July 20, 2006
Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $20,255 dividend to the Texas Sign Association (TSA) Comp Group Inc. The workers’ compensation purchasing group, formed in November 2004, earned a dividend in its first year of eligibility. Texas Mutual purchasing groups are …
July 20, 2006
An Oklahoma City man was arrested this morning on allegations of home repair fraud after an investigation by Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s Consumer Protection Unit. Alan B. Holcombe, 49, was charged yesterday in Oklahoma County District Court with four counts …
July 20, 2006
Businesses insured through Des Moines-Iowa-based Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, will be among the first in the upper Midwest to use Open for Business, a free, web-based tool that allows them to plan for, and recover …
July 20, 2006
The penalties for driving without auto insurance are getting tougher under a new Illinois law. Starting next summer, uninsured drivers will lose their license for three months and have to pay a $100 fee to get it back. Anyone who …
July 20, 2006
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has been ordered by a federal magistrate to pay $4,052 in legal fees for a couple suing his son for his role in a traffic accident three years ago. U.S. District Magistrate Andrew Rodovich …
July 20, 2006
A tropical storm warning remains in effect as of 2 p.m. for southeastern Massachusetts from Plymouth to Woods Hole including Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. The National Hurricane Center said rains from Tropical Storm Beryl …
July 20, 2006
A new format for public hearings and plans to broadcast future hearings on cable television has been announced by Kevin McCarty, Florida Insurance Commissioner. There will be a public hearing in Tallahassee, Fla. Aug. 3 at 1 p.m. during which …
July 20, 2006
State legislators who deal with insurance issues in their legislatures back home are expected to discuss amendments to their market conduct model law as well as state building codes during their summer meeting that runs today through Sunday in Boston. …
July 20, 2006
Shawn Edwin Linger, a former insurance agent in Clarksburg, W.Va. has been sentenced to one felony count of embezzlement according to Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline. Linger was sentenced July 6 to one to 10 years in prison; however, the …
July 20, 2006
Florida regulators aren’t getting enough input from the public before approving property insurance rate increases, state chief financial officer candidate Randy Johnson said Tuesday. Johnson, a Republican state representative from Celebration, Fla. has made the high cost and difficulty in …