The California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), in cooperation with the U. S. Department of Labor (U.S. DOL), has recovered $724,600 in back wages owed to 472 garment workers who had reportedly not been paid …
A Maryland appeals court has upheld a 2003 circuit court decision by maintaining that personal injury protection (PIP) waivers remain effective until withdrawn in writing. The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) filed an amicus brief on behalf of …
The 2004 International Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE) will offer an expanded jobber program that will include five educational sessions on important topics challenging today’s jobber professionals during its conference this fall in Las Vegas. A session on Distance Learning, …
SEEC Inc., a provider of legacy modernization solutions for insurance, financial services and manufacturing, and Enterprise Web provider Plumtree Software announced that North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance Group (NCFB) has selected SEEC’s Plumtree-powered customer service application. This application will be …
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger has released the 2003 Consumer Complaint Ratio Report that monitors insurance companies doing business in Kansas. During 2003, the Kansas Insurance Department closed 5,219 complaints involving insurance companies. “Each year, the Insurance Department receives thousands …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Millersport man has been sentenced for committing workers’ compensation fraud. Jack Thompson was sentenced to 180 days probation, a $200 fine, court costs and restitution of $2,536.66 to BWC. BWC’s special …
The London P&I Club reported the successful outcome of a recent dispute in the London High Court involving one of its members is an example of the critical value of swift and detailed claims investigations conducted by shipowners and the …
New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced the arrest of a Brooklyn woman who, while working as physician’s assistant at Kings County Hospital Center, reportedly took out a fraudulent $250,000 life insurance policy on a patient who was suffering …
Austin, Texas-based The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research announced that Joseph R. Buick, account executive with Hylant Group in Toledo, Ohio, made his mark in risk management education history, becoming the 1,000th individual to earn the prestigious Certified …
North American insurers currently are pursuing global expansion at a pace rivaling that of European insurers’ entry into U.S. markets in the early 1990s. According to TowerGroup, more favorable economics, key demographic trends and the gradual dissolution of international barriers …