September 27, 2005
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 …
September 27, 2005
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 …
September 27, 2005
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 …
September 27, 2005
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 …
September 27, 2005
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 …
September 27, 2005
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 …
September 27, 2005
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 …
September 27, 2005
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 …
September 27, 2005
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 …
September 27, 2005
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, …