The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) announced the results of the initial review of workers’ compensation insurance carriers and health care providers as part of the Performance Based Oversight (PBO) process as required by House Bill …
Utility crews restored electricity Sept. 14 to half of the homes and businesses left without power after Hurricane Humberto, while experts estimated total damages from the storm would cost less than $500 million. Humberto, the first hurricane to hit the …
J.T. Parker & Associates announced its Third Annual Insurance Claim Seminars will be held on Oct. 15, 2007 at the Omni Mandalay at Las Colinas in Dallas, Texas, and on Oct. 22, 2007, at the Omni Austin Hotel Southpark in …
Federal officials have approved individual aid to residents of Northwood, N. D. to help them recover from an Aug. 26 tornado that killed one person, injured 18 and left much of the town in ruins, Gov. John Hoeven and the …
The widow of a 50-year-old mechanic who killed himself after being terminated from his job is entitled to receive death benefits under workers compensation, a Massachusetts Appeals Court in Suffolk County has ruled. The ruling affirms a decision by the …
Sioux Falls. S.D. insurance agent Paul Wentzlaff is accused of stealing from two elderly clients and has pleaded guilty to embezzlement and fraud. He could face up to 20 years in prison. Don Srstka, a special assistant attorney general, said …
Three former makers of lead paint that lost a landmark Rhode Island lawsuit, including Cleveland-based Sherwin-Williams Co., would have to pay an estimated $2.4 billion to clean up hundreds of thousands of homes contaminated with lead under a state proposal …
A passenger plane crashed while attempting to land at southern Thailand’s Phuket airport Sunday afternoon, possibly leaving some people dead and about 20 hurt, an official said. An unconfirmed television report said 60 were dead. [IJ Ed. Note: Later reports …
Only a couple of years ago the headline “Northwest Passage Found,” would have been relegated to April Fool’s Day or the August silly season. Now, according to new satellite photos released by the European Space Agency, it’s set to become …
A statewide crackdown on people driving while intoxicated resulted in at least 2,270 arrests, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety reported. More than 400 agencies across the state participated in the department’s “Safe and Sober” campaign from Aug. 17 to …