Steptoe & Johnson LLP has announced it will open a Chicago office in January. Nine partners whose practices focus on commercial, insurance and reinsurance litigation will join Steptoe from Gardner Carton & Douglas’ Chicago office. Together with recent additions in …
Work-related injuries due to traffic accidents are relatively costly and are on the increase as a growing share of workers compensation loss costs. According to the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc., the total costs of traffic accidents borne by …
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) will again confront a number of legislative issues important to agents and brokers at both the state and federal levels in 2007, including progress on licensing, regulatory, tax and …
The Florida workers’ compensation market is in good shape, although some small firms may be having difficulty obtaining coverage. An analysis by Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty’s office shows the state’s workers’ compensation market is competitive compared to the country’s five …
Lawmakers and health care advocates in West Virginia must confront a stark reality: more than one in two residents either get their insurance from the government or have no insurance at all. Next year, the Legislature will face the soaring …
Don’t try to tell Ken Walker that the health care program Medi-Share should be banned in Kentucky. Formerly of Louisville, the Huntington, W.Va.-based freelance writer enrolled in the for-Christians-only initiative about 10 years ago. Since then, it has paid for …
New Hampshire can celebrate a reduction in the number of highway deaths in 2006. Division of Motor Vehicles Director Virginia Beecher said fatal crashes dropped from 161 last year to 122 this year. She credits increased police presence for detering …
Outgoing California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi said “California is not prepared for the financial consequences of a major disaster” and more work needs to be done to improve the state’s workers’ compensation system. At his final Capitol news conference as …
The insurance company for Gold Hill, a southwest Oregon city, has threatened to pull its coverage because of continuing problems with the city council and the police department. In a letter obtained by the (Medford) Mail Tribune newspaper, Noel Klein, …
Farmer and longtime Prowers County Commissioner John Stulp will be nominated to head the Colorado Agriculture Department, Gov.-elect Bill Ritter said. The Democrat also said he would appoint Manitou Springs Mayor Marcy Morrison, a Republican, as insurance commissioner. The announcement …
