Republican lawmakers had no legal authority to ask the Ohio Supreme Court to throw out a veto Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland carried out on his first day in office, the state’s top lawyer said this week. Attorney General Marc Dann …
South Carolina’s new state insurance director rejected calls this week for the broad expansion of a program that offers coverage for hurricane-prone areas and said such a move would cost many consumers more money. Some legislators have called for an …
A preliminary bulletin issued by Alabama Emergency Management Agency late Thursday reported that there were 17 confirmed deaths in Coffee County and one confirmed death in Wilcox County due to damage caused by tornadoes that cut a swath through southern …
Former Oklahoma state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher was arrested and jailed this week for allegedly violating the terms of his appeal bond, a spokeswoman for the attorney general said. “Carroll Fisher is in the custody of the Oklahoma County jail,” …
When Paul Bergersen told the Kansas Insurance Department that his company was treating auto policyholders with Hispanic surnames differently than others, investigators had little experience to draw upon. Bergersen, who is white and was Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.’s leading salesman …
After considering running as an independent, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale filed papers Wednesday to seek an eighth four-year term as a Democrat. He qualified on the next-to-last day possible. There’s a 5 p.m. Thursday deadline for people to become …
A Buffalo, N.Y. medical clinic operator pleaded guilty this week for his role in a fraud scheme built around staged automobile accidents, according to officials. Maxim Levin, 29, of Tonawanda became the 25th person to plead guilty in the case, …
A federal judge weighing competing plans to resolve thousands of disputed claims against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. after Hurricane Katrina heard emotional testimony Wednesday in Gulfport from Mississippi policyholders who believe they have been shortchanged by the insurer. …
OneBeacon Insurance Group is forming a specialty business that will target government entities with property and casualty products. Managing this business will be Josette Kiel, joined by Jeffrey Richardson and Bradley York. OneBeacon Government Risk Solutions is the second new …
Tennessee authorities filed arson charges this week against four volunteer firefighters in connection with two house fires in Bell Buckle. Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce said all suspects have confessed to parts of the charges against them. “They admitted to …
