Monthly Archives: <span>September 2005</span>

Nearly 500 Oklahomans Eligible for Restitution from State Farm Insurance

Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson announced that his office is notifying 496 Oklahoma consumers who may be eligible for restitution under an agreement with State Farm Insurance, but he wants them to be wary of scams that could occur as …

FAIA Extends MATS Seminar Online Registration Date

The deadline to register online has been extended to Sept. 30 for the Florida Independent Insurance Agents Management and Automation Training Seminar and Exhibit. The seminar and exhibit will be held by FAIA Oct. 16 to 18 at the Caribe …

American Family Reducing Auto Insurance in Wis.

American Family Mutual Insurance Co. said Monday it is reducing premiums for Wisconsin auto insurance customers. Homeowners insurance customers who have remained claims-free for five years or more will also pay less. Auto insurance premiums will be an average of …

Flood Insurance Rises In Sacramento

Flood insurance purchases are picking up in California’s Central Valley. While Sacramento doesn’t face the threat of hurricanes, it is a community protected by a dam and miles of aging levees. Communities throughout the Central Valley are in similar predicaments …

W.V. Woman Indicted for Cashing Husbands’ Checks After His Death

Karen Manley Richards has been indicted in Fayette County, W.V. on a felony offense of workers’ compensation fraud according to an announcement in Charleston, W.V. by Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline. Richards is charged with fraudulently cashing dependent benefit checks …

Before Hurricane Rita Made Landfall, AppRiver Offered Digital Disaster Safety

Before Hurricane Rita made landfall, AppRiver, a Gulf Breeze, Fla. provider of business email security solutions, offered companies in the path of Hurricane Rita a free service to protect and preserve email traffic in case their servers were affected by …

Ky. Councilman Pleads Guilty in Workers’ Comp Scheme

Danny W. Miller, a Central City, Ky. Councilman, has pleaded guilty to bilking the federal government out of more than $100,000 in workers’ compensation benefits during a four-year period. Miller appeared in the Owensburg U.S. District Court and pled guilty …

Tentative Agreement Reached in Ky. on AIK Comp Case

The rehabilitation of failed workers’ compensation self-insured group AIK Comp has taken a step toward resolution in Frankfort, Ky. under a tentative agreement reached through court-ordered mediation. At issue has been the plan of reorganization and the method used to …

W.V. Big ‘I’ Convention: Commissioner Cline, Experts to Discuss Workers’ Comp Issues

West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline, and leading West Virginia insurance instructors, experts and officials will address the Oct. 7 to 10 annual Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) convention at the Clarion Hotel and …

IPCC Report Finds CO2 Storage Could Reduce Climate Change Effects

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have focused the world’s attention on the global warming phenomenon. It seems clear that worldwide temperatures, especially those in the oceans, have risen over the last decade. Whether this is due to a natural cyclical process, …