Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has setttled a case brought by the state against Employers Reinsurance Group (ERC), a former subsidiary of General Electric, for unlawfully hiking the price of the Boston Water & Sewer Commission’s workers compensation insurance. According …
Insurance executives are growing more interested in doing business in Louisiana because of recent moves by the Florida Legislature that the industry considers government meddling, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said recently. Blanco was in southern California to give a speech to …
For Dr. David Russell, an Enid radiologist and president of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, the debate over civil justice reform in Oklahoma isn’t about the politics that has kept many reform measures bottled up at the state Capitol. The …
A Quitman, La., woman has been arrested, accused of setting her mother’s house on fire in order to collect insurance money. Investigators with the state Fire Marshal’s Office on Jan. 30 arrested Pamela Dukes, 49, on charges of simple arson …
The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during December. The actions include three license revocations, one license denial and fines and restitution totaling $128,402. Only final orders are listed. An order …
After a full week of presentations and discussions in Paris, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) adopted the Summary for Policymakers of the first volume of “Climate Change 2007”, also known as the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). In stark …
Despite the impression given by cases in the news, identity theft appears to be actually dropping. The 2007 Identity Fraud Survey Report released by Javelin Strategy & Research provides information about the reduction of identity fraud across the United States. …
A Pittsburgh suburb’s former insurance carrier paid $100,000 to an ex-pizzeria owner who sued the municipality after being subdued by police with a stun gun in 2005. Mount Lebanon police used a 50,000-volt Taser on Frank Caruso, 67, of Castle …
A settlement between Holocaust victims, their relatives and an Italian insurance company may be the only chance for some victims to recover money, a judge said, but he delayed ruling on approval of the deal. U.S. District Judge George B. …
Bermuda’s PartnerRe Ltd. will release its 2006 fourth quarter and full year results after the market close on Monday, February 5, 2007. PartnerRe senior management will conduct a dial-in conference call, which will include a question and answer period, on …