March 10, 2006
What impact will DP World’s decision to drop its plans to enter into an agreement to run several U.S. ports have on American businesses located in countries with strong cultural and business ties to Dubai? Perhaps none. But Aon Trade …
March 10, 2006
Commercial marine seminars have been scheduled March 22 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and Sept. 12 in Tampa by LIG Educational and Consulting Services, of St. Petersburg, Fla., an insurance wholesaler specializing in all lines of commercial marine insurance and other …
March 10, 2006
Aon Corp. released information this week in its annual report saying that it will cut 1,800 jobs from its worldwide operations through a three-year restructuring plan. The annual report filing made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed March …
March 10, 2006
Residents in Florida’s Panhandle will remain vulnerable to the destructive forces of hurricanes until lawmakers stand up to irresponsible special interests that have worked to keep much of Northwest Florida exempt from the statewide building code, according to the Property …
March 10, 2006
“Making the Right Connections” is the theme for the Institute for Business & Home Safety’s (IBHS) 2006 Annual Conference on Property Loss Reduction. The event is scheduled for Nov. 16-17 at the Hilton Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. Speakers …
March 10, 2006
Two La Crosse, Wis. area registered nurses were convicted recently of filing fraudulent Medicaid insurance claims. Janice Corbett, 65, of Ontario, Wis., pleaded guilty in Dane County Circuit Court to one count of misdemeanor fraudulent insurance claims, according to Attorney …
March 10, 2006
Union Bank of California North America, based in San Francisco, has named Michael A. Janes CEO of its insurance subsidiary, UnionBanc Insurance Services Inc. Janes joins the agency from Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs Co. where he was regional director of …
March 10, 2006
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi reported the arrest of Linda Carleen Moore, 42, of Palmdale, on felony charges of falsifying an accident disability claim. Moore, an employee of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services (LADPSS) in Lancaster, …
March 10, 2006
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has joined other members of the insurance industry in filing an Amici Curiae brief involving a multi-state class action appeal currently before the Washington State Supreme Court. The friend of the court …
March 10, 2006
A fire in Jackson, Wyo., gutted the second floor of an office building where eight businesses had offices. The fire began shortly after midnight Friday, March 3 in a bathroom in the office of Grand Teton Realty, said Greg Prugh, …