January 31, 2006
A Springfield, Mo. insurance agent was found guilty this month of illegally selling unregistered investments, a crime that contributed to dozens of Ozark area residents losing millions of dollars. Former insurance agent Bill Hull faces up to 40 years in …
January 31, 2006
The president of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society will ring the closing bell at The NASDAQ Stock Market in Times Square today to kick-off the group’s annual Directors & Officers insurance symposium in New York. The ceremony will be broadcast …
January 31, 2006
Provider Insurance Group has named Jamie Moran as an employee benefit specialist in the insurance agency’s Woonsocket, R.I. office. As an employee benefit specialist, Moran performs administrative duties assisting employees, retirees and insurance carriers regarding employee health, dental and vision …
January 31, 2006
Two Fox News employees have filed a lawsuit claiming they were sickened by air contaminated with toxic molds and pesticides while working in the building where “The O’Reilly Factor” and “At Large with Geraldo Rivera” are produced. Laurette DeRosairo and …
January 31, 2006
Federal officials say they will place the first tsunami-detecting buoys in the Atlantic Ocean this spring to give residents more time to escape the giant waves. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced its plans last week as Norfolk marked …
January 30, 2006
The American Insurance Association (AIA) takes issue with the AP article that appeared on Insurance Journal’s Web site Jan. 30, for it shows once again the extent to which opponents of workers’ compensation reform will go to defeat a measure …
January 30, 2006
National Atlantic Holdings Corp., a provider of specialized property/casualty insurance products and related insurance services based in Freehold, N.J., has appointed as Vice President Douglas Wheeler, former assistant commissioner and chief of staff of the New Jersey Department of Banking …
January 30, 2006
USG Corporation announced today that it has reached an agreement to resolve all present and future asbestos-related personal injury claims, enabling the company and its subsidiaries to take a significant step toward emerging from bankruptcy. The agreement requires USG to …
January 30, 2006
It is quite common in certain insurance or reinsurance contracts for the parties to include an arbitration clause so as to identify the chosen means of dispute resolution. For those threatened with the prospect of litigation, the ability to avoid …
January 30, 2006
Retired National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Project Director Dr. Waylon “Ben” Livingston recently confirmed in an article published on PrisonPlanet.com what Peter Cordani, founder of Dyn-O-Mat, has reportedly been saying for seven years: Seeding clouds, thunderstorms, hurricanes and fires …