Carrollton, Texas-based Anchor Anchor Claims Management Inc., (ACM), an affiliate of the Combined Independent Agencies, announced that it is expanding its client base to include certified self-insurers, and self-funded school districts and municipalities. Anchor Claims provides third party administration (TPA) …
In a major legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has awarded a former veteran employee of E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. (DuPont) $1.29 …
A Pablo Picasso painting called “Femme en Blanc” was reportedly seized late last week in a Chicago residence by Agents from Los Angeles in accordance with a complaint for forfeiture filed on Oct. 6 in U.S. District Court for the …
The St. Paul Travelers Cos. Inc. (NYSE:STA) has reported net income of $340 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2004, or $0.51 per basic share and $0.50 per diluted share, compared to $426 million, or $0.98 per basic …
Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, Jr. announced that a joint investigation between the DOJ’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) and the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) resulted in the arrest of two co-owners of the Crossroads Mental Health facility …
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced $1,004,934 in grant funding to the New Mexico Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources Department, Division of Forestry. The funds are to reimburse state and local firefighting agencies that …
SC Management Inc., has reportedly agreed to pay the United States $167,228 to resolve civil claims relating to false Medicare billings for services provided at Missouri’s Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center from Jan. 1, 1993, to Dec. 31, 1996, United …
Delaware Attorney General M. Jane Brady announced that Stephanie Showell, owner and operator of TIG Transportation was sentenced by Judge Richard Stokes in Superior Court recently, to a 3-year prison term which was suspended for one year of home confinement. …
Four individuals from a Highland, California business called Team Drywall were taken into custody last week in a $290,466 workers’ compensation premium fraud case that was investigated by the California Department of Insurance Fraud Division (CDI). Co-owners Dave Snodgrass, 47, …
Results from 2004’s first nine months indicate Missouri should post its lowest rate of premium increases for workers’ compensation insurance since 2000, according to Department of Insurance Director Scott Lakin. With 206 insurers filing rate changes for 2004, overall market …