July 11, 2007
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty issued a Cease and Desist Order to Great West Growth, LLC of Minneapolis, Minnesota ordering Great West Growth to cease operating as a viatical settlement provider in Florida. The Office of Insurance Regulation charged that …
July 11, 2007
North Carolina Department of Insurance officials arrested a Tarboro insurance agent on charges of embezzlement last month. Insurance Commissioner Jim Long said William “Billy” Michael Whitley, 51, of 4959 McKendree Church Rd. in Tarboro was arrested at the Edgecombe County …
July 11, 2007
A fire at a Spartanburg County mill raged back to life Monday, destroying a large part of the mostly abandoned buildings. More than 100 firefighters fought the blaze after it started Sunday at the Old Jackson Mill in Wellford. They …
July 11, 2007
A Morgantown, W. Va., nurse drugged and killed her husband before setting their house on fire because she was unhappy with her job and her marriage, and hoped to gain nearly $700,000 in insurance payments, prosecutors alleged during opening arguments …
July 11, 2007
J. Rolfe Davis, insurance advisor for companies throughout Florida, announced a business alliance with Alltrust Insurance a TampaBay-based independent insurance agency specializing in employee benefits. John Turner, President of J. Rolfe Davis said bridging service gaps for clients “accomplishes a …
July 11, 2007
Shared Data Allows for Real-Time Calculation of Underinsurance Newport Beach, CA. iLeads.com, the nation’s leading provider of internet-generated consumer leads for the insurance and mortgage industries, and The First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), America’s largest provider of business information, …
July 10, 2007
The director of the National Hurricane Center was temporarily reassigned Monday, four days after many of the center’s employees called for his removal because of his comments about an aging weather satellite. More than 20 of Bill Proenza’s nearly 50 …
July 10, 2007
USAA, which provides insurance to people in the armed services, their spouses and children, was ranked No. 1 of companies that demonstrate they have their customers’ best interests at heart in a survey by Forrester Research Inc. According to the …
July 10, 2007
Michelle Weatherson has been promoted to program manager for California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Claims Processing Center. Weatherson was hired as a sales representative for the organization’s Fresno District Office in 1989. In 1991, she became a claims adjuster and …
July 10, 2007
As river levels continued to drop and dry weather prevailed in most parts of Oklahoma on July 8, preliminary damage assessments from recent flooding began coming in. In Miami, one of the hardest-hit areas, City Manager Mike Spurgeon said officials …