Allstate has been granted more time by Louisiana officials to gather data about the number of homeowners whose wind and hail coverage was dropped on technicalities. Warren Byrd, the state insurance department’s executive counsel, said Allstate asked for an extension …
The route for this year’s bicycle race, RAGBRAI, is set and counties along its path want lawmakers to address the issue of their liability. The issue arose after Crawford County settled a lawsuit with a woman whose husband died after …
A former Westport, Wash. mayor and ex-state trooper has been convicted of involvement in a scheme to commit insurance fraud, a case involving a nonexistent 1949 Chevrolet Woody and a dead State Patrol sergeant. Douglas Merino, 51, was convicted by …
Federal jurors have convicted former state Deputy Insurance Superintendent Joe Ruiz of trying to coerce insurance companies to donate money to charity in exchange for reducing regulatory fines. The jury returned 30 guilty verdicts against Ruiz on Monday. Ruiz, who …
A veteran weather forecaster was named the new director of the National Hurricane Center, filling the void left when his predecessor was removed after his comments about a satellite angered staffers. Bill Read, the center’s interim deputy director since August, …
Gov. Jim Gibbons said this week he’s forming a task force that will focus on organized insurance fraud and auto theft in Nevada. The panel will try to determine the statewide scope of such problems and their affect on consumers, …
Vermont dairy farmers hurt by flooding last spring are going to be getting disaster assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy says he’s helped clear up red tape that kept affected farmers from sharing $5 million …
The Small Business Administration is closing disaster loan centers in Belfair, Long Beach and Raymond, Wash. on Feb. 7. The SBA says customer service representatives will still be available at disaster recovery centers in Aberdeen and Chehalis. The federal agency …
Water from a broken pipe has damaged computers that manage information for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs clinics in Tennessee and Kentucky. The VA says patient information used by its Tennessee Valley Healthcare System has not been lost. Officials are …
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation, a national not-for-profit organization of insurance agents, brokers, and companies will hold its fourth annual Southern California Club100 Dinner on Thursday, March 6, 2008 at the Getty Center in Los Angeles from 6:30 pm to …