The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has announced the closure of the Houston East and Houston West field offices on June 19 due to potential flooding. All appointments and proceedings for today are cancelled. More than …
The Ohio Department of Insurance has announced the appointment of Peg Ising as the new deputy director of the Department. Ising replaces Holly Saelens, who left the Department to take a job in the private sector. Ising has worked at …
The Louisiana House of Representatives voted that owners of Louisiana’s race tracks and the owners of race horses should pay a portion of the high cost of getting health insurance for jockeys. Lawmakers voted 61-29 to approve Senator Don Cravins’ …
Independent insurance claims services company Cunningham Lindsey U.S. (CLUS), based in Dallas, has convened its first Catastrophe Training Course for 2006 at subsidiary Vale National. Following the success of these courses held on an emergency basis in previous years, CLUS …
Dallas-based independent insurance claims services company Cunningham Lindsey U.S. (CLUS) announced the promotion of property analyst/trainer, Laura Pastore to assistant vice president. Pastore started with CLUS in June 2005 bringing 15 years of experience as an adjuster, supervisor, trainer and …
The regular monthly meeting of the Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission will be held on Tuesday, June 27, 2006, at 11:00 a.m., the Louisiana Department of Insurance announced. The meeting will be held in the Hearing Room, Plaza Floor, State Insurance …
Shopping for information about the cost and quality of medical care is becoming easier for patients as health insurers compete to become more consumer-friendly. Insurers are coming up with new ways to provide price and service information to customers who …
An insurance company employee who hurt herself when returning to work from her lunch break was entitled to workers’ compensation benefits because the injury occurred on the employer’s premises, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Friday. The unanimous ruling by …
A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to “A-” (Excellent) from “A” (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a-“from “a” of Folksamerica Reinsurance Company. The New York-based company is a member of White Mountains Insurance …
Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. said that new claims information from its Folksamerica Reinsurance Company subsidiary “has increased its gross loss estimates for hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma (‘KRW’) by $203 million (net of reinstatement premiums). In taking this …