The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced this week that it has provisionally accepted a settlement that imposes CPSC’s first civil penalty for reporting violations involving all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). Polaris Industries Inc., of Medina, Minn., has agreed to pay …
Atlanta-based Coalition America Inc. (CAI), a provider in medical claim savings, reported outstanding growth in savings for 2004. It increased savings to its clients by $31 million over 2003. Total gross healthcare savings for CAI’s clients in 2004 was more …
Attorney General Tom Corbett on Tuesday took the oath of office as Pennsylvania’s fourth elected Attorney General, before a gathering of family, friends and supporters at the Forum Building in Harrisburg. Corbett was praised by a diverse group of public …
In four months since Hurricane Ivan made landfall on the Gulf Coast, state and local governments, as well as individuals, households and businesses, have received more than one-half billion in disaster aid from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal …
CHOICE Medical Management Services LLC has appointed Julie Fetherman as an account executive. Fetherman is developing new business for the workers’ compensation care management company in a territory that covers the west coast of Florida, from the Florida Panhandle, east …
Poe Financial Group member company, Atlantic Preferred Insurance Company, announced that it has received regulatory approval to assume 4,500 property and casualty policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation under its depopulation program. Essentially, the depopulation program reduces the number of …
Attorney General Troy King recently presented a check for $1,070,923 to the Alabama Medicaid Agency in funds awarded from the settlement of a lawsuit alleging antitrust violations regarding the anti-anxiety drug buspirone hydrochloride, marketed under the brand name of BuSpar. …
Union Pacific Railroad said it expects to reopen its California “Coast Line” and a rugged desert canyon line northeast of Las Vegas, Nev., for partial service as soon as Jan. 24. The two line segments are the last of five …
PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (DCNR) Bureau of Forestry officials have honored Hemlock Farms, a Pike County community, for working to prevent and being ready to fight wildfires. “Pennsylvania’s wildfire prevention and control efforts hinge heavily on preparation …
Chicago-based Adeptia Inc., a provider of business process management (BPM) technologies, announced the release of book of business, agency-carrier interface and claims management solutions for the insurance industry. Adeptia solutions cater to diverse business needs of carriers, brokers, reinsurers as …