Rating and industry analysts at A.M. Best are maintaining their stable outlook for the personal lines property/casualty segment in 2007 based on what they see as this sector’s continued favorable risk-adjusted capitalization and ongoing operating profitability. They estimate that the …
A federal appeals court rejected an insurance company’s claim that it shouldn’t have to pay accidental-death benefits for the 2002 death of a Little Rock financier at the center of a Securities Department investigation. Mace David Howell died in Los …
Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has asked a judge to order New-York based Marsh and McLennan to turn over documents Dann says the state is owed as part of an antitrust investigation. Dann says the company has impeded the state’s …
Even though same-sex couples can’t get married in Virginia, they can live together in a situation that’s comparable to marriage in the eyes of the law, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. A three-judge panel unanimously reversed Fairfax County …
Anyone who uses a Grapevine-Colleyville school district batting cage will be required to wear a helmet under new rules adopted in response to a baseball player’s death. The Dallas-area school district announced new safety regulations this week after 17-year-old Chris …
Lawmakers and safety advocates on Capitol Hill called for new auto safety upgrades this week that would require rearview cameras for drivers and power windows that automatically reverse, both as a way to protect children around vehicles. “None of us …
The West Virginia Supreme Court refused this week to hear Charleston Area Medical Center’s appeal of a 2005 circuit court ruling that upheld a physician’s right to provide his own medical malpractice insurance. The hospital had sought to overturn Kanawha …
A federal judge in Gulfport, Miss. has refused to disqualify himself from hearing a bid to certify a class-action lawsuit against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. over the insurer’s handling of claims after Hurricane Katrina. Bloomington, Ill.-based State Farm …
A bill that would create a special health insurance pool for chronically ill people who aren’t insured or can’t afford coverage is getting another airing in the North Carolina Legislature. The measure won approval on Tuesday from the House Health …
Workers’ compensation administrator First Cardinal LLC has announced several new hires at its Latham, N.Y. headquarters. Christopher J. Kownack has joined the claims department as claims representative. Susan Shafer has joined the claims department as claims assistant. Cory Stanton has …
