The State Elections Enforcement Commission in Connecticut fined 16 members of Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s administration for illegally giving subordinates invitations to a Rell campaign fundraiser. Thirteen commissioners including Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell and three deputy commissioners have each agreed, …
In his first political firestorm since taking office in January, Gov. Jon S. Corzine said Wednesday that he provided $5,000 in bail money to an insurance lobbyist accused of stalking a state assemblyman. “I reacted as a human being responding …
Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. has hired the team of insurance professionals from Nevada CompFirst Inc. and Med West Inc. of Nevada to strengthen its presence in Nevada’s self-insured workers’ compensation market. NCF and Med West are led by Leslie Bell. …
Utah insurers faced a busy and difficult year throughout the Utah 2006 legislative session, the American Insurance Association (AIA) said. “Insurers had to play a lot of defense this year,” said Steve Suchil, AIA assistant vice president for the western …
The Target Markets Program Administrators Association has released the final agenda its Mid Year Meeting in Baltimore, scheduled for April 10-12, 2006, at the Hyatt Regency in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. “Our Mid Year Meeting has quickly grown to offer the …
A Southern Illinois University cheerleading accident has spurred on the group that sets standards at the school to call for new restrictions on the types of stunts cheerleaders perform. The fall from a 15 foot human pyramid tower taken by …
Ohio’s top judge rejected a request by the coin dealer charged in a state investment scandal who requested that all Lucas County judges be disqualified from hearing his case. In a four-page order, Chief Justice Thomas Moyer of the Ohio …
Florida agents have been notified by Poe Financial Group that thousands of policyholders with its Southern Family Insurance Company will no longer be able to renew or insure new homeowner or commercial lines business. The company said its other insurance …
Kip A. Thomas has been promoted to assistant vice president in the Personal Lines Division at TD Banknorth Insurance Agency, Inc. in South Portland, Maine. A private client insurance agent, he will be responsible for high net worth personal lines …
The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission issued Advisory 2006-1, Update to Medical Fee Schedule, which announces a new conversion factor in the Medical Fee Schedule for anesthesia reimbursements. The conversion factor is effective Apr. 1, 2006. From Apr. 1, 2006, through …
