The state of Alabama and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will have a Disaster Assistance Outreach unit in Decatur from Monday, Jan. 23 through Thursday, Jan. 26. The hours are 8 a.m. to 6 …
PPG Industries recently welcomed the 3,000th repair shop into LYNXSelect, the nationwide managed collision repair program of LYNX Services’ claims management business. Busker’s Body Shop, located in San Angelo, Texas, is the most recent auto body repair center to qualify …
The Ecology Center recently presented a study (Toxic at Any Speed: Chemicals in Cars & the Need for Safe Alternatives) of the toxic chemicals used in building car interiors. Flame retardant PBDE and phthalates, whose main use is as a …
New Jersey Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy reported that the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has obtained a State Grand Jury indictment charging three Passaic County residents with conspiracy, Health Care Claims Fraud and attempted …
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) said it will oppose a Colorado bill on third-party claims practices on both legal and public policy grounds. “Concerning Claims Practices for Bodily Injury to a Third-Party Claimant Arising Out of the …
As Floridians continue to recover from the storms of 2004 and 2005, and the 2006 season fast approaches, it is vital that all property owners living and doing business in areas designated as flood zones by the National Flood Insurance …
Schools were open but about 500 residents were unable to return to their homes Jan. 19 after a train carrying sodium cyanide caught fire in a collision with another train near Lincoln, Ala. Jerome Hand, a spokesman for the state …
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland issued a Cease and Desist Order to PrimeStar Healthcare for selling a “health care plan” in Oklahoma via facsimile advertisements and telephone sales. PrimeStar failed to register in Oklahoma as a discount medical plan organization, …
Noting that a recent Oklahoma State Supreme Court ruling could effectively eliminate the state’s “exclusive remedy” of workers’ compensation court, Oklahoma State Rep. Ben Sherrer filed legislation to prevent that from happening, the Oklahoma House of Representatives reported. House Bill …
A consortium of Lloyd’s underwriters has formed a new facility for satellite insurance that will “enable the most accurate pricing of risks the sector has ever seen,” said an announcement on the Lloyd’s Website (www.lloyd’s.com). The consortium is adopting a …