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

Commerce Insurance Offers Identity Theft Service to Homeowners

Commerce Insurance Company has joined with Identity Theft 911 to offer eligible homeowner policyholders identity resolution services to assist them should they fall victim to identity theft. The services Commerce Insurance will be offering to qualifying policyholders will be at …

Pa. Officials Settle 1995 Defamation Suit Against Newspaper

Two former West Chester, Pennsylvania city officials have settled a decade-long lawsuit against their local newspaper in a case that spawned a 2004 Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that news media said eroded free press protections. The defamation case focused on …

Texas Regulators: Houston ISD and Benefits Firm Took Part in Illegal Deal

The Houston Independent School District and its employee benefits firm illegally profited from a deal they have with three other school districts, according to the Texas Department of Insurance. New York-based Mercer Human Resource Consulting has been paid at least …

La. Authority May Go After Insurance Claims of ‘Road Home’ Participants

Louisiana’s program to help storm-damaged homeowners rebuild or relocate may take over insurance claims and sue for additional insurance payments on behalf of recipients, a top official with the Louisiana Recovery Authority says. The agency hopes such a move would …

Big Dig Tragedy Expected to Trigger New Wave of Litigation

When the family of the Jamaica Plain, Mass. woman who was killed when part of the ceiling in a Boston Big Dig tunnel fell gets around to filing a wrongful death lawsuit, that suit is expected to trigger legal fights …

Mo. Governor Signs Health Care Bill to Aid Small Businesses

Gov. Matt Blunt recently signed legislation aimed at increasing access to affordable health insurance for employees of small businesses. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jay Wasson, R-Nixa, expands eligibility for association health plans by decreasing the mandatory number of members …

Judges Refuses to Toss Testimony About Katrina’s Winds

A judge on Thursday refused to throw out an engineer’s testimony that Hurricane Katrina’s winds caused much of the damage to the home of Mississippi couple suing Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. for denying most of the couple’s claim. Nationwide attorney …

New Mexico Insurance Deputy Accused of Soliciting Funds

A New Mexico insurance deputy has been placed on leave amid allegations he solicited charitable donations from a company that faced fines from regulators. Dan Mayfield, chief of staff for the state Public Regulation Commission, said Deputy Insurance Superintendent Joe …

S.D. Amendment Allowing Judges to be Sued Opposed by Insurer Trades

The American Insurance Association (AIA) and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) said today that South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long’s official explanation of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow citizens to sue judges and other officials …

Desert Wind, Heat Making Fighting Calif. Wildfires Tough

California firefighters dug in for another day of blistering heat Thursday as they struggled to keep a string of desert wildfires from spreading toward the mountain resort community of Big Bear Lake. The lightning-sparked flames had already destroyed nearly 100 …