The House unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit insurance companies from considering traffic accidents police officers have in the line of duty from affecting their personal vehicle insurance rates. Under the legislation, an accident on duty would not count …
The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has fined NW Forest Fibre Products of Concrete $76,960 for workplace safety violations that contributed to the death last September of one of its employees. Keith Cain, 28, of Sedro Woolley died Sept. …
ISU Insurance Services of San Francisco announced recently that Steve Pearson has been appointed vice president and client services manager. He will be responsible for managing the commercial, personal and group benefits departments. Pearson has served as a producer and …
The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has created the Masterpiece Protection Network to provide customers with referrals to qualified home protection specialists. When customers contact the Masterpiece Protection Network, Chubb will refer them to home security specialists, home inventory services, …
According to a recent survey of 208 benefits managers, 22 percent of companies responding now offer a consumer driven health plan option (CDHP) to employees. Seventy-four percent of the companies offering CDHPs started them in 2004 and 2005, with over …
An apprentice technician who received burns on 60 percent of his body after an electrical explosion, settled a lawsuit this week against engineering contract firm Fluor Corp. and technology powerhouse IBM Corp. Fluor’s insurance companies will pay $9.5 million in …
Workers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard Co., claiming the company wrongly classified them as contractors instead of employees. The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Boise, Idaho, claims that the misclassification denied benefits such as health …
The Texas medical community collectively scratched its head recently as newspaper headlines trumpeted a new study claiming that increases in physicians’ medical liability insurance premiums were not the result of skyrocketing claim costs. Many within the health care community, such …
The Texas Department of Insurance recently announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner José Montemayor that became final during February. The actions include four license revocations, one license denial, and fines and restitution totaling $1,330,673. Details of the enforcement actions may …
Mandeville, La.-based FARA reported the promotion of Shirley Fritch to vice president. In this new position, Fritch is responsible for the overall direction and management of FARA’s Texas branch offices, as well as the FARA branch offices in Lafayette, La., …