The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles says despite what an insurance company claims, parents who drive students to school events or field trips don’t need a special license. The issue came up when the Greenwich and Norwalk School district were …
A former insurance adjuster for The Hartford Financial Services Group will spend more than two years in prison for collecting more than $100,000 by processing fake claims, authorities said. Douglas Wayne Stewart, 45, formerly of Windsor Locks, was sentenced Friday …
Certain hurricane forecasts could become less accurate if a key weather satellite that is already beyond its expected life span fails, the nation’s new top forecaster said. The change would mean placing longer stretches of coastline under warnings and asking …
Damage from March 1 storms that ripped through southwest and central Georgia reached $210 million in insured losses, making it the state’s worst disaster in that category. The losses exceeded $150 million caused by tornadoes in Dunwoody and Gwinnett County …
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. avoided the court room and possibly days of litigation by settling out of court with a D’Iberville homeowner who sued the company after Hurricane Katrina reduced her house to a slab. Terms of the …
Rate decreases and in some cases, refunds, are on the way for almost 1.2 million Florida policyholders insured by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The reduced rates are the result of expanded access to coverage from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund. …
Through a collaboration betwee state and federal regulators, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department has helped to recover approximately $1 million in unpaid health claims for Pennsylvania policyholders, Acting Insurance Commissioner Randy Rohrbaugh announced. The department collaborated with the New Jersey Department …
In the two days of the 4th International Bird Flu Summit in Washington, D.C. last week, public health officials, business leaders, policy makers, and scientists addressed the fight against bird flu. By the close of the summit on March 14, …
Workers compensation rating organization, NCCI Holdings, Inc., released the full agenda for its Annual Issues Symposium to be held May 10-11 in Orlando, Fla. The highlight of the AIS is the annual State of the Line presentation by NCCI Chief …
Specific information about national flood insurance will be available as representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Flood Insurance Program, staff members from the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet’s Office of Insurance and Division of Water will hold a …