A record number of workers’ compensations citations and fines have been issued by the Kentucky Office of Workers’ Claims, which said it issued 1,100 citations in 2005 up 709 from 2004. The office oversees workers claims and issued the citations …
The discovery of a small package with wires sticking out of it prompted the evacuation of thousands of people Wednesday from the Palisades Center mall in Wst Nyack, N.Y. in Rockland County. But the foil-wrapped package was revealed to be …
AutoOne Insurance, a division of OneBeacon Insurance Group, has written its 100,000th so-called “take-out” policy, helping to reduce the number of drivers in the New York Assigned Risk Automobile Insurance Plan. “We are thrilled to have reached this milestone,” said …
A local jury in San Antonio, Texas, on July 1 awarded $7.4 million in actual damages in a wrongful death lawsuit against the health maintenance organization Humana Health Plan of Texas Inc., a physician, and his physicians group under contract …
Contractors attempting to rebuild buildings destroyed in the Florida Panhandle by Hurricane Ivan last year, and Hurricane Dennis this month, claim their inability to complete repairs is due to a lack of labor; while homeowners claim there is also a …
The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced it will close its Houston East Office on July 27 to move to the state owned Elias Ramirez Building. The office will reopen for service on Aug. 1. The Houston East Office serves Chambers, …
Five employees of insurance firm ICICI Prudential in New Delhi, India have been jailed for launching a “Jehad” sales campaign in which they glorified Osama bin Laden and his “focused determination” in an effort to increase business by likening successful …
Disaster Kleenup International Inc., a network of independent property damage restoration contractors headquartered in Bensenville, Ill., announced it has strengthened its team with the appointment of Jean Greenberg as a new regional sales director. Greenberg will be responsible for sales, …
The Nebraska Department of Insurance issued a Cease and Desist order against Richard A. Brooks and Brooks & Associates Ltd., 1338 Park Avenue, River Forest, Ill., instructing Brooks to immediately cease transacting the business of insurance in Nebraska. The department …
Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators shut down a Chalmette insurance producer on charges of falsification of health insurance applications, according to Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley. Henry Thomas Jones is accused of creating false health insurance applications for …