There’s a bill circulating around the California legislature that would allow cities and counties to be able to restrict dog breeds deemed “malicious and dangerous,” by requiring owners to spay and neuter their dogs, and prohibit breeding. SB 861, introduced …
The Insurance Council of Texas will host its 2005 Workers’ Compen-sation Conference in Austin on Sept. 7. State Representative Burt Solomons of Carrollton, author of House Bill 7, the broad workers’ compensation legislation passed during the regular session of the …
The Oklahoma Attorney General’s office reported that a former employee of Gore’s Southlake Insurance Agency was charged with multiple violations of the state’s computer crimes act and embezzlement. Sabrina Diane Sands, 27, was charged in Sequoyah County District Court with …
Oklahoma Ins-urance Commiss-ioner Kim Holland ordered Global Bonding to stop conducting unauthorized business involving insurance in Oklahoma. The order states the company violated state law by misleading consumers, construction companies and subcontractors regarding surety bonding for construction projects. The action …
On Sept. 22, 2005, in Baton Rouge, La., the Workers Compensation Research Institute will present the preliminary findings for Louisiana from the 6th Edition of the annual WCRI CompScope multi-state benchmarks study that will be published in February 2006. This …
Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that a former insurance producer from Mansura, La., was arrested and issued a cease and desist order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds. Gordon Mark Scallan, 39, was arrested by the State Police Fraud …
Three Baton Rouge, La., men were arrested and charged with making and selling fake automobile insurance cards and inspection stickers, according to the Louisiana State Police. Investigating a complaint regarding a fraudulent insurance identification card purchased in 2004 from Daniel …
The Arkansas Insurance Department issued a bulletin containing guidelines for insurance producers regarding compliance with the state’s Producer Licensing Model Act. For the vast majority of producers who do not act as brokers, the disclosure requirements will simply be to …
The Arkansas Workers Compensa-tion Commission will hold the 18th Annual Workers’ Compen-sation Educational Conference Oct. 12-14 in Little Rock. The AWCC said businesses and their insurance agents are invited to attend the three-day session and find answers to their questions …
As worldwide oil consumption and demand spirals upward so to does the stress on U.S. oilfield workers to meet those demands, according to the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Permian Basin Chapter in Midland, Texas. New and inexperienced workers …
