Michigan insurance agents are calling for more use of smoke detectors in Michigan homes as the peak fire season approaches. Last year, 119 people died in Michigan house fires. Only 16 percent of the homes where a fire death occurred …
While the holidays are a time for rejoicing, they also present an opportunity for thieves, as homes are filled with new, often expensive gifts. A recent survey shows that homeowners often neglect to take preventive action against such criminals. According …
Chicago-based Aon Corp. announced that its clients accepted more than 70 percent of the 352,000 offers made by the insurance broker to settle claims that it steered business to insurers who paid hidden fees, according to a recent Chicago Tribune …
Jeffrey T. Bowman, president of Crawford & Co’s International Operations, has been named chief operating officer of the firm’s Global Property and Casualty Services, effective Jan. 1. This newly created position joins the property and casualty operations worldwide to maximize …
Mississippi homeowners and business owners with properties damaged by Hurricane Katrina were told on Tuesday by Attorney General Jim Hood that they have legal protections from foreclosure. Hood told the Jackson Clarion-Ledger a 1980 state law requires all foreclosures to …
A mediation program for homeowners battling insurance companies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina will be unveiled Wednesday by George Dale, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner. The insurance commission’s staff has researched Florida’s program for months, and a department spokesperson told the …
Martin Frankel, the financier who admitted to a scheme to loot insurance companies in Tennessee and several other states, won’t face additional prison time in an agreement with authorities to help them recover stolen assets. Williamson County Judge Jeff Bivins …
An Indiana state lawmaker is drafting a bill he calls “the corporate manslaughter act” which, if passed, would send employers to jail if they ignore on-the-job safety violations that lead to a serious injury or death. State Rep. Dan Stevenson, …
The state received an $800 million sales tax windfall from hurricane reconstruction last year, but Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday that he’s against using any public dollars to bail out the state-created insurer of last resort. Citizens Property Insurance …
Drug manufacturers are a step closer to winning liability protections they say they need before they will invest in medicines to combat a bird flu epidemic. Opponents described the protections, approved Monday by the U.S. House of Representatives, as a …