Monthly Archives: <span>March 2006</span>

Texas Workers’ Comp Stakeholders Meetings Scheduled for March

The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold stakeholders meetings Mar. 9 and Mar. 22, 2006. For those who cannot attend the Mar. 9 meeting, TDI/DWC will hold a live Web cast beginning at 1:00 p.m. The …

Agents and Brokers: Top 10 Reasons to Join the Top 100 … and Let Your Success be Known

Insurance Journal’s search for the nation’s top privately-owned independent insurance agencies and brokerages has begun but some qualified firms have not yet sent in their entry forms. The final deadline has been extended until Friday, March 31. Because everybody likes …

Fall Protection, Trenching and Shoring Seminar Set for Houston

The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation will present a one-day educational seminar on Fall Protection and Trenching and Shoring, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Apr. 12. The seminar will take place at Windsor Suites, Embassy …

Okla. House Committee Approves Republicans’ Lawsuit Reform Bill

The Oklahoma House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved House Bill 3120, the Common Sense in the Courtroom Act, which was proposed by the House Republican leadership. The bill now goes to the full House for a vote. Speaker Todd Hiett …

QualCorp, Inc. Unveils QueryPlus Reporting Tool at AAMGA Annual Meeting

QueryPlus is a reporting tool that reads every database you operate on your LAN/WAN simultaneously and in real time. Regardless of location or size of your database! QualCorp, Inc., located in booth number 24, will have a showcase of QueryPlus …

Kansas Collects $410,598 in Taxes from American International Group Inc.

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger in a written statement said that Kansas is the recipient of back taxes and interest in the amount of $410,598 from one of the largest insurance groups in the United States, American International Group Inc. …

Alaska Workers Recover 56,000 Gallons; Content Likely ‘Mostly Oil’

Workers in Alaska have recovered more than 56,000 gallons, or 1,335 barrels, of crude oil and snowmelt after a leak was discovered on a transit line on Prudhoe Bay, officials said. It’s still not known how much total oil spilled …

Agents, Brokers Encourage Calif. Supreme Court to De-Publish Opinion

Insurance Agents and Brokers of the West (IBA West) has urged the California Supreme Court to “depublish” an unprecedented appellate court opinion suggesting that insurance broker-agents owe a legal duty of care to third parties injured when a policyholder failed …

OneBeacon Enhances Financial Institutions Product

Boston-based OneBeacon Insurance has introduced a new product for managing the increasingly complex risks of community banking. OneBeacon’s newest product — Professional @vantage for Financial Institutions — joins protection for emerging issues with traditional coverages such as Directors and Officers …

W.Va. Suspect Indicted for Workers’ Comp Fraud

West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced today that Paul V. Dixon was indicted this week on one felony count of wrongfully seeking workers’ compensation benefits. Dixon was allegedly injured at home while trimming a tree on his property; …