Insurance agents in Miami and Dade County were dismayed to discover this morning that, “due to manpower shortages” the Miami Police Department has disbanded its Auto Theft Unit. A PD spokesman told the Miami Herald that the situation is temporary …
North Carolina farmers who suffered flooding losses from last year’s hurricanes will soon receive disaster-assistance grants from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The checks issued to date will help farmers with the cost of removing debris …
Most people do not know the biggest warning sign that a vehicle may have been in a major accident, according to a recent poll conducted by CarMax Inc., a national retailer of used cars. More than 70 percent of respondents …
The following is an op-ed or “Letters” statement from The Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania passed a law to allow motorcyclists to drive without wearing a helmet. But who pays the medical bills when a motorcyclist suffers a catastrophic …
Attorney General Charlie Crist has announced that a Lake Worth, Fla. man has been sentenced to prison for defrauding a nationwide settlement fund intended to help cancer patients who overpaid for the cancer-fighting drug Taxol. Martti Antila, 61, received a …
Merastar Insurance Company, a specialist in employer-sponsored personal automobile and homeowner’s insurance, and Guidewire Software, a provider of solutions to property and casualty and workers’ compensation insurers, announced that Merastar has fully deployed Guidewire ClaimCenter for all Merastar’s lines of …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ (Very Good) and the issuer credit rating of “bbb” of B.E.S.T. Reinsurance (BEST Re) (Tunisia). The outlook on both ratings remains stable. The ratings reflect BEST Re’s consistently profitable …
Sandra Canas, 45, of Daly City, California was sentenced recently for workers’ compensation fraud. Canas was ordered to pay full restitution of $29,735, serve three months in jail, and three years probation, by Judge Hall at the County of San …
Specialty Risk Services (SRS), a property/casualty third party administrator for workers’ compensation and general liability claims, now offers clients access to a comprehensive suite of tools to monitor their program’s performance on its new Web site, http://www.specialtyriskservices.com. In its password-protected …
GAB Robins announced that John Bobo has joined the company as a general manager with responsibility for North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. He will report to Clay Humphries, regional vice president for the Southeast Region of the Insurance Company …