Willis Group Holdings has released a summation of its presentation on terrorism insurance at the General Arab Insurance Federation (GAIF) conference in Bahrain. The global broker notes: “Despite a number of recent terrorist attacks occurring on Middle East and North …
The California State Compensation Insurance Fund has appointed Thomas D. Clark to vice president and member of the Executive Committee. “Tom’s extensive experience in marketing as well as claims will be invaluable as State Fund re-aligns our operations to more …
San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. announced that Martin Stryker has joined its firm as vice president/financial solutions in the brokerage firm’s employee benefits practice. In this role, Stryker will focus on medical cost reduction, pharmaceutical benefits management, and savings opportunities …
The Idaho Department of Insurance is warning homeowners about the potential risk of heavy spring flooding, with accompanying property damage, resulting from the heavy snowfall that areas of the state have already received this winter. The department noted that sudden …
By Julie Lake California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has withdrawn support for a proposed ballot initiative that would have required state and local law enforcement officers to remove the license plates of, and eventually impound, vehicles lacking proof of insurance …
A former Pa. medical student who fell through a manhole and suffered career-ending injuries will receive $18 million after a Philadelphia jury trial. Thirty-year-old Marcus Gustafsson of Philadelphia fell about 20 feet through the open manhole in 2004. Lawyer Matthew …
Former Pa. Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce wants his federal insurance fraud trial moved out of Erie to U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh. Joyce’s attorney says news coverage of the case has generated enormous prejudice toward the defendant and spawned …
Rhode Island lawmakers are proposing a system to investigate and track medical mistakes and so-called “near misses” after brain surgeons at Rhode Island Hospital operated on the wrong side of patients’ heads last year on three separate occasions. Bills introduced …
An 87-year-old woman died Monday in a New York home fire, and a firefighters’ union official criticized the fire department for initially dispatching only one truck to the building after the alarm sounded. Two firefighters suffered minor injures tackling the …
The widow of a Connecticut Superior Court judge cannot pursue a lawsuit claiming the state worked her husband to death, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled. The high court struck down a special act of the legislature, passed in 1994, that …
