The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Kansas City Chapter of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association have signed a partnership agreement to address work hazards within two industries the U.S. Department of Labor announced. …
A 30-year-old man wanted in Florida since 1995 on numerous felony charges for his alleged role in his family’s nationwide “slip-and-fall” insurance fraud scheme is in custody in California awaiting extradition. Christopher Michael Evans, whose last-known Florida address was in …
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has obligated more than $2.6 million to the State of Texas for flood protection measures at three City of Houston administration and communications buildings. The projects will flood-proof buildings …
New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Passaic County pharmacist has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Medicaid Program out of more than $35,000 by using the identifications of unknowing Medicaid recipients to submit forged prescriptions …
Verastar, a group of 12 independent salvage auctions located in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee, announced its latest expansion, the acquisition of an 81-acre tract in the Effingham Park of Commerce in greater Savannah. The new Verastar facility will …
Verity Inc., a provider of enterprise software that enables organizations to maximize the return on their intellectual capital investment, announced State Fund Mutual Companies, the largest workers’ compensation insurer in Minnesota, has experienced dramatic reduction in processing claims using Verity …
The Central Texas chapter of the CPCU Society will hold its January luncheon meeting on Jan. 25 at the offices of Farmers Insurance, 2541 S. Interstate 35, Austin. Rod Bordelon, executive director of the Office of Public Insurance Counsel, will …
More than one in four auto accidents resulted in bodily injury liability (BI) claims in 2003, according to a recent study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC). The study, Trends in Auto Injury Claims, 2004 Edition, reveals that BI claim …
The head of Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Co., Louisiana’s largest provider of medical malpractice insurance, is stepping down, according to Biz New Orleans. President and Chief Operating Officer Henry J. Jumonville has served the company, known as LAMMICO, for 23 …
As part of its ‘responsible driving campaign’ motor insurer Co-operative Insurance Society [CIS] announced that it will be supporting RoadPeace the national charity for road traffic victims. In 2003 more than 3,500 people were killed on UK roads with more …