January 1, 2006
Former Chicago Insurance Broker Serving Time for Fraud Appears on TV; Is Movie Next? Once you get over the fear…you find that people are just people,” Michael “Mickey” Segal, 63, told an ABC-TV news anchor regarding concerns about other prison …
January 1, 2006
The wind came first. It pried off boards and shot debris into windows at Ron Peresich’s home on Biloxi’s (Mississippi) Back Bay. It tore off rooftops and buckled walls in Bud Ray’s Long Beach neighborhood. In Bay St. Louis, Kelvin …
January 1, 2006
About 30,000 Pennsylvania health care providers would receive a state subsidy for a fourth straight year to help them pay their medical malpractice insurance bills, under legislation signed by Gov. Ed Rendell. The legislation benefits doctors who pay into a …
January 1, 2006
Private passenger auto insurance rates will be cut an average 8.7 percent in Massachusetts in 2006 under a ruling by insurance commissioner Julianne M. Bowler. The new rates translate to an average decrease of $95.14 per vehicle and a statewide …
January 1, 2006
When people bemoan the lack of honesty in corporate America, images of Enron, WorldCom and Martha Stewart come to mind. But honesty issues have a significant impact on virtually every workplace in America, says consultant Steven Gaffney. Author of the …
January 1, 2006
The new year also brings a new Safe Driver Insurance Plan for Massachusetts drivers in addition to lower rates. The revised plan will provide discounts for the state’s best drivers and offer incentives for bad drivers to improve their driving …
January 1, 2006
New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey reported that a Mercer County neurologist, his former medical practice and four former medical diagnostic and/or medical equipment corporations, along with the former office manager, have been charged with devising a lucrative insurance fraud …
January 1, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a total of $3.7 million in Hazard Mitigation Grant funds for disaster mitigation projects to the Town of Brookside, the Gulf Shores Utilities Board and the Franklin County …
January 1, 2006
Federal and state aid to Mississippians affected by Hurricane Katrina throughout Mississippi has surpassed $1billion, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). This figure includes costs for emergency assistance …