Police across Michigan issued more than 18,000 safety belt citations during a recent two-week crackdown. Federal safety grants helped pay for the project, which ran May 21 to June 3 in several communities across the state. Preliminary results from the …
A judge sentenced a homeless man to 15 years in prison this week for burning down the city’s historic Catholic church, saying the mentally ill man was a danger to the public. Dane County Judge Steven Ebert sentenced William J. …
Two years after lawmakers tightened eligibility for benefits to injured workers, the insurance premiums businesses must pay to care for injured workers have dropped to 1994 levels. In 2005, Gov. Matt Blunt and the Republican-led Legislature limited what kinds of …
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An Upshur County woman was sentenced to serve time in a West Virgina correctional facility after pleading guilty to worker’s compensation insurance fraud. Stacie L. McLean, age 34 of Buckhannon, W. Va., pleaded guilty last week to providing false information …
As the 2007 hurricane season opens, memories of the horrible 2005 season may have begun to fade from people’s memories, especially as the 2006 season was relatively storm free. But, with one named storm already in the books for this …
In the Circuit Court of Hinds County Monday, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed a complaint against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. alleging bad faith breach of contract related to the settlement agreement the two parties entered into on …
The FBI and the Internal Revenue Service are investigating hefty insurance payments made to a Pennsylvania Superior Court judge. Judge Michael Joyce received $440,000 in insurance money in 2002 for injuries he said he suffered in a car accident, the …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of “A++” (Superior) and assigned issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa+” to State Farm Group and its P/C members and life affiliates. Best also upgraded the FSR to “A-” (Excellent) …
The Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) announced it has issued new administrative rules that prohibit insurers from inserting discretionary clauses in insurance policy forms. Discretionary clauses give insurers the ability to determine whether a policyholder is eligible for …