American Family Mutual Insurance Company (American Family Mutual), the third largest homeowner insurance company in Arizona, underpaid more than 5,000 Arizona homeowner insurance claims arising from last year’s winter storm (January 2010) and hail storm (October 2010), according to an …
Ryan Bailey, JD,has accepted a position as claims attorney at Preferred Professional Insurance Company, an Omaha-based Catholic-owned medical liability insurance firm. Bailey came to PPIC from Fidelity National Title Group. Bailey’s primary responsibilities with PPIC will be investigating and evaluating …
Authorities say a 24-year-old man who was sandblasting floor grates outside a Helena business died after the lid of the machine’s tank became dislodged and struck him in the head. Lewis and Clark County Coroner Mickey Nelson tells the Independent …
Approximately five percent of New York State motorists may be driving uninsured -among the lowest in the country, according to the New York Insurance Association (NYIA). NYIA cited a study from the Insurance Research Council which reported that 5.4 percent …
On a clear June afternoon, a tractor-trailer truck crested a small rise on a stretch of interstate highway in Oklahoma. Plainly visible in the distance were more than a dozen cars and trucks that had stopped while a fender-bender was …
Marathon Pipe Line continues to investigate why its safety systems missed a pipeline failure that dumped 126,000 gallons of gasoline in mid-Michigan. And state environmental quality officials are reviewing the company’s plan for cleaning up the gas still in the …
This week’s fire at the Neshoba County Fairgrounds has been ruled an accident related to electricity. That’s according to Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, who doubles as the state fire marshal. The fire Monday morning destroyed 15 cabins and damaged …
Two men, in separate cases, were sentenced on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported. Roberto Espericueta of McAllen must serve one year of probation and pay $3,500 in restitution to Texas Mutual. Carlos J. Macias-Arango (aka Carlos …
A federal grand jury has indicted a Milwaukee man in an arson last year that destroyed a building housing a well-known pizza restaurant. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 27-year-old Feras Rahman was charged with arson by explosion, arson to commit …
A federal judge has sentenced a Jones woman to 30 months in prison for embezzling $1.5 million from an Oklahoma City electric company where she worked as a bookkeeper. U.S. District Judge David Russell also on Tuesday ordered 50-year-old Lora …