Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro has filed suit against Better Plumbers and Home Improvement Inc., and its owner, James Durkin, in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Petro alleges that Durkin and his company failed to deliver products ordered by consumers, …
The safety and health of workers at one of the largest highway construction projects in the history of central Illinois received a boost this week thanks to a partnership agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health …
In the months since Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne struck Florida, impacted counties and towns have been working to restore their damaged roads, airports, schools, hospitals, water treatment facilities, waste water systems and emergency services. Under the Department of …
On Jan. 31, Gregg Leo Curwick, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., surrendered himself in Bakersfield to investigators from the California Department of Insurance’s Fraud Division and the Kern County District Attorney’s Office. Curwick was taken into custody on a felony arrest …
In an effort to try to drive down insurance premiums for doctors, the Georgia Senate has approved tighter rules for people trying to sue doctors for malpractice. According to the Associated Press, the vote came after the state’s largest malpractice …
California employers are being reminded that they must post a summary of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred during 2004. The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) requires the summary to be displayed from Feb. 1 to April 30 for …
San Francisco-based Lockton Insurance Brokers, the nation’s largest independently owned insurance broker, has named Roger Whitley, vice president, Claims manager. He will be based in Lockton’s San Jose office. Whitley has managed multi-line risk management and insurance claims advocacy and …
The Executive Life Action Network (ELAN), an activist group of former Executive Life Insurance Co. policyholders, on Tuesday filed a second California Public Records Act (CPRA) request with Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi urging him to release documentation of more than …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Franklin County man has been sentenced for a misdemeanor charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Salvador Arreguin was sentenced to 91 days jail, two years probation (one year reporting, one year non-reporting) …
A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to A++ (Superior) from A+ (Superior) of Connecticut-based The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB) and its three group rated subsidiaries. The three subsidiaries include The Hartford Steam Boiler …