Humana Inc. will have to make good on any financial losses suffered by North Dakota customers whose Medicare prescription drug applications were stolen, Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman said. Poolman said he learned of the incident this week, even though it …
Mississippi officials say the first of about 16,000 applications for homeowner grants to repair damage from Hurricane Katrina should be issued by the end of June. The grants, which are administered by the Mississippi Development Authority, provide up to $150,000 …
It may be called no-fault, but car crash victims who sue insurance companies over personal injury coverage and lose can be required to pay the insurers’ legal fees in some cases, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled. The justices ruled …
Taxes aren’t the answer to a stable economy, an affordable housing market and an educated work force, the Republican candidates for governor said Friday. “I’m against taxes,” Attorney General Charlie Crist said several times during a forum at a meeting …
Former Tyco CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski is asking a court to force a Bermuda insurance broker to hand over documents related to whether an insurer must pay his legal bills of almost $17.8 million (euro14 million). In papers filed in …
In a ruling that lawyers say has implications for thousands of maritime workers across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Syracuse, N.Y. widow’s right to sue employer Lockheed Martin for the wrongful death of her husband in …
A jury of five women and five men was selected Friday in Atlantic City, N.J. for the seventh trial against drugmaker Merck & Co. over its withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx. Opening statements were set to begin Monday morning in New …
A Superior Court jury in San Francisco awarded $61 million to two FedEx Ground drivers of Lebanese descent who claimed a manager harassed them with racial slurs for two years. Edgar Rizkallah, 43, and Kamil Issa, 36, said in the …
Cape Cod homeowners who kept their policies even after some major insurance companies pulled out of the region are now facing rate hikes of as much as 200 percent from insurers still serving the area. At least four remaining insurers …
Phil C. Gallagher, a long-time Florida insurance agent, litigation consultant and expert witness passed away peacefully in Miami June 1. Gallagher, 79, was surrounded by his family at the time of his death. Phil was a well-known insurance industry veteran, …