The Spokane, Wash., City Council will decide whether to terminate a contract with a private ambulance company that overbilled hundreds of patients and insurance companies more than $320,000 in the past three years. The overbilling has soured relations between the …
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says businesses won’t be forced to participate in a program using federal Medicaid dollars to provide health insurance to employees, but if they do, they’ll have to cover all employees. Huckabee said the federal government had …
The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing on Mar. 30, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. in the Tippy Foster Room of the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s central office located at 7551 Metro Center Drive, …
Southwest Risk, LP, a wholesale broker in Dallas, Texas, announced the launch of Apartment Guard, a proprietary loss control program for apartments. Apartment Guard is designed to educate apartment property owners, managers and maintenance staff in the risk management process. …
‘Speed-meeting’ round table discussions in which members will sit at tables and have an opportunity to talk with underwriters and discuss the current market, products and services, sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Dade County Young Agents, will be …
Beecher Carlson, an Atlanta-based brokerage and risk management consulting firm, has expanded its executive liability practice with the addition of Zulma Marquez Zak as senior vice president. Zak has more than 20 years experience in the insurance and risk management …
In a worst-case scenario of greed-driven criminal activity, Waurd Demolaire, 25, of Brooklyn, New York, was convicted Feb. 16 by a Queens County jury of killing a 71-year-old grandmother in 2003. Demolaire intentionally struck a vehicle driven by Alice Ross. …
Hub International Limited has made several management changes in its New England operation. Charles (Charley) J. Brophy will assume the role of president and chief executive officer of insurance brokerage Hub International New England (HUB New England). Brophy will succeed …
A Rhode Island Superior Court has blocked a subpoena for computer files sought by state officials as part of their audit of Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. Beacon Mutual succeeded in convincing the court that the subpoena asking it to turn …
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced a hearing on auto insurance rates will be held in Raleigh in June and recently requested rate increases will be denied until after the hearings. This announcement comes after the North Carolina …
