The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) recently warned consumers about purchasing bogus automobile insurance certificates from Isaac Chandler of Comstock Park. On Friday, August 1 OFIR Commissioner Ken Ross issued a cease and desist order against Chandler …
Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall in Southeast Texas this morning between High Island, just east of Galveston, and Port Arthur, near the Louisiana border. The National Hurricane Center had expected the rapidly developing, fast moving storm to increase in strength, …
Three members of Iowa’s congressional delegation say House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has assured them that Congress will provide more disaster-related funding. Reps. Leonard Boswell, Bruce Braley and Dave Loebsack, all Democrats, say Pelosi promised the funding would be approved before …
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A New York contractor and the sub-contractor he hired are both facing charges of workers’ compensation fraud following their arrests by New York State Police. Police arrested Phillip Gish, 70, of East Aurora, N.Y. on July 22, charging him with …
Officials in West Virginia, the country’s largest underground coal-producing state, lashed out against proposed federal regulations that would mandate airtight emergency refuges in more than 600 underground coal mines nationally. Officials who helped craft West Virginia’s own refuge rules criticized …
An early morning fire on Aug. 4 heavily damaged the Courthouse in Lancaster County, South Carolina but there was no immediate word of injuries. A number of fire trucks were at the scene of the fire early Monday and part …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported a $304,515 dividend to the Social Services Agencies of Texas purchasing group. The dividend rewards the group for preventing workplace accidents and controlling claim costs. “About 3,000 Texans who need assistance walk through our doors …
Massachusetts personal lines insurer Safety Insurance Group, Inc.’s second quarter results show the insurer remains profitable under the new managed competition pricing system for private passenger auto even though premiums have declined. Net income for the second quarter was $20.9 …
Lexington Insurance Company, a unit of AIG Commercial Insurance, announced the launch of “Lex P-3 Solutions SM,” which it described as offering “tailored risk management and insurance products that respond to risks associated with public private partnerships throughout the life …