August 10, 2009
Enforcement actions taken by Texas Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during June included 18 license revocations, five license denials and fines and restitution totaling $441,318, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. An order imposing disciplinary measures becomes final 20 …
July 30, 2009
Colorado insurance adjusters spent the morning surveying damage and answering phone calls from residents hit by storms that tore through the city of Pueblo late yesterday afternoon. Reports of golf ball-sized hail in Pueblo and tennis ball-sized hail southeast of …
July 27, 2009
General liability carriers specializing in contractor insurance for builders and drywall subs are “sweating it out” over the potentially massive claims dollars that could be paid out in litigation, settlement, and adverse jury verdicts arising from Chinese drywall. However, due …
July 27, 2009
Producers are assessed damage to their crops over the weekend after hail storms pounded parts of west-central Nebraska last week. Hail destroyed soybeans in southern Dawson and eastern Frontier counties on the night of July 23. Marble- to golfball-sized hail …
July 21, 2009
Colorado insurance adjusters are spending the morning surveying damage and answering phone calls from residents hit by storms that tore through Arvada, Lakewood, Englewood, Wheat Ridge and up through Ft. Collins the evening of July 20. Reports of golf ball-sized …
July 15, 2009
Pennsylvania is urging wheat farmers with poor crops to test for a fungus-related toxin as a first step toward filing a crop insurance claim. Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff says producers with low-yield or low-quality crops should contact their crop insurance …
July 8, 2009
West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline says her state’s one-year old privatized workers’ compensation system is offering better claims administration, lower costs for employers and better treatment of injured workers. In 2005, the state approved the privatization of the …
June 11, 2009
A Greensboro, North Carolina insurance adjuster has been accused of pocketing a home insurance claim payment meant for one of her clients. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Ashley C. Waddell, according to the state, owned International Loss …
May 29, 2009
Lafayette detectives have arrested a 38-year-old Franklin man on 90 counts of money laundering. Cpl. Paul Mouton said on Wednesday that Paul Verdon is accused of creating a fictitious insurance investigation company and billing for services that were never performed. …
May 20, 2009
With its acquisition in early 2009 of the international businesses of GAB Robins (excluding its UK operations) and the U.S. forensic engineering firm, EFI Global, Cunningham Lindsey became the second largest property casualty insurance claims adjusting and risk management firm …