| Total loss adjuster helps get disaster victims back on track
A total loss claims adjuster is different from a regular insurance adjuster in that we specialize in catastrophic, devastating events. Most commonly, I deal with large fires. A lot of times, we'll be called out, and somebody's house will literally be burnt to the ground. .
Group 1 Automotive Streamlines Regional Management Structure
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:GPI), a Fortune 500 automotive retailer, announced today it is further consolidating its U.S. operating regions from four to three to streamline management and gain additional efficiencies. Effective Sept. 1, Group 1 will realign its U.S. regional management responsibilities by combining its current Northeast and Southeast Regions into one Eastern Region that will be overseen by David W. Hult. Hult has 22 years of retail industry experience that includes significant success operating Toyota and Lexus dealerships. Toyota and Lexus represented 36 percent of Group 1's new vehicle unit sales in the 2007 second quarter. Martin E. Collins, currently regional vice president of the Southeast Region, will relocate to California to lead the renamed Western Region as regional vice president.
Stolen airbags in high demand
Airbags have replaced radios as the item of choice for thieves who break into motor vehicles because trading them illegally has become a lucrative business, car experts say. York Regional Police were in the process of arresting suspects in a rash of airbag thefts yesterday when Const. Rob Plunkett, a veteran officer, was killed. Since January, investigators say, there have been 43 incidents of airbag theft in Markham, stolen mainly from Acuras and Hondas. This doesn't surprise George Iny, of the Canadian Automotive Protection Agency. "Airbags are the premier car stereo of the new millennium," he says. "They're easy to steal and they come out as a complete module." Stealing the devices is an attractive crime, said Eli Melnick, of Start Auto Electric, a Toronto car repair shop.
New Study Cites Allstate As A Leader In Anti-Consumer Insurance ...
July 18, 2007 -- The Allstate Corporation has been at the forefront of the insurance industry in unjustifiably raising home and automobile insurance rates relative to the amount paid out in claims, in using questionable practices to settle claims and in attempting to shift costs to taxpayers, according to a detailed new study released today by the Consumer Federation of America. “Allstate is certainly not the only insurer pursuing these anti-consumer practices, but it has been in the vanguard in developing and implementing many of them," said J. Robert Hunter, CFA's Director of Insurance and former Texas Insurance Commissioner and Federal Insurance Administrator. CFA's report, entitled “The Good Hands Company or a Leader in Anti-Consumer Practices?" identified several significant problems with Allstate's home and automobile insurance practices: 1.
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