Terms of a class-action lawsuit against Murphy Oil USA does not prevent Louisiana homeowners from leaving the suit and settling their own claims stemming from the refinery’s oil spill after Hurricane Katrina, a judge has ruled. According to the Associated …
Arizona lawmakers have preliminary approved a bill and constitutional amendment that would deny workers’ compensation benefits to employees injured or killed on the job who test positive for alcohol or illegal drugs. Workers who have drugs or alcohol in their …
A Colorado proposal to deny workers’ compensation benefits to illegal immigrants injured on their jobs has died in a Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee. Republican Sen. Greg Brophy’s bill 98 would have barred any “unauthorized alien” from receiving workers’ …
A looming workers’ compensation court case could cost Montana taxpayers $100 million and force a roughly $160 million rate hike for business buying insurance from the Montana State Fund, the agency’s top official said. Laurence Hubbard, president of the Montana …
Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson recently released the list of the top ten consumer complaints received by his office’s Consumer Protection Unit in 2005. Topping the list again this year were Internet-related complaints. “Internet usage has exploded over the last …
New York-based Willis Group Holdings Ltd. has announced plans to open a brokerage office in Washington to service the Inland Northwest. The office will be managed by Curtis Taylor. The company said it hopes to fill a perceived market void …
An Oklahoma County jury on Feb. 8 found former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher guilty on one count each of embezzlement and perjury. The 12-member panel, which deliberated about two hours after less than two days of testimony, recommended that …
Richard C. Crist, Jr., previously field vice president and president of Allstate New Jersey, was recently appointed to the position of field vice president (FVP) of Allstate’s Texas Region, headquartered in Irving. As FVP of the Texas Region, Crist will …
Two companies insuring several rural churches burned in Bibb County and west Alabama are offering rewards that could total more than $77,000, in addition to state and federal rewards totaling $10,000. Five church fires Feb. 3 in Bibb County have …
A Greensboro, N.C., woman attacked at work and kidnapped by her boss and his wife is fighting with an insurance company over her workers’ compensation claim, the News & Record and the Associated Press reported. The issue is whether the …
