The 2003-04 session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly adjourned in the early hours of Nov. 21 to conclude what the American Insurance Association (AIA) describes as a successful and productive legislative session. AIA was able to achieve most of its …
Ralph Levy, chairman of the Board of Directors of ALAS Inc., announced that Mark Nozette has been elected president of the Chicago-based Attorneys’ Liability Assurance Society, effective Jan. 1, 2005. Levy stressed the contributions made by Nozette over the 14 …
The employer of two workers killed in a July construction accident on a Hobe Sound work site has been arrested and charged with workers’ compensation fraud, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced. According to investigators with the Department of …
New Yorkers in the six disaster-designated counties (Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster) who sustained damage or losses from Tropical Depression Ivan (Sept. 16 – 24) have just a few days left to apply for state and federal disaster …
The first full year of data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) National Burn Center Reporting System shows that gasoline and other flammable liquids are frequently involved in clothing-related burns to children. In a new report, CPSC staff …
Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher recently announced the appointment of Jon Ackerson of Louisville to the Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance Authority Board of Directors. Ackerson is currently an attorney with Ackerson & Ackerson in Louisville. Ackerson has worked for more than …
A.M. Best Co. has assigned an initial financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a-” to Wellington Specialty Insurance Company (Scottsdale, Ariz.) (Wellington Specialty), a newly formed U.S. insurer that is part of the Wellington …
New Jersey officials have announced this year’s holiday traffic safety program to target aggressive and impaired drivers. Initiatives include NJDOT funding for the State Police aggressive driving patrols, technology-based crash intervention and a federal grant to municipal departments for DWI …
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Dynacraft BSC Inc., of San Rafael, California, has agreed to pay a $1,400,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that it violated federal reporting requirements. CPSC alleged that Dynacraft failed, on multiple …
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced several arrests in a large, “paper collision” insurance fraud ring. He also asked the community to assist in locating three members who remain at large. On Oct. 6, 2004, seven of 10 suspects were …