The Delaware River and other waterways around the nation will be better protected from oil spills under legislation approved Tuesday by Congress, according to one of the measure’s co-sponsors. The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 establishes higher …
RTW Rehabilitation Services Inc. of Baltimore, Md. has pleaded guilty to one charge of mail fraud in federal court in Charleston, W.Va. and ordered to pay $40,000 in restitution to the West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner according to …
New York Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills announced the appointment of Susan Donnellan as the New York State Insurance Department’s Deputy Superintendent and General Counsel. Donnellan had been the Department’s Deputy General Counsel since July 2000. She provided legal and …
Public policymakers are considering cost containment measures to bring the costs of prescription drugs used to treat injured workers more into line with similar costs in group health or government insurance programs, according to an analysis by the Workers Compensation …
PMSI-Tmesys of Tampa, Fla. has promoted Jeff Lee to vice president of Pharmacy Operations and Account Services. The firm is a provider of pharmacy, medical services and supplies to the workers’ compensation and catastrophic care industries. Lee heads the company’s …
Trident Insurance Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of San Antonio-based Argonaut Group Inc., introduced an environmental impairment liability product for public entities, public schools and public and private water utilities, waster transfer facilities, and recycling centers. According to the …
A judge in Columbia, S.C. deciding whether to approve a nearly 33 percent increase in a workers’ compensation rates may be asked to reopen a case after opponents of the increase learned the Insurance Department didn’t disclose overcharges based on …
Mississippi has increased by 35 percent insurance values used in calculating homeowner grant amounts to compensate for higher post-Katrina construction costs. Scott Hamilton, spokesman for the Mississippi Development Authority, in Jackson, Miss. said the action came after officials realized the …
The Wisconsin insurance commissioner’s office and an office that regulates workers’ compensation approved new rules in secret and refused to turn over public records, The Employer Group Inc. alleges in a lawsuit alleges. The Employer Group Inc., a Madison staffing …
The Michigan Association of Insurance Agents is reminding everyone that extreme caution is needed over the 4th of July weekend with holiday fireworks. Almost 13,000 people were injured from fireworks in the U.S., with 8,500 people treated in hospital emergency …
