Monthly Archives: <span>February 2006</span>

St. Paul Travelers Unveils Tribal Comp Product for Tribes, Enterprises

St. Paul Travelers has introduced a Tribal Workers Compensation product for Indian tribes and their enterprises. This product is specifically designed for federally-recognized Indian tribes that have a tribal ordinance which requires employers to pay benefits to their employees for …

Colo. Rejects Legislation Changing Claims Practices for Liability Coverage

The Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee has unanimously rejected a backdoor attempt to convert auto liability coverage into a quasi no-fault coverage for health care providers. The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) testified against House Bill …

Solera, GTCR to Purchase Claims Services Group from ADP

Solera Inc., a provider of consulting, outsourced services, and strategic technology solutions focused on the claims process, reported a definitive agreement to acquire Automatic Data Processing Inc.’s Claims Services Group (CSG), for $975 million in cash. CSG is a provider …

NTSB: Median Barriers Could Have Prevented N.J. Drunk Driving Accident

In a report adopted this week, the National Transportation Safety Board determined that alcohol impairment caused a driver to lose control of his vehicle in a Linden, New Jersey traffic accident. In the report, the Board noted that had a …

Hurricane Survivors in Alabama Transition to Longer-Term Housing

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) continues to actively assist Hurricane Katrina survivors as they make the transition from emergency and temporary housing to longer-term and permanent living arrangements. The FEMA hotel program ended Feb. …

CCC Information Services Group Stockholders Back Merger Transaction

Chicago-based CCC Information Services Group Inc., a supplier of advanced software, communications systems, Internet and wireless-enabled technology solutions to the automotive claims and collision repair industries, reported that the company’s stockholders voted to adopt the merger agreement with entities affiliated …

Crawford & Company Announces Quarterly Dividend

On Feb. 7, 2006, the Board of Directors of Crawford & Company, based in Atlanta, Ga., declared quarterly dividends of $0.06 per share on the Class A Common Stock and $0.06 per share on the Class B Common Stock, payable …

Mission Insurance Estate Liquidated, Claimants To Receive $530 Million

California’s Conservation and Liquidation Office (CLO) will distribute $530 million to policyholders and claimants from the liquidated estate of the Mission Insurance Companies, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Wednesday. The latest amount brings the total amount distributed since 2003 …

QualCorp, Inc. Announces QueryPlus Reporting Tool

QueryPlus is a reporting tool that reads every database you operate on your LAN/WAN simultaneously and in real time. Regardless of location or size of your database! QueryPlus connects the information from any of these databases: Access, dBASE, Informix, MySQL, …

Four More Rural Baptist Churches Burn in Ala.

Fires damaged four more rural Alabama Baptist churches recently following a rash of suspected arsons that burned five others south of Birmingham last week, a state official said Feb. 7. The four new fires were near the Mississippi line, about …