QCSA Auto Auctions this week announced the opening of another full-service salvage auction facility in the Chicago market. The turnkey 26-acre facility is located in the northern suburb of Bartlett and will provide service coverage for all of northern Illinois, …
Prudential and representatives of hundreds of thousands of physicians, state and local medical societies announced Tuesday that their settlement of the national class action lawsuit pending in the federal court for the Southern District of Florida before U.S. District Judge …
Seattle-based Safeco announced estimated after-tax catastrophe losses from Hurricane Katrina of $78 million, or $0.61 per diluted share. Safeco’s gross pretax losses before reinsurance are estimated to be $170 million. After reinsurance, net pretax catastrophe losses from Hurricane Katrina are …
A March 15 accident that left a worker with second and third degree burns over much of his body has resulted in an Akron, N.Y., manufacturer being fined $115,550 by the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). …
The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designated four additional Louisiana parishes eligible for federal disaster aid to help meet the recovery needs of homeowners, renters and businesses affected by Hurricane Rita. R. …
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., a Connecticut writer of workers’ compensation, has contracted with Aetna to offer its customers the Aetna Workers’ Comp Access (AWCA) network of health care providers. This arrangement, which became effective Sept. 1, is the …
A Manchester, New Hampshire contractor faces $28,100 in fines from the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for allegedly failing to supply cave-in protection for workers at a Hooksett jobsite. OSHA cited Pichette Brothers Construction Co. Inc. …
Texans who can’t return home because of the damage caused by Hurricane Rita can file a claim without seeing what has happened to their property, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. By filing a claim now, the ICT reported, …
Independent actuaries with the firm Towers Perrin say that a July 2005 report released by the Center for Justice and Democracy and five other “consumer groups” is incomplete and unsound. Jay Angoff, an attorney employed by a personal injury law …
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco has extended the State of Emergency for Hurricane Katrina through Oct.25, 2005. As a result, according to the Louisiana Department of Insurance, Emergency Rules 15, 16 and 17 are automatically renewed and will continue in full …