The New Jersey School Board Association Insurance Group (NJSBAIG) has purchased the ImageRight document management system. ImageRight will reportedly help NJSBAIG handle its high claims volumes and provide better service to its constituents in the New Jersey school districts. The …
Maryland Attorney General J Joseph Curran, Jr. announced that the Grand Jury for Baltimore County has returned an indictment against Dolores Elaine Scott, 63, of Owings Mills, Maryland charging her with four counts of felony Medicaid fraud and one count …
A medical-malpractice bill passed by the Arizona Legislature and sent to Gov. Janet Napolitano faces an uncertain future. The Senate completed legislative action on the bill (SB 1036) by voting 23-6 April 18 to accept changes made by the House …
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson has backed proposed legislation creating low-cost “traumatic injury” insurance for members of the armed forces. “We need to do all we can to help these veterans badly injured on the battlefield,” said Nicholson, a …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the Best’s Syndicate Rating of A (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2010 (United Kingdom), which is managed by Cathedral Underwriting Limited. At the same time, A.M. Best has assigned …
Helping Hispanic construction workers in Boston and southeastern Massachusetts protect themselves against occupational hazards is the goal of a newly signed alliance between the Braintree area office of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Associated General …
Colorado Gov. Bill Owens has vetoed legislation (SB 25) that would have put in place automatic inflation adjustments for the cap on non-economic damages. “The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) urged Gov. Owens to veto the bill which …
The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that President Bush has ordered the release of federal disaster funds for New York to help meet the recovery needs of people and communities in …
Intracorp has announced a new partnership with the Workers Transition Network (WTN) designed to help long-term disabled or injured workers return to productive employment through interim placements at not-for-profit agencies, while they search for a job in the competitive labor …
With three weeks remaining before the end of the 2005 sessions of the Florida Legislature, it appears that only a few insurance-related proposals have made it through the process of elimination. Remaining proposals would: • Prohibit insurance companies from canceling …