The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) said it supports Friday’s Senate vote on a bill, S. 2275, which would extend the borrowing authority of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to $21.2 billion. The Federal …
VotersInjuredatWork.org and the California Applicants Attorneys Association reacted to a report adopted by the State of California’s Commission on Health & Safety & Workers’ Compensation finding that the Schwarzenegger Administration’s new workers’ compensation permanent disability schedule reduces permanent disability benefits …
Victories and defeats in the courtroom can impact the nation’s economy, with potential consequences for decades to come. GE Insurance Solutions has been tracking and shaping efforts to level the litigation playing field – variously called tort reform or legal …
Discrimination charges filed with U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against private sector employers declined last year by 5 percent, the agency reported as part of its Fiscal Year 2005 data. EEOC officials cited the agency’s aggressive outreach and training …
A second former D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”) clerk, Toni A. Mahoney, has been sentenced to three months in jail and three months of home confinement for her role in a scheme wherein she and others reportedly accepted bribe …
Crawford & Company reported that its Global Marine and Transportation unit Services has been named Lloyd’s agent for the entire country of Colombia. Crawford is already Lloyd’s of London Agent in eight Canadian ports including Victoria, Nanaimo, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Thunder …
Working to ensure that Pennsylvania businesses and workers are aware of labor law requirements, Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Stephen Schmerin reminded employers that state and federally mandated workplace posters are available from the commonwealth free of charge. “There …
In a joint operation involving the Orange County (California) District Attorney, California Department of Insurance, California Franchise Tax Board, Harris County (Texas) Sheriff, and Harris County District Attorney’s Office, two Houston siblings were arrested Thursday morning on charges that they …
Officials from the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State Emergency Response Team are urging Florida residents affected by Hurricane Wilma to be alert and report potential fraud in the aftermath of the hurricane and during …
New Jersey’s Attorney General’s Office and Division of Consumer Affairs have filed suit against eight moving companies for alleged violations of the State’s Public Movers and Warehousemen Licensing Act, related regulations and the Consumer Fraud Act, Attorney General Zulima Farber …