A new study by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) finds that claimed losses for auto injuries have escalated at vastly different rates across four states with no-fault auto insurance regulations. From 1997 to 2002, the average amounts that personal injury …
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reported this week that a record $4.27 billion in FEMA disaster funds have been expended to date to aid people and communities victimized by one of the most intense …
Beecher Carlson Holdings, Inc. has announced Barry Kirkland has been named managing director and team leader in its Atlanta office. Kirkland’s primary responsibility will be to assist in the expansion of the risk management practice. Kirkland has 26 years of …
A former Shawnee, Okla., insurance agent was sentenced recently to 97 months in federal prison, but state prosecutors say the man has agreed to a much lengthier sentence for swindling scores of investors out of more than $8 million, according …
Nearly two years after he served a six-month prison sentence, former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown has completed a book chronicling the case that put him behind bars—and is continuing to maintain his innocence, the Associated Press reported. A federal …
Heath Insurance Brokers announced that Jerry Murphy has been promoted to senior vice president for the company’s Texas branch. Murphy specializes in worker injury coverages including both workers’ compensation and Texas non-subscriber insurance through open market and in- house facilities. …
The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that as a part of the agency’s ongoing Business Process Improvement initiative, an online application for filing a Notice of Injury or Occupational Disease and Claim for Compensation has been developed and is available …
AIG Programs Division has more successful programs today than years ago, thanks in great measure to the lessons the company has learned from programs that failed. “It’s critical to know what’s happening,” according to David Jordan, senior vice president at …
Robert Drohan has been appointed chief underwriting officer for Target Insurance Services in Avon, Conn. In that capacity, Drohan will serve as program manager for Target’s Staffing Firms Program, as well as the company’s Tax Preparers Program, and Miscellaneous E …
A stash of 814 diamonds that would have helped pay for Martin Frankel’s run from American authorities will be sold over a two-day period next month leading up to the day of his sentencing. Frankel, 50, pleaded guilty to 24 …
