A tax-supported health insurance program for low-income Oklahomans paid for more than half the births in the state in 2004, according to the head of the state’s Department of Human Services. DHS Director Howard Hendrick told the Human Services Commission …
With what is expected to be Idaho’s last large wildfire of the 2006 season nearly doused, federal fire managers here and across the West have switched from the business of fighting fires to starting them — to boost forest health …
Officials urged residents from Southern California mountain communities to evacuate to safer ground as flames from a 3-week-old forest fire made a dangerous push toward their homes. Firefighters aided by engines, bulldozers and water tankers guarded several properties early Wednesday …
A California correctional officer who was hurt while helping at an accident while on his way to work is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the Third Appellate District Court of Appeal has ruled. It affirmed the Workers’ Compensation Appeals …
Oregon will reduce the workers’ compensation “pure” premium rate by 2.1 percent for 2007, Governor Ted Kulongoski announced, maintaining Oregon’s streak of not raising the rate in 16 years. “No other state in the union has seen 16 consecutive years …
The family of a Washington woman who died when her car plunged from the fifth floor of a parking garage has reached a settlement with the garage’s insurance company, a newspaper reported. Robert Rembert, the attorney who represents the family …
Seattle-based Safeco announced it intends to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Safeco anticipates the trading of its common stock to commence on the NYSE on Nov. 30, 2006 under the new symbol “SAF”. Until …
A bogus letter telling recipients they have won a contest with a chance to win big money is at the center of fraudulent activity being perpetrated in multiple states. The letter is on forged MAG Mutual Insurance Co. stationery and …
The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents named MacNeill Group as the Managing General Agency of the Year at a luncheon in Savannah, Ga., earlier this month. MacNeill Group based in Sunrise, Fla., received the award for its “unsurpassed commitment …
The United States operation of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group (MSIG) has expanded its slate of ISO’s Workers Compensation Information Services (WCIS) with transactional services for injury reporting to designated state accident boards and industrial commissions. Workers’ compensation transactional data reporting …