New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Gregory Paw reported that the president of a Middlesex County insurance agency has been sentenced to three years in state prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $474,000 in premium finance monies …
State and local public agencies and certain private non-profit organizations (PNPs) that sustained damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (Aug. 29 through Sept. 24) must submit their Request for Public Assistance (RPA) forms to the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security …
San Antonio, TX – Stone Oak Underwriters, LLC, of San Antonio, Texas has entered into a Program Administrators agreement with Berkley Underwriting Partners, LLC, to provide Public Officials E&O, EPLI and Law Enforcement Liability coverage for Public Entities through Independent …
A former Bartlesville, Okla., firefighter received a five-year prison term for embezzling $166,653 from the firefighters union insurance fund to use to pay for gambling, the Associated Press reported. Washington County prosecutors had charged Lloyd Douglas Lay, 39, with embezzlement …
Kim Holland, appointed by Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry as state insurance commissioner a year ago, formally announced Feb. 23 that she will run for a full four-year term. Her announcement came two days after her predecessor, Carroll Fisher, was sentenced …
The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $218,200 in fines against steel frame furniture manufacturer Dehler Manufacturing Co. Inc. following an inspection at the company’s Chicago facility. OSHA opened a follow-up inspection at Dehler after …
Damage inspectors from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have begun meeting with California homeowners and renters who registered for disaster assistance after the severe flooding of December and January. FEMA schedules inspections to verify property damage and losses within …
If you think you’d be more likely to have your motorcycle stolen if you lived in Chicago versus Wichita, who could blame you? After all, it’s a much bigger city. The same goes for crashes; no one could fault you …
Paris will host representatives from more than 50 countries for a two-day forum that will seek ways to cope with the increasing spread of the deadly avian flu virus H5N1. As wild birds continue their seasonal migrations, they have come …
Xchanging, the U.K.-based global business processing services company, has announced a 3-year, £7.5 million ($13 million) investment program and a partnership with Microsoft in the continuing development of Genius, its general insurance business processing solution. “The pressure on insurers is …