Consulting and actuarial firm Milliman Inc. says a study it conducted in response to the Illinois Supreme Court’s overturn of caps on non-economic damages in medical liability cases will increase overall claim severity in such cases by an average of …
Rescue workers dug frantically Sunday to free cars and homes buried under heaps of mud in Madeira, after torrential flash floods and mudslides killed at least 40 people on the popular Portuguese island. More than 120 others were injured and …
Most experts believe it’s just a matter of time before another big earthquake strikes along the New Madrid fault line, and Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri and neighboring states need to be ready. Nixon on Feb. 19 convened a panel …
The U.S. Geological Survey says two small earthquakes rattled central Arkansas recently. According to the survey’s Web site, a 1.7-magnitude temblor occurred about 2:43 p.m. on Feb. 18 three miles east of Greenbrier. A 2.5-magnitude quake was recorded at 8:44 …
First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Feb. 13 have decreased over the previous week. The Louisiana Workforce Commission says there were 3,477 initial claims in the latest count. That’s down from the previous week’s total …
A federal judge dealt a blow to former U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi in a case in which he faces money laundering, insurance fraud, racketeering and other charges. U.S. District Judge Richard Bury rejected the former three-term Republican lawmaker’s request to …
The U.S. Attorney’s office and the FBI in Philadelphia say 17 people are facing charges of mail fraud in what authorities call a scheme that defrauded insurance companies of more than $630,000. Authorities on Friday said a chiropractor and attorney …
The owner of a Redwood City, Calif., auto repair shop has been sentenced for insurance fraud for planting dead mice in cars and claiming the rodents had caused damage. San Mateo County prosecutors say 47-year-old Mehran Baranriz was sentenced to …
An 85-year-old South Florida woman who went looking for a photo of her ex-husband says she found a $17,500 insurance claim check from 1978 instead. Barbara Cosgrove found the check, dated Jan. 23, 1978, in an unopened envelope inside a …
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has joined with the Heart of Texas Auto Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority to expand a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing auto thefts and auto burglaries in central Texas. The program involves the …