Monthly Archives: <span>November 2004</span>

Husband, Wife Sentenced for Ins. Fraud, Other Felonies

On Oct. 12, 2004, Gregory Keating, 44, of Riverside, Calif., and his wife, Elaina Keating, 36, also of Riverside, were sentenced for their Aug. 12 guilty pleas to various charges. Gregory Keating, who pled guilty to felony driving under the …

N.Y. Funeral Director, Wife Offer Guilty Pleas in Fake Death Certificate Scam

Roslynn Mauskopf, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Rose Gill Hearn, commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation, and Robin Dalgleish, acting Inspector-in-Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service, New York, announced the guilty pleas …

Conn. Ambulance Company Gets Pulled Over for Federal Health Care Fraud

Kevin O’Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Professional Ambulance Service of Norwich Inc., also known as P.A.S.O.N., whose business offices are located at One American Way, Norwich, Connecticut, has pleaded guilty to a charge of …

Fitch Affirms Safeco P/C Group Ratings; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘AA-‘ insurer financial strength rating on the Safeco property/casualty group (Safeco P/C). In addition, Fitch has affirmed ‘A-‘ long-term and senior debt ratings on Safeco Corporation (Safeco) and the ‘BBB+’ rating on Safeco Capital Trust …

EQECAT Unveils First Probalistic U.S. Wildfire, Flood Models for P/C Industry

EQECAT Inc. announced that in response to growing concerns over increasing wildfire and flood losses, it has released the first probabilistic models for managing property risk due to wildfire and flood in the U.S. “Industry losses due to wildfires and …

S.C. Residents Have One Month Left to Apply for Federal Disaster Recovery Assistance

Residents and business owners in the 28 disaster-declared South Carolina counties who sustained damage from the multiple storms that began Sept. 6 and continued through Oct. 11 have only one month remaining to apply for disaster recovery assistance. Dec. 6 …

A.M. Best Upgrades Rating for Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance of California

A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) of Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC). The rating outlook is stable. According to Best, the rating reflects NIAC’s sound capitalization, excellent operating performance driven …

Pair of Ga. Agents Arrested

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said an investigation by his office resulted in the arrest of two insurance agents in Albany, Ga. Arrested were sisters Tiawanna Thomas Moore and Kimberly Thomas Goodman. Goodman has been charged with one count of …

WCRI to Hold Briefing on Texas Workers’ Comp Performance on Dec. 14

The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced it will present the most recent results for Texas from the 5th Edition of the annual WCRI CompScope™ multistate benchmarks study on Dec.14 in Austin. The benchmark study, to …

CCC Information Services Unveils Estimating Solution

Chicago-based CCC Information Services has unveiled a new estimating solution. CCC Pathways Estimating Solution version 4.2 provides users single-point access to estimating, shop management, auditing, frame dimensions and digital imaging With the introduction of CCC Pathways Estimating Solution version 4.2, …