A new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety survey indicates that drivers of interstate trucks spend more time behind the wheel under a federal work rule that went into effect in 2004. This new rule lengthens the mandatory rest period by …
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has revoked the agent licenses of a father-and-son team that ran Phoenix Brokerage Inc. and Main Street Brokerage Inc., for allegedly selling bogus commercial auto coverage in Georgia. Godfrey Waterhouse and his son Robert J. …
Due to the success of last year’s YouthRules! Rally/Job Fair, Houston officials announced that another will be held this April 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center. The free event provides a means …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced an area physician, Dr. Thomas Lover, entered a guilty plea for his involvement with West Side Medical Inc. It is reportedly estimated that between the years of 1997 and 2002, West Side …
Monsanto’s Research Facility in Waterman, Illinois, has received the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star certification – the agency’s top safety classification. The certification was presented to the people at the Monsanto Waterman site …
It has been nearly six long months since Hurricane Ivan made landfall on the Gulf Coast, causing severe damage and destruction in 65 Alabama counties. Since that time, state and local governments, as well as individuals, households and businesses, have …
On March 3, 2005, Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor signed an order to stop unlicensed individuals and their affiliates from selling unauthorized surety bonds to Texas consumers. According to the Texas Department of Insurance, Robert Joe Hanson, along with Daniel …
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has announced its federal affairs agenda for 2005, and topping the list of items include further legal reform, improving state-based insurance regulation, an extension of TRIA, and to increase the small property/casualty …
Large medical malpractice verdicts and settlements were not to blame for a rapid increase in insurance premiums for Texas doctors and hospitals, according to a study by law professors at the University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere, the Associated …
Workplace safety standards in Singapore are higher than in most other Asian countries, but remain below those of Japan and most of the European Union, a government minister said. “We have reduced the number of accidents and deaths at workplaces …