The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) has scheduled its 18th annual Education Conference for Oct. 12-14, 2005, in Little Rock’s DoubleTree Hotel and the adjacent Robinson Convention Center. Alan McClain, AWCC chief executive officer, has a staff committee working with …
Citizens Property Insurance Co. should reduce third-party adjusters and institute a take-out incentive program, according to suggestions made by Florida CFO Tom Gallagher in a letter to Peter M. Dunbar, Citizens Task Force chairman. “First, we need to reduce the …
Atlanta-based Crawford & Company has added Robert Cormican as a senior vice president, Compliance, Quality, and Training effective Feb. 15, 2005. In his new role, Cormican will oversee and further develop Crawford’s training facility and will manage quality auditors and …
Strengthening Indiana’s weak insurance-fraud law will raise Indiana’s fraud statute to a par with other states, the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud told key legislators in testimony recently. “This bill will help reduce pressure on premiums, and reduce a crime that …
The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) announced that a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) will open in Ventura County on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005, to serve those who suffered …
Bermuda-based XL Capital Ltd. reported net income available to ordinary shareholders for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2004 of $288.0 million, or $2.07 per ordinary share, compared with a net loss of $314.8 million, or a loss of $2.29 per …
Willis Group Holdings Ltd. reported results for the quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2004. “Despite a declining rate environment and extraordinary challenges facing the global insurance industry, we were able to continue growing in 2004 and expanded revenues on …
Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced the filing of felony insurance fraud and felony theft charges against Jimmy Ray Osborn, 56, of Accokeek, Maryland. The filing of charges follows a joint investigation conducted by the Insurance Fraud Division …
Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro has distributed checks of more than $80,000 to 14 consumers who lost money after reportedly hiring William Williams to do home-improvement work. William Williams “Unscrupulous home-improvement contractors need to know that the state will not …
Authorities arrested nine auto body shop owners and employees, charging them with various felony counts of insurance fraud following “Operation Scorpion,” a joint investigation by the California Department of Insurance Fraud Division (CDI) and the San Mateo County District Attorney’s …