Charged with five counts of obtaining property by false pretense and five counts of insurance fraud, Kathy Ball, 40, of Archdale, N.C., faces felony convictions, according to state officials. Ball, arrested by N.C. Department of Insurance investigators in High Point …
Massachusetts’ attorney general said last week that her office was leading a civil investigation by dozens of states into a computer security breach by a hacker who stole customer data from TJX Cos., owner of discount retail chains including T.J. …
Indiana Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, has partnered with LoJack Corp., which is making its LoJack for Construction Equipment police-operated vehicle recovery systems available to construction customers to combat what the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports …
Physicians’ insurance premiums are down and more doctors are coming to Nevada since voters limited damages in medical malpractice cases, lawmakers were told Wednesday. But trial lawyers said many malpractice victims have been unable to go to court since the …
Advertising and technology are generating an even greater focus on insurance pricing rather than insurance coverage, according to Paula Rosput Reynolds, president and CEO of Seattle-based Safeco Corp. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of Insurance …
A Bakersfield, Calif., businesswoman and two accomplices have been arrested in California on a list of charges stemming from a variety of alleged fraud. Shawn Dodd, 40, is charged with four felony counts of insurance fraud, one felony count of …
A Louisiana state appeal court has cut a jury’s $591 million verdict against tobacco companies by more than half. A plaintiffs’ attorney called the ruling a great victory for smokers because it reaffirms the original verdict, while tobacco companies said …
A delivery truck driver injured on his route is entitled to disability benefits, the Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled on Feb. 6, 2007, overturning a state workers’ compensation commission decision. An opinion written by Judge Wendell Griffen questioned the commission’s …
The Citizens Property Insurance Corporation emergency operations centers in New Smyrna Beach and Lady Lake will be closed today (Feb. 9), a company official says. Tim Loftin, senior vice president of claims, said plans are to close the centers at …
A Florida intermediate appellate court has found that retroactive application of Florida’s asbestos and silica medical criteria law is constitutional. The case, Daimler Chrysler v. Hurst, involved a lung cancer claimant who argued that retroactive application of the law was …