Monthly Archives: <span>January 2005</span>

PCI Asks Fla. Committee: Give Hurricane Reforms Time Before Making Changes

The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America urged Florida lawmakers meeting today in Tallahassee to allow the reforms made to hurricane insurance deductibles during the special legislative session to have time to work before implementing additional major changes. William Stander, …

Four Californians Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud

Joint investigations by the California Department of Insurance’s Fraud Division and the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office have resulted in the felony arrests of four suspects for multiple counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. The ongoing investigations began more than …

Ill. Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal on Chicago Suit Against Prior Manufacturers of Lead Pigment

An Illinois appeals court on Friday unanimously upheld the circuit court’s dismissal of the City of Chicago’s lawsuit against former manufacturers of lead pigment used in paint. The Appellate Court of Illinois, First District held that companies that have not …

Cunningham Lindsey U.S. Adds Account Execs.

Dallas-based Cunningham Lindsey U.S. Inc. (CLUS) announced the following staff additions and appointments. • Kimberly Stanton has joined CLUS as a regional account executive. Stanton will be based in Chicago and will be focusing on the Midwest insurance and self …

Small Fire at Conn. Power Station Contained

Employees at Connecticut’s Millstone Power Station extinguished a small fire inside the Unit 2 turbine building Friday morning. Damage estimates were not available. The fire reportedly posed no danger to employees or the public, and there was no release of …

New Injured Workers’ Political Group to Kick off Calif. Campaign for Voters Injured at Work

A new California political group to fight for the rights of voters injured on the job, VotersInjuredatWork.org., announced this week that VotersInjuredatWork.org will kick off its campaign to organize injured workers with a series of news conferences on Jan. 19 …

PEMA Director Reminds Residents of Flood Concerns

Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Director David Sanko is reminding Pennsylvanians to consider ways to prevent losses from flooding and to be prepared to act when severe storm warnings are issued that have the potential to cause flash flooding. “With heavy …

Okla. Senate Leader Names Workers’ Comp One of Most Important Issues for Session

Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Cal Hobson, D-Lexington, offered the following statement regarding reform of the state’s workers’ compensation system, which is expected in the legislative session that begins Feb. 7: “We’ve been following the efforts of Governor Henry’s bi-partisan …

PCS to Provide CAT Designations, Loss Estimates for Terrorist Acts and Outsized Workers’ Comp Events

ISO’s Property Claim Services (PCS) unit has expanded its services to include loss estimates for potential catastrophic terrorism losses. PCS this week announced it will assign catastrophe serial numbers to potential terrorism events likely to have caused at least $5 …

Miami (Okla.) Counselor Charged with Medicaid Fraud

Donna L. Wallace was charged this week in Ottawa County District Court with one felony count of Medicaid fraud after an investigation by Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Wallace, 60, is accused of forging signatures on …