Oregon drivers are reportedly spending less than the national average for personal automobile insurance, according to a recent report comparing premiums nationwide. The estimated average expenditure per insured vehicle for personal auto insurance in Oregon was $682 in 2002, compared …
North Carolina’s Medicaid fraud investigators have recovered a record amount of money and criminal convictions in 2004, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced recently. “Medicaid fraud cheats taxpayers and hurts needy patients,” said Cooper. “Our investigators are cracking down on Medicaid …
The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations and proposed penalties to Formosa Plastics Corp. of Illiopolis, Illnois, following its investigation into an April 23 explosion that took the lives of five workers, seriously injured …
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced the indictment of a Matteson woman whose foster care firm allegedly billed Illinois taxpayers more than $500,000 for services that were either never provided or provided by unlicensed counselors not allowed to bill the …
More than two months after Hurricane Charley victims started calling their insurance companies, some storm sufferers wonder if they will ever get the money they need to rebuild. The state is offering a new program that could help victims get …
New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a former Bergen County physician has been sentenced to state prison for his role in a scheme that defrauded the Medicaid Program out of more than $290,000. The scheme, which involved a …
The strongest earthquake to hit Japan in nine years struck on Saturday near Niigata, about 160 miles (260 km) north of Tokyo. 24 persons reportedly died and another 2000 were injured. The quake measured 6.8 in magnitude on Japan’s modified …
An insurance company has sued rocker Lenny Kravitz, saying it had to pay for more than $300,000 worth of water damage in a neighbor’s apartment after one of Kravitz’s toilets overflowed two months ago. Amica Mutual Insurance Co. says in …
Victims of Tropical Depression Jeanne are in danger of being victimized again, this time by scam artists, disaster officials say. No one will ask for a flood victim’s personal information, including Social Security numbers, until the victim registers with the …
A former Mansfield, Massachusetts motor vehicle appraiser has pleaded guilty to charges that he falsified various appraisal reports submitted to Reliance Insurance Company and Commerce Insurance Company, Attorney General Tom Reilly announced. Karl D. (“Dan”) Clemmey, 46, of Mansfield, pleaded …