The Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) will begin its hearings on a proposal to reduce to zero for six months the premiums employers and workers pay into one of the funds that supports the state’s workers’ compensation system. …
California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has announced that the mileage rate that workers’ compensation claims administrators pay injured workers for travel related to medical treatment or evaluation of their injuries will increase from 44.5 cents per mile to 48.5 …
Homeowners who hire unlicensed contractors believing that will save them money may be penny-wise and pound foolish, according to a survey by Seattle-based Pemco Insurance. In its survey, Pemco found of Washingtonians who hire third-parties for repairs around their home, …
Houston General Insurance Exchange has upgraded its OneChoice package offering for personal insurance consumers in Arizona – and renamed it OneChoice CustomPac. The program is designed to allow consumers to continue all of their homeowners, auto, boat and umbrella coverage …
As thousands of extra workers populate job sites during the holiday season, the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) issued a reminder to employers of the importance of safety in the workplace for all holiday hires. According to Challenger, Gray & …
The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a Texas insurance agent has been told to cease and desist engaging in allegedly fraudulent insurance activities in Louisiana where he is not a licensed agent. The department said Houston-based insurance agent Iftikhar …
A call into the Texas Arson Hotline resulted in four juveniles being cited for criminal mischief in Marfa, the Texas Advisory Council on Arson reported. The four allegedly participated in setting a bag of trash on fire on the front …
Texas-based auto insurance provider Empower Insurance Group announced it is teaming up with numerous independent insurance agents across the state to reach out to families in need this holiday season through the Empower Christmas Wish program. “Empower Insurance wanted to …
An Albany, La., insurance agent was recently arrested and issued a cease and desist order on charges of fraud, forgery and misappropriation of funds, the Louisiana Department of Insurance reported. Roberta Ann Schaferkotter, age 63, surrendered to the State Police …
In Illinois’ intense debate over the cost of medical malpractice, insurance companies and trial lawyers are often bitter enemies. Kim Presbrey is determined to change that. A former president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Presbrey has started an insurance …
