Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has released a set of recommendations to change the way telemarketing companies sell auto service contracts. The recommendations come from a task force Koster organized in April. The task force met with customers around the …
The Vermont Attorney General’s office says a Connecticut-based health insurance company is ready to pay $55,000 to settle a complaint that it didn’t inform customers that personal information had been lost along with an unencrypted computer hard drive. The state …
A gas main explosion in a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood Tuesday that sent a 50-foot fireball into the sky, left one person dead, injured five others and forced dozens of residents from their homes. Fire dispatchers received a report of a …
A James City County fire official says a light fixture is the probable cause of a house fire that killed three people. Fire department District Chief Bob Ryalls tells The Daily Press that the Jan. 11 fire likely began in …
A federal judge has limited the damages that can be awarded to financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald as part of its lawsuit against American Airlines stemming from the Sept. 11 attacks, according to court documents released Wednesday. Cantor Fitzgerald was housed …
January 20 2011 – The Insurance Community University announces the unveiling of its ‘Lecture Series’ of Webinar Classes approved for CE in the state of California. The Insurance Community University is the paid member portion of the Insurance Community Center. …
Nevada Insurance Commissioner Brett Barratt has approved a filing for an average decrease of 3.9 percent for Nevada workers’ compensation voluntary insurance loss costs and an average decrease of 2.2 percent for workers’ compensation insurance assigned risk rates. Loss costs …
There were 48 fatal workplace accidents in North Carolina in 2010, a tally that is up from 34 in the previous year but below the five-year average of 53.2. At the same time, the state’s overall injury and illness rate …
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced that Sergey Oganesyan, 25, a licensed life agent has been arrested and charged with two felony counts of grand theft and one felony count of identity theft. If convicted of all charges, Oganesyan faces …
Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries’ Fraud Prevention and Compliance Program brought in $137.4 million in 2010 for its fraud fighting efforts. The total, detailed in L&I’s annual report to the legislature, “Targeting Fraud and Abuse,” includes payments from employers …