Confidence in the reliability of the law is shattered whenever a court pre-empts the authority of state insurance regulators, according to a new public policy paper released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). NAMIC’s paper, The Damaging …
Acting on information received from the public, investigators with the State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Tallahassee Fire Department (TFD) have arrested Franklin J. Washington in connection with the church fire that occurred the afternoon of July 4 in the …
New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that three Middlesex County men have been charged by the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with insurance fraud as part of an alleged conspiracy to dispose of an …
Payroll Associates, Inc. of New Jersey, a provider of software and services to payroll service bureaus, announced an agreement with The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., one of the nation’s largest workers’ compensation insurers. Customers of Payroll Associate’s 250 licensed …
During the months of June and July, wild fires destroyed 362 homes and 16 businesses in the town of Summerhaven, Arizona, located just 42 miles north of Tucson. The day after fire fighters released the mountain, Belfor USA’s Phoenix office …
Claimsnet.com inc., a provider of Internet-based ASP electronic claim processing solutions for the healthcare payer industry, announced that a health maintenance organization (HMO) serving South Florida has contracted to use Claimsnet’s system and services. The HMO currently serves more than …
Standard & Poor’s has revised its outlook on Sweden-based If Property & Casualty Insurance Ltd. (publ) and Finland-based If P&C Insurance Co. Ltd. to stable from negative, following six consecutive quarters of improved earnings. At the same time, Standard & …
A fire earlier this month that gutted a 206-unit condo project under way in the San Diego community of University City is being blamed on a radical environmental group that is reported to have damaged resorts and homes in other …
San Diego-based DriveCam Video Systems, a developer of fleet safety technology, announced that Empire International Ltd., a provider of chauffeured transportation in the U.S., has protected 350 vehicles in its fleet with the DriveCam Driving Feedback System. Empire International specializes …
Warrantech Corporation, an independent provider of service contracts and after-market warranties, has signed a new automotive sales agent, DEALERNET Management Services, Ltd., based in Stevenson, Md. DEALERNET, founded in 1982, provides after-market warranty and service plans to approximately 200 automotive …