The California Department of Insurance announced the arrests of three individuals charged with 48 counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud, labor code violations and tax fraud. Monica Mui Ung of Alamo, Calif.; Joey Ruan of San Leandro, Calif.; and Tin …
A settlement requiring Southern Union to clean up contaminated soil in a Tiverton, Rhode Island neighborhood appears back on track. An agreement reported last year by lawyers for town residents appeared in limbo for months after Southern Union said it …
The death of a temporary employee who was crushed in a stampede of post-Thanksgiving shoppers at a Wal-Mart store could have been prevented, federal officials said Tuesday as they proposed fining the world’s largest retailer $7,000 — as much money …
Fire investigators say a four-alarm blaze that heavily damaged a historic church in Middleborough was caused by an electrical malfunction. The fire Monday morning at the Central Congregational Church forced the town to cancel its annual Memorial Day parade, which …
A.M. Best Co. has revised its rating outlook to negative from stable, but has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of Selective Insurance Group and its seven property/casualty pooling members. …
The Knox County schools have distributed DVDs about preventing dog bites to first-graders and their parents. Almost 5,000 of the videos were distributed, all funded by donations. University of Tennessee veterinary medicine Professor Michael Sims said Knox County has a …
The government has paid out more than $1 billion in claims to 9,134 Tennesseans made ill from working in the nuclear weapons facilities at Oak Ridge during the Cold War. The Labor Department announced the latest tally, saying others may …
The former workers’ compensation claims manager for Walt Disney World, Teresa Long, has become director of Agency Services for the Institute of WorkComp Professionals (IWCP), a national network of workers’ compensation professionals. Long will be working with IWCP member insurance …
The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that it would hear an appeal by Merck & Co. Inc. of a ruling that reinstated a securities fraud lawsuit involving the company’s disclosures to investors about its withdrawn Vioxx pain drug. The justices …
A Stanton, Kentucky woman pleaded guilty to a felony count of mail fraud in United States District Court in Lexington after she, her husband and three Whitesburg area insurance agency employees gave false information to a workers’ compensation insurance carrier, …