A San Diego chiropractor — who was charged with billing State Compensation Insurance Fund for treatment that was not rendered to injured workers and over billed for services — was ordered to surrender her license for 18 months and placed …
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced efforts by his office to protect consumers in the Hudson Valley against unscrupulous home improvement contractors. “My office is committed to taking aggressive action against home improvement contractors who repeatedly victimize New Yorkers …
State Farm Insurance has announced that as of May 1 it will begin accepting applications from West Virginia homeowners and businesses for new insurance policies. The company is the largest property and casualty insurer in West Virginia and in the …
Louisiana State Police Investigators recently arrested 30-year-old attorney, Douglas C. Dorhauer and charged him with 4 counts of Forgery and 1 count of Insurance Fraud. Dorhauer is employed by the E. Eric Guirard Law Firm in Baton Rouge. Acting on …
Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) announced its sponsorship of research on the distractions that affect novice drivers. IBC and researchers at the University of Calgary will conduct the comprehensive study to determine the effects of cell phone use on the …
While asbestos trust fund legislation (S. 852) recently introduced in the Senate contains a few improvements over previous drafts, it still falls significantly short of meeting core goals that would earn it insurance industry support, according to Craig Berrington, senior …
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Tom Gallagher said a fatal fire recently at a Lakeland nursing home should compel the Legislature to pass legislation, sponsored by Sen. Daniel Webster and Rep. John Stargel, to require all of …
As the Florida Legislature moves into its final two weeks, one of the key issues still under consideration is a legislative remedy for a 2004 Florida court decision requiring insurers to pay policy limits for homes with both wind and …
Richard Clinton, president of Oakland Calif.-based EQECAT, a leading authority on extreme-risk modeling, announced an initiative aimed at comparing its models of the 2004 hurricane events for Florida exposure against the estimates generated by other models. “We are so confident …
The loss of life from yesterday’s train wreck in Japan has risen to 73. Over 450 were injured, and many remain in a serious condition. Rescue workers labored throughout the night to extract survivors from the mangled mass of metal …