George Hills Company (GHC) announced the acquisition of John Glenn Adjusters & Administrators, Inc., (JGAA), a California third party claims adjusting and administrative firm. Founded in 1954, George Hills Company, Inc. (GHC) provides California’s public sector and private insurance carriers …
Officials monitoring three wildfires along the scenic Niobrara River in north-central Nebraska said Saturday that the flames destroyed 14 homes and had cost an estimated $2.5 million to fight. None of the three wildfires grew from Friday to Saturday, but …
The new head of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is moving forward with efforts to boost the state’s agriculture exports, encourage job-creation in the food industry and make sure farmers get the support they need amid this …
A new anti-fraud partnership uniting the public and private insurers creates a strong force multiplier and national strategy to increase upward pressure on fraud rings and downward pressure on medical premiums, the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud said. “A dawning era …
Federal securities class action activity decreased in the first six months of 2012 compared with 2011, according to Securities Class Action Filings—2012 Mid-Year Assessment, a semiannual report prepared by the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse in cooperation with …
Nearly a third of the prescriptions the state’s insurance fund for injured workers paid for last year were for powerful narcotics, part of a 37 percent increase in the use of such drugs – mainly addictive painkillers – the agency …
Penn State’s president says the university is “adequately covered” to handle lawsuits stemming from the child sex abuse scandal but hopes to settle many of them “as quickly as possible.” Rodney Erickson told CBS’s “Face the Nation” program in an …
President Barack Obama has declared a disaster in Virginia after severe weather and strong winds lashed the state a few weeks ago. The disaster declaration orders federal aid to help the state and local recovery efforts. Virginia was hit by …
Mazda is recalling about 217,000 Tribute SUVs to fix a problem that can cause the gas pedals to stick. It’s the same problem that forced Ford to recall 485,000 Escape SUVs on Thursday. The Tribute and Escape are essentially the …
Gov. John Kitzhaber has proposed medical malpractice reforms to a committee appointed to review Oregon’s medical liability system, suggesting mediation efforts aimed at avoiding lawsuits. Kitzhaber’s proposals would require the injured party and the doctor or health care provider to …