Monthly Archives: <span>July 2007</span>

Okla. Woman Accused of Committing Fraud with Cattle Loss Claims

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland recently announced that department anti-fraud investigators presented an Affidavit of Probable Cause in Pontotoc County alleging Holly Timmons Campbell committed insurance fraud through fraudulent cattle loss claims. “All of us pay for insurance fraud in …

Few Kan. Residents Covered by Flood Insurance

While his flooded neighbors faced an uncertain future, homeowner Bob Foust was already well under way this week repairing the water damage to his house upstream of the refinery’s oil spill. Not only did his house escape the oily gunk …

Maine Woman Sues Employer for ‘Family Responsibility’ Bias

A federal judge has ruled that a Maine woman who claims she was denied a promotion because she had 6-year-old triplets may proceed with a lawsuit against her employer. Laurie Chadwick alleges that her supervisor told her she had “too …

Report: U.S. Slow in Delivering Benefits for Volunteer Firefighters’ Families

An Alabama woman’s heartbreak over the death of her firefighter father as he battled a brush fire has been compounded by delays in obtaining federal survivor benefits — a frustration shared by many seeking the aid. Robert Lee Smith was …

U.S. Senate Panel Weighs Funding for Weather Satellites

Cuts to planned weather and environmental satellites will significantly affect scientists’ ability to study the Earth’s climate, experts told a U.S. Senate committee last week. The Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee also heard testimony on the aging QuikScat satellite, a …

Ky. Miner, Widows Ask Administration to Make Seal Rule Permanent

The seals in the underground Kentucky mine were supposed to block explosive gases, but they are weak, cracked, damaged – allowing water to gush through them. The disturbing images on the home movie were presented last week by an eastern …

Operator of Bus in Fatal Kentucky Crash Given ‘Unsatisfactory’ Rating

A tour bus company involved in a fatal highway crash in southern Kentucky last month received an unsatisfactory compliance rating from a federal oversight agency. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration gave C&R Tours, based in Birmingham, Ala., the unsatisfactory …

Okla. Court Says Law Can’t Bar Evidence in Workers’ Comp Case

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has invalidated a portion of a state law that prohibits medical evidence to be presented in a workers’ compensation case from a doctor hired by an injured worker. The court said it is unconstitutional to restrict …

Insurer Seeks Repayment from Parents of Vt. Teen Who Took Hostage

An insurance company that paid workers’ compensation to a bank employee traumatized in a Thetford, Vermont hostage-taking incident is seeking to recover the money from the family of the teenager charged in the incident. Dan Eaton, 16, is serving a …

5 Secrets Insurance Agents Should Know to Increase Sales

There are two types of insurance agents: successful and not successful. Insurance agents that make six figures a year have a secret. They use prospecting methods that make them money. While many insurance agents waste money on expensive bus bench …