January 8, 2008
Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported it recovered more than $1 million in workers’ compensation fraud last year. The company also announced that Texas Mutual investigators Victoria Quintana and William Muhr earned the designation of Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) from the …
January 8, 2008
The Kentucky Office of Insurance Fraud Division arrested a Somerset, Ky., insurance agent last month following an indictment on 11 felony counts of insurance fraud and four felony counts of possession of a forged instrument. James Garner Sadler, 57, of …
January 8, 2008
No complaints have been received by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) on how the insurance industry handled any of the estimated 5,000 auto, homeowner and commercial claims that resulted from Hurricane Humberto, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) reported. …
January 8, 2008
Colemont Insurance Brokers announced that Craig Dunn has been promoted to broker in the company’s Dallas office. Craig joined Colemont in June 2005 and has served as a marketing associate as part of the Financial Services team under Cindy Stowe’s …
January 8, 2008
A second man from Springfield, Ore., has filed a lawsuit in Nebraska alleging that the Omaha Archdiocese ignored reports that one of its priests was having improper contact with children. The lawsuit was filed this week in U.S. District Court …
January 8, 2008
New York-based Valiant Insurance Group has hired Joseph P. O’Connor as senior vice president. O’Connor will oversee Valiant’s marine and energy insurance lines. He previously served as vice president with Liberty International Underwriters in New York, and vice president at …
January 8, 2008
A new study of Maryland’s physician workforce shows that the state has a growing shortage of doctors in clinical practice, and concludes it could become dire for patients, especially those in need of medical specialists. “It is a silent crisis …
January 8, 2008
The Proformance Insurance Co., the main operating subsidiary of National Atlantic Holdings Corp., a provider of specialized property-casualty insurance products based in Freehold, N.J., has appointed Thomas Glowacki as vice president of claims. Prior to joining Proformance, Glowacki served as …
January 8, 2008
Erie Insurance Group says an internal investigation shows the company properly handled a claim by former Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce. Joyce has been indicted on charges he bilked Erie Insurance and State Farm out of $440,000 in an …
January 8, 2008
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is redrawing flood zone maps for the District. The proposed changes would add a flood zone that would include Federal Triangle, much of the Mall, and a large portion of Southwest Washington. The plans were …