The Las Vegas area has stolen the top spot on the list of auto thefts around the nation, followed by other areas in the Western United States. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, 22,441 vehicles were stolen in Clark …
California’s class action law ranks 46th in the nation in fairness and reasonableness, according to an annual national ranking of state civil justice systems. The rankings were released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform. “Simply …
Brian Watson has been promoted to program manager for the California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Sacramento Group Program. Watson will be responsible for two of State Fund’s largest clients – the California Farm Bureau Federation and Golden State Builders Exchanges. …
Brent Soderstrum, who lost his leg in a car accident about seven years ago, is backing a bill that would bar insurance caps on prosthetics. The Des Moines attorney found out about 1 1/2 years ago that his insurance company …
The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court announced that the Multiple Injury Trust Fund (MITF) assessment rate to be charged for the period of July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, is 2.14 percent of: – gross direct premiums written for workers’ …
A consumer group urged Gov. Brad Henry to veto a massive civil justice measure, arguing that the 109-page bill is replete with anti-consumer provisions and that insurance companies it is designed to protect are making record profits. J. Robert Hunter, …
The chief executive officer of the Slidell, La., Chamber of Commerce – a Baton Rouge native who spent more than 30 years in insurance – will take the No. 2 job in the state insurance department beginning in May. Insurance …
Only 2,000 workers have signed up for a state program that helps small companies provide health insurance to their employees. Nearly $70 million sits in a special fund for the program, but employers say the plan is so restrictive that …
Illinois state police routinely turn down requests for public information, whether from grieving relatives, insurance companies deciding whether to pay a claim or even other police officers doing research, a review shows. The policy extends to withholding reports on murders …
Severe tornadoes in several southern states helped push catastrophe losses to more than $1.2 billion during the first quarter of 2007, according to the industry’s Property Claim Services (PCS), a unit of Insurance Services Office. U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected …