Revamping laws governing the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association is one of the options legislators are considering in Jackson, Miss. to help stabilize the state’s post Hurricane Katrina insurance crisis. The association, commonly referred to as the wind pool, provides coverage …
The Ohio Department of Insurance recently announced that the Department has joined a $70 million multi-state and federal settlement with Texas-domiciled American-Amicable Life Insurance Company and its affiliates regarding the alleged improper sale of insurance and investment products to United …
A Des Moines, Iowa doctor was convicted Monday of seeking reimbursement on medical procedures that were unnecessary or not performed. Dr. Peter Boesen is awaiting sentencing on 82 counts of health care fraud relating to his practices at his ear, …
Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has initiated criminal charges against a Lancaster County man in connection with an apparent “slip and fall” insurance fraud scheme. Corbett said agents with the Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Section identified the defendant as Donald …
Virginia’s Bureau of Insurance is advising all insurance agents in the state that their social security number may have been accessible on the bureau’s website for a six-week period of time. The social security numbers were not shown on any …
Three individuals, including a father and daughter have been arrested and face felony charges stemming from staged accidents and $40,000 in fraudulent auto insurance billings according to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s chief financial officer. Four others were previously arrested in related …
Some Utah lawmakers are thinking about measures to crack down on illegal immigration. Ideas include holding employers accountable for hiring illegal immigrants, requiring proof of citizenship or legal status to receive state services and sending illegal immigrants convicted of crimes …
Every year Washington residents end up with millions of dollars in uninsured losses that could be prevented. According to a poll commissioned by PEMCO Insurance based in Seattle, there is widespread misunderstanding of what is covered under a renter’s insurance …
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation will host its annual Insuring the Children Golf Tournament on Monday, October 23 at the Santa Ana Country Club in Orange County, Calif. Registration begins at 10 a.m., and shotgun tee time is 11:30 a.m. …
Robert and Rosemary Bunch, both 56, have been sentenced in California on workers’ compensation insurance fraud convictions. The couple from Roasamond pled guilty prior to a jury trial. The Bunches were sentenced on July 28 in Kern County Superior Court. …