers Insurance Exchange and Mid-Century Insurance Company have begun serving civil summons and complaints upon an Oakland, Calif. body shop and a Ventura County, Calif. body shop, their owners, former Farmers employees...

NAII Opposes Proposed Conn. Auto Repair Pricing Regulation

Oct 18 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) has decried a proposed Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicle regulation that would allow auto dealers and repair shops to use a reference guide for calculating...

Privacy, Auto Repair Shop Bills Fail in Calif. 2002 Legislative Session

Sep 10 2002 // California’s 2002 legislative session came to a close recently without passage of bills aiming to restrict insurers’ use of personal financial information and investments in auto repair shops. Both measures...

FARMERS EXCHANGE AND TRUCK EXCHANGE SUE BODY SHOP

Aug 5 2002 // Farmers Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange began serving summons and complaints July 16 upon a Contra Costa County, Calif. body shop and its owners, accusing them of taking part in a large-scale scheme...

Body Shop Goes Belly-Up for Fraud

Jul 22 2002 // An investigation by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR), the Kings County District Attorney’s Insurance Fraud Unit, and the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division led to the conviction...

Body Shop Goes Belly-Up for Fraud

Jul 22 2002 // An investigation by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR), the Kings County District Attorney’s Insurance Fraud Unit, and the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division led to the conviction...

Farmers Exchange Sues Calif. Body Shop

Jul 17 2002 // Farmers Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange began serving summons and complaints July 16 upon a Contra Costa County, Calif. body shop and its owners, accusing them of taking part in a large scale scheme...

Calif. Auto Body Shop Owner Sentenced for Fraud

Jun 12 2002 // An investigation by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR), the Kings County District Attorney’s Insurance Fraud Unit, and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s...

NAII Urges Senate to Reject Auto Body Shop Bill

May 29 2002 // The California State Senate convened on Tuesday to consider a bill that would, without constitutional authority or sound reason, ban an insurance company from owning or investing in auto body repair shops.“It is not...

Non-franchised Used Car Dealers

Apr 29 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: DMI Insurance Services Inc. is offering a program for non-franchised used car dealers. Appointments are required. DMI is seeking to form long-lasting, mutually beneficial partnerships with producers that...

Non-franchised Used Car Dealers

Mar 25 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: DMI Insurance Services Inc. is offering a program for non-franchised used car dealers. Appointments are required. Seeking to form long-lasting, mutually beneficial partnerships with producers that are...

Calif. Car Dealer Charged with Fraud

Feb 15 2002 // Mohamad Maita, 30, turned himself in to authorities after a warrant for his arrest was issued for five felony counts of insurance fraud. He was booked into the Sacramento County Jail, with bail set at $50,000. The...

Auto Dealers Become First to Self-Insure Under Calif. DIR Plan

Jan 21 2002 // The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) announced that it had recently approved a plan allowing some private sector groups to self-insure workers’ compensation liabilities.California Motor Car Dealers...

Automobile Dealer Surety Bonds: What Constitutes A Breach of Condition’

Jan 14 2002 // Many surety bonds are tailored for particular relationships or statutory requirements—one such example is the motor vehicle dealers bond required by Section 503.033 of the Texas Transportation Code.While there are few...

From Promotions to Sport Pros, Special Events Insurance Covers it All

Dec 10 2001 // During the playoffs between the Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees preceding the 2001 World Series, the National-Hole-in-One Association provided insurance coverage for a promotion sponsored by a Seattle-based...

NAII Sees Common Ground at NACE Conference

Dec 3 2001 // Preserving marketplace competition, limiting fraud and enhancing safety are common goals that the insurers and auto repair shops share, the National Association of Independent Insures (NAII) announced Nov. 29 at a seminar...

From Promotions to Sport Pros, Special Events Insurance Covers it All

Dec 3 2001 // During the playoffs between the Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees preceding the 2001 World Series, the National-Hole-in-One Association provided insurance coverage for a promotion sponsored by a Seattle-based...

IRC Survey Finds Most American Would Use Competitive Auto Repair Parts

Nov 20 2001 // More than half of respondents to the Insurance Research Council’s most recent survey of a cross-section of Americans would be willing to use competitive auto repair parts if they were assured of the parts’...

The Midland Company to Cease Offering Commercial Liability Coverage

Sep 20 2001 // The Midland Company, a provider of specialty insurance products and services, announced that American Modern Insurance Group, its insurance subsidiary, will cease offering the commercial liability coverages associated with...