A Florida man was issued a cease and desist order for allegedly soliciting public adjuster services in Louisiana without a license, according to the Louisiana Department of Insurance. David A. Hogan of Port St. Lucie, Fla., operating under the name …
The two gun making companies that share the Colt name and the same West Hartford, Conn. plant are facing federal safety fines of more than $220,000. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is citing the two privately held companies for …
Even though the U.S. has a team – The Eagles – in the finals of the Rugby World Cup, the event doesn’t exactly get the same press coverage as the Super Bowl or the World Series. Nonetheless for the 20 …
Now Available from The Mechanic Group September 20, 2007 – Guaranteed Cost Workers Compensation Program for Security Guard and Investigative Agencies is now available from The Mechanic Group. The Mechanic Group will administer a fixed cost Security Guard Workers Compensation …
A Charlestown, Mass. man has been found guilty of manslaughter by motor vehicle and other charges in the death of a 16-year-old girl last year. Twenty-nine-year-old Robert Getz was sentenced to five years in prison on the charge of manslaughter …
A once-prominent attorney who specialized in asbestos lawsuits pleaded guilty this week in Miami to fraud charges involving thousands of former clients and could face up to 15 years in federal prison. Louis S. Robles, 59, pleaded guilty to three …
Under fire from injured retirees who say they were denied sufficient benefits, the head of the National Football League Players Association asked Congress this week for greater authority to approve players’ disability claims. Gene Upshaw, director of the players association, …
Maryland’s largest medical malpractice insurer plans to leave a state premium subsidy program and return some of the money it has received, saying it no longer needs the subsidy to stabilize premiums for doctors because the cost of claims is …
The California Supreme Court has ruled that class action waivers in arbitration agreements are unenforceable if a court determines “that a class arbitration would be a significantly more effective way of vindicating the rights of affected employees than individual arbitration.” …
Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services has announced it is decreasing the workers’ compensation pur premium rate in 2008 by 2.3 percent. Meanwhile, the workers’ comp premium assessment, which pays for the administration of workers’ comp and workplace safety …