December 19, 2005
United States Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan and Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett recently reported that Brent J. Detelich, formerly of Hermitage, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of Health Care Fraud …
December 18, 2005
Computer Sciences Corporation reported that three new clients have joined a number of organizations that have chosen RISKMASTER, CSC’s independent claims and risk information management system. Acordia Northwest, PIC Wisconsin and Wawa have selected RISKMASTER to reduce their risk management …
December 18, 2005
Enhancing workplace safety and health for workers in the heavy and highway construction industries in New York is the goal of a newly-signed alliance between the Albany, Buffalo and Syracuse offices of the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health …
December 18, 2005
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reported that federal disaster aid has been made available to the State of Connecticut to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding on Oct. 14-15. Acting …
December 18, 2005
Families and individuals who suffered damage from Hurricane Rita have received more than $564,654,596 in assistance from state, federal, local and voluntary agencies. These agencies are working in partnership to continue to help affected Texas residents. Recovery services summary as …
December 16, 2005
Hurricane Katrina victims seeking federal temporary housing assistance reportedly do not need to complete a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loan application to be considered for such assistance. Temporary housing assistance from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency …
December 16, 2005
The arrests of three South Floridians on charges they operated unlicensed Internet-based “pill mills” have been announced by Attorney General Charlie Crist and Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Guy Tunnell. Authorities are still seeking two other suspects for their …
December 16, 2005
Federal and state disaster officials provided the following summary of the ongoing assistance effort in Mississippi as of close of business Dec. 14, 2005: * Individuals and Households program total payments disbursed: $945,450,645. * Public Assistance obligated funds currently total …
December 16, 2005
New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Kings Country District Attorney Charles Hynes and New York State Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills have reported the takedown of “Operation Brownsville Auto.” The base of this operation was an NYPD-run salvage yard …
December 16, 2005
A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” to Lancashire Insurance Company (Lancashire) (Hamilton, Bermuda). Concurrently, A.M. Best has assigned an ICR of “bbb-” to the parent …