The wife of a Bronx, New York man who was fatally shot by a police officer while defending his stepdaughter is suing for $285 million. The wrongful death suit filed Friday names the city and Officer Michael Falcione. Sandra Rodriguez …
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill last week for immediate changes to national safety codes after last year’s deadly explosion at a Slim Jim factory in North Carolina led federal investigators to issue industrywide warnings on gas-line purging. A committee of the …
Funeral processions are a time-honored tradition in the South, but the customary show of respect is dying in some cities. In Mississippi, the Gulfport Police Department recently decided to limit funeral processions to five cars, a move that has upset …
Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, issued a call Tuesday for urgent changes to strengthen U.S. auto safety regulation in the wake of a massive recall by Toyota Motor Corp . Consumers Union said that the U.S. safety …
A review of 3,000 consumer complaints against Anthem Blue Cross, California’s largest for-profit health insurer, has found over 700 violations of state law during the past four years, state regulators said on Monday. The investigation into claims-handling practices by Anthem, …
The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) says its program targeting workers’ compensation insurance fraud resulted in 154 arrests and $16.6 million in recoveries and estimated savings last year. NYSIF is the Empire State’s largest workers’ compensation insurer and employs …
Authorities are investigating whether several weekend house fires in Merced, Calif., are linked by a serial arsonist. Fires broke out at three homes between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Feb. 13 within a few blocks of each other. Two of …
James William Riley of Murrieta, Calif., has been prohibited from working in the insurance industry in any manner pending the outcome of his trial on multiple counts of grand theft, money laundering and commercial bribery, the California Department of Insurance …
Clearwater, FL, February 2010 – Atlantic Specialty Lines of FL announces Maria Pugliese, ASLI, AU, AIS as she joins the firm in the position of Commercial Lines Underwriter. Maria is a 14 year veteran of the Excess and Surplus Lines …
The California Department of Insurance is considering proposing new regulations governing standards and training for estimating replacement value on homeowners’ insurance. Among the ideas that was floated at a recent CDI workshop on the matter was to require continuing education …