Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox warned consumers today about the danger of flood-damaged vehicles. A Consumer Alert, Used Vehicle Buyers Watch for Flood Damage, posted to the attorney general’s Website provides tips to avoid unpleasant surprises. “There may be half …
When Maryland’s physician quality board comes up for review during the next legislative session, some are calling for tougher measures to deal with doctors who are the subject of multiple complaints. Until 2003, state law required the state’s medical board …
A bulletin on the Lloyd’s Web site notes that “claims from the biggest fire in Europe for over 50 years [the Buncefield fire] will impact the London market in two phases, according to a major loss adjuster assessing the recent …
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) will support a legislative study on auto theft in Arizona when the bill is heard in the state’s legislature. A proposed bill has been pre-filed for possible consideration early next year. “Automobile …
GAB Robins has named Thomas Walters as assistant vice president of Risk Management Carrier Services effective immediately. In this position, Walters is responsible for further enhancing GAB Robins’ relationships with insurance carriers writing business in the risk management segment, and …
Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. reported that Deborah J. Odum of Annapolis, was sentenced for felony insurance fraud after having been found guilty on Nov. 21, following a jury trial in the Anne Arundel Circuit Court. Odum, 51, …
Arrests of nine Broward County residents indicted for defrauding the Federal Emergency Assistance Agency to obtain disaster relief after last year’s Hurricane Frances have been announced jointly by R. Alexander Acosta, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and …
Former U.K. insurance magnate Michael Bright appeared in court in London on Friday, Dec. 16 in connection with the 2001 collapse of Independent Insurance. He was granted bail, and a preliminary hearing was set for March 24, 2006. Bright founded …
The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. has criticized recent Associated Press articles discussing NCCI’s review of the South Carolina Governor’s Workers Compensation Task Force proposal as being factually incorrect in several essential areas, according to Peter M. Burton, senior …
United States Attorney Chuck Rosenberg announced the filing of criminal charges against Clifford Neville, 53, of Houston, Texas, for reportedly filing false claims for emergency disaster funds with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in violation of 18 U.S.C. § …