The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) wants to help victims of Hurricane Rita who qualify for aid. In Texas, the agency has distributed more than $550.3 million in disaster assistance. Assistance can include grants to …
Todd Graves, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, reported that a former Kansas City, Mo., police officer pleaded guilty in federal court recently to a scheme to collect insurance on a fraudulent stolen car claim. Michael J. …
Ventura County (California) District Attorney Gregory Totten reported that Everardo Ramirez Vega (DOB 11-28-1967) was recently sentenced after his plea on two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud. The prosecution of Vega followed an investigation conducted by the Criminal Investigations …
The Vermilion Parish Long-Term Community Recovery Team has opened a storefront at 102 N. Henry, Abbeville, Louisiana, 70510. It will be a resource center for local citizens to participate in recovery efforts for Southwest Louisiana, in coordination with the Louisiana …
The free blue plastic sheeting installed on 78,700 hurricane-damaged roofs in Louisiana carries only a 30-day warranty, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Operation Blue Roof provides sheeting to residential structures, schools, daycares, public facilities and, in …
Aetna has appointed Patrick Scullion as president of Aetna Workers’ Comp Access (AWCA). Scullion will lead the expansion of AWCA’s network access product for injured workers and the execution of Aetna’s strategy to develop a package of services catered specifically …
The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dean Grading Inc., Winston, Ga., for reportedly exposing workers to trenching hazards at a Villa Rica construction site. The agency is proposing penalties totaling $52,000. “A member of …
Brentwood, TN — SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group, Inc. (SIGMA) has named Lloyd Kelley its Director of Strategic Consulting. He will be directing the company’s new consulting service, Risk Retention Model, for providing financial statement forecasts to risk-bearing entities such as …
Liberty Mutual customers in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas have an option to promptly resolve their complex hurricane Katrina and Rita claims: independent mediation or arbitration. Liberty Mutual has teamed with Kenneth Feinberg of The Feinberg Group to create an …
New Jersey-based Selective Insurance Group Inc. reported the following executive appointments to Selective Insurance Group and/or its subsidiary, Selective Insurance Company of America: Victor Daley (Farmington, Conn.), to executive vice president, human resources, Selective Insurance Group Inc., and Selective Insurance …