Monthly Archives: <span>January 2006</span>

From Pinstripes to Prison Stripes: Near North’s Segal on Life Behind Bars

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 …

Mississippi Coast faces the storm after the storms: wind or water damage?

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 …

Pennsylvania renews medical premium subsidy

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 …

New year brings lowered rates for Mass. drivers

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 …

Editor’s Note: Honesty at work

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 …

Mass. gets new safe driver plan, too

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 …

N.J. Neurologist Charged with Million Dollar Insurance Fraud Scam

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 …

FEMA Awards $3.7M to State of Alabama for Disaster Mitigation

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 …

Individual Assistance for Katrina Victims in Miss. Hits $1B Mark

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 …