The Texas Department of Insurance (Department) has issued a bulletin stating that misdirection, misapplication and improper use of insurance settlement payments appear to be on the rise. The bulletin is in response to a report from the State Bar of …
Intercare Holdings Insurance Services, a workers’ compensation and liability third party administration and managed care services company, has hired Richard R. Rothman as executive vice president for Business Development. Intercare has offices in California, Washington, Nevada and Texas. Rothman, formerly …
The growing complexity of reinsurance markets in recent years has increased demands on reinsurance buyers and radically transformed the industry, says Towers Watson. Changes such as complex market data, Solvency II implementation, the dual challenges of accessing risk and distributing …
A double-decker bus that may have made a wrong turn off the highway slammed into a low railroad bridge in the pre-dawn darkness Saturday in a wreck that killed four passengers and critically injured others, authorities said. The Megabus was …
The Maryland Forest Service has battled more than a dozen wild fires since Sept. 1 that have spread easily due to drought conditions. On Friday, the forest service was working to contain two fires on the Eastern Shore. A 12-acre …
A federal jury in New Hampshire has awarded $21 million to a woman blinded and scarred by a prescription drug she took for shoulder pain. Karen Bartlett, 51, of Plaistow suffered extreme burns to her skin, mucus membranes and eyes …
A federal judge has ruled that a social services agency that wanted to open a group home for recovering drug addicts in Framingham can move forward with its lawsuit against the town. Judge Douglas Woodlock on Thursday denied a motion …
A federal appeals court decertified a class of unions and insurers that accused Eli Lilly and Co. of overpricing its Zyprexa anti-psychotic drug after misrepresenting its efficacy and side effects. The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals Friday also said …
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Approximately 700 firefighters have been battling a wildfire just outside Boulder, Colo., for five days. Meanwhile, Boulder residents are preparing to evacuate any time as the Fourmile Canyon fire spread to within 10 miles of the city. According to catastrophe …