Hispanics in Florida reported they lacked directions and information in Spanish to assist them in preparing for Hurricane Wilma and to tell them what to do and where to go. Rocio Ayala, a Naples resident told the Sun-Times she was …
In October, 2003, when the Florida Legislature approved an updated workers’ compensation program, legislators “drew a line in the sand,” and decided to go after employers not paying their fair share into the system, according to Andrew Sabolic, chief of …
Eight members of an alleged staged-crash-ring, accused of filing more than $100,000 in fraudulent insurance claims in a staged accident have been arrested in Miami. Brothers and suspected ringleaders Jimmy Desir, 27, and Nildo Desir, 29, planned and recruited the …
Okeechobee building contractor Merle Dee Johnson bonded out of the Okeechobee County Jail on $30,000 bond, after Florida investigators charged him with workers’ compensation fraud and grand theft. Johnston was arrested after he allegedly misused loan money and failed to …
The Florida Division of Insurance Fraud has released a list of arrests, convictions and ongoing investigations showing that 32 people have been arrested, eight convicted and 84 are being actively investigated. According to Nina Bannister, DOI spokeswoman, the department received …
For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to progress, contractors engaged in this important work must be adequately protected from long-term and uncertain liabilities. As insurance brokers, we at Willis work with our clients …
A series of six legislative meetings attended by 30 legislators and 102 agents were held this fall by the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia in Augusta, Macon, Savannah. Marietta, Gwinnett County and Valdosta. IIAG is planning a series of six …
Frank Sheppard Michael Robinson has been named vice president and zone manager of ACE USA Professional Risk’s, Southeast Region, a division of the ACE Group of Companies. Robinson will work with brokers and clients in the southeast in distribution, sales …
U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., is suing his insurance company over damages to his beachfront Pascagoula home, which was leveled by Hurricane Katrina. The law office of Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, Lott’s brother-in-law, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Lott …
If you live within a mile of a church, you’re far less likely to have a car accident than drivers who live more than a mile from a church. But if you live within a mile of a restaurant, you …
