New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Hudson County woman pled guilty to forging drug prescriptions as part of a reported scheme to obtain controlled drugs through the use of fraudulent prescriptions. According to Vaughn McKoy, Acting …
The property/casualty industry continued to report strong growth in net written premiums for both the fourth quarter and full-year 2002 amid robust price increases across all sectors, according to the A.M. Best Co. Earnings for property/casualty insurers improved, despite another …
Thomas E. Hays, chairman of the board for Pasadena, Calif.-based United Agencies, recently announced that United Agencies and John Kallas of Industrial Risk Services have formed a strategic alliance. United Agencies’ members can now access the claims management services of …
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) Basic & Advanced Special Investigations Academy will be held Monday, May 5, at the Doubletree Hotel in New Orleans. For more information, contact: Melitta Kewitz, (800) 447-6282, or email: mkewitz@nicb.org.
In an effort to provide prompt payment to homeowners who filed claims under its Inner-Seal siding product liability class action settlement, Oregon-based Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (www.lpcorp.com) announced implementation of a Claimant Offer Program. Homeowners were to begin receiving materials detailing the …
Los Angeles-based Dodge Warren & Peters Insurance Services Inc., recently announced the addition of Tara Owsley to the DW&P team as claims service consultant. Owsley will work in the client services group, a specialized department of DW&P that provides value-added …
Claims Guides’ publisher Katie Robley recently sat down with the outgoing president of the NAIIA, Frank Marx and the incoming president, Dan Price. Some of the issues discussed were their five-year vision plan, the “Model Adjuster Act”, their stringent membership …
GAB Robins Group of Companies announced that Robins Claim Solutions has been appointed to provide global TPA and loss adjusting services for McDonald’s captive programs. The UK based Robins Claim Solutions will be working in partnership with McDonald’s, AON and …
The Independent Community Bankers of America announced the launch of The St. Paul’s enhanced directors and officers liability product through SelectOne(SM) for Community Banks. Available through the ICBA/St. Paul Insurance Program, SelectOne offers members $1 million in additional coverage for …
New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that a joint investigation conducted by the Department’s Frauds Bureau, the Niagara State Police and the Niagara County District Attorney’s Office has resulted in the arrest of James Nashwinter of Ransomville, New …