An insurance agent was arrested in California for defrauding 18 business owners by stealing more than $2.5 million in money they had paid him to take out insurance policies for their businesses, the California Department of Insurance reported. Anthony David …
Several employees at the Quality Pork Processors plant in Austin, Minnesota who were initially denied workers compensation for a mysterious neurological illness will be paid after all, attorneys said. At least 18 workers have suffered symptoms of the illness, which …
In response to the national epidemic of driving accidents and fatalities impacting teenagers, The Mid-Ohio School has announced a multi-year partnership with Westfield Insurance to create a unique safety initiative for teenage drivers. Westfield Center, Ohio-based Westfield Insurance, which will …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit rating on Centene Corp .to ‘BB-‘ from ‘BB’ and removed it from CreditWatch, where it was placed on March 19, 2008, with negative implications. The outlook is now stable. “We …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ratings on both Liberty Mutual Group Inc. (LMGI) and Seattle-based Safeco Corp on CreditWatch with negative implications, following the announcement that Liberty has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Safeco for around …
The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices has launched a new online job center to help students and young professionals find employment opportunities in the surplus lines insurance industry. NAPSLO’s Jobs Portal Web site at http://jobs.napslo.org allows jobseekers to …
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear’s administration is blocking the appointment of his predecessor’s top aide to Kentucky’s Mine Safety Review Commission. Stan Cave, who was former Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s chief of staff, has objected to the claim by Beshear’s general counsel …
Tens of thousands of ill Florida smokers and families of those who died are lining up for a share of a $600 million fund created by major tobacco companies as part of a 14-year-old lawsuit against cigarette manufacturers. The Florida …
The families of two men presumed dead after scaffolding collapsed under a bridge over the Arkansas River filed a lawsuit against two construction companies and a foreman in charge of the project in North Little Rock, Ark. The wives of …
Whirlpool Corp.’s Evansville, Ind. plant suspended 39 workers for smoking while claiming on their health insurance that they were nonsmokers. The company requires smokers to pay an extra $500 in insurance premiums. Company spokeswoman Debby Castrale says the workers were …