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

MAIF Employee Sentenced for Felony Insurance Fraud After Jury Verdict

Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. reported that Deborah J. Odum of Annapolis, was sentenced for felony insurance fraud after having been found guilty on Nov. 21, following a jury trial in the Anne Arundel Circuit Court. Odum, 51, …

Worldwide Facilities Hires Broker

Worldwide Facilities Inc. has hired Dat Nguyen as a casualty broker in its Los Angeles office. He will be reporting to Daniel Colacurcio in Worldwide’s Construction Division. Prior to joining Worldwide, Nguyen spent more than five years with Pacific Gateway …

Nine Broward County Residents Indicted for Falsifying FEMA Claims

Arrests of nine Broward County residents indicted for defrauding the Federal Emergency Assistance Agency to obtain disaster relief after last year’s Hurricane Frances have been announced jointly by R. Alexander Acosta, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and …

HCC Notes Quarterly Dividend

Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. reported its 38th consecutive quarterly cash dividend. Stephen Way, chairman and chief executive officer, stated that the Board of Directors had declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.0750 per share on the company’s shares …

Acordia Purchases Assets of M.J. Beaven Agency in Ohio

Acordia Inc. has acquired the assets of M.J. Beaven Agency Inc. in Copley, Ohio. The acquisition closed Dec. 1, 2005. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. M.J. Beaven Agency, founded by Michael Beaven, has served clients since 2000, and …

NCCI Criticizes AP Report on S.C. Workers’ Comp As ‘Factually Incorrect’

The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. has criticized recent Associated Press articles discussing NCCI’s review of the South Carolina Governor’s Workers Compensation Task Force proposal as being factually incorrect in several essential areas, according to Peter M. Burton, senior …

Houston Man Charged in Katrina Claims Filing Scam with FEMA

United States Attorney Chuck Rosenberg announced the filing of criminal charges against Clifford Neville, 53, of Houston, Texas, for reportedly filing false claims for emergency disaster funds with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in violation of 18 U.S.C. § …

Guy Carpenter Study: U.S. Tort System Less Hostile to Corporate Defendants, Their Insurers

Guy Carpenter & Company Inc. reported the release of a new study, Recent Legislative and Judicial Trends Affecting the U.S. Casualty Industry, on key legislative and judicial developments and their impact on the U.S. casualty market. The report provides an …

A.M. Best Report: Terrorism – Too Risky Without TRIA

A.M. Best Co. believes terrorism is too risky without some sort of backstop to protect insurance companies providing coverage on a primary basis. The expiration of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) of 2002 without any substantive replacement could trigger …

Meadowbrook to Offer Malpractice Insurance in Ohio

Michigan-based Meadowbrook Insurance Group recently announced the availability of a medical malpractice liability insurance product for preferred physicians in Ohio. Insurance policies will be issued through Meadowbrook’s subsidiary insurance carrier, Savers Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Inc., which specializes in …