Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell is asking U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to approve federal disaster aid for Connecticut farmers who suffered severe crop losses from the heavy rains and cool temperatures this spring and early summer. “Farmers throughout the …
Two Suffolk County, N.Y. business people who pleaded guilty in cases involving workers’ compensation fraud have paid The New York State Insurance Fund a total of more than $7,800 in restitution. Robert Ristenpadt, 34, of 87 Hudson Avenue, Lake Grove, …
West Virginia has delinquent workers’ compensation payments valued at $11.4 million outstanding as of July 13, with 5,450 employers overdue on their payments to BrickStreet Mutual, according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. Jan. 1 the policies of all West …
Nevada Commissioner of Insurance Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved a rate change for private passenger automobile insurance filed by Progressive Halcyon Insurance Co. Bodily injury liability rates will increase 8 percent, and property damage liability rates will increase 5 percent, …
Ryan Webb, a Salt Lake County, Utah, insurance agent, was charged with insurance fraud, a second degree felony, unlawful dealing by a fiduciary, a second degree felony, theft by deception, a second degree felony, and forgery, a third degree felony. …
Standard Analytical Service (SAS) Rating for NJPURE Is Higher Than For The 15 Largest Companies Princeton NJ – New Jersey Physicians United Reciprocal Exchange (NJ PURE), a leading NJ medical malpractice insurer, received a favorable public rating by Standard Analytical …
FleetRisk Advisors, a provider of predictive analytics and loss control services to the fleet transportation industry, has appointed David C. Wagner president and chief operating officer. Wagner previously worked at FleetRisk Advisors from 2004 to 2005 as senior vice president, …
Two U.S. House subcommittees — the Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversights and Investigation, and the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment — held a hearing today to examine the ongoing issue of insuring …
The Civil Justice Association of California (CJAC) in Sacramento applauded the California Supreme Court for applying Proposition 64 to lawsuits that were pending when the initiative overwhelmingly passed in November 2004. “Today’s unanimous ruling has put an end to the …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced it is working with the Texas Apartment Association and rental housing owners to reach Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Katrina evacuees who have not recertified for continued rental assistance. Thousands of evacuees may be in …