The new director of Arkansas’ Martin Luther King Commission made misrepresentations in insurance claims for traffic accidents tied to an insurance fraud ring, according to a circuit court case filed by the Arkansas Insurance Department. DuShun Scarbrough, who began working …
Progressive Insurance begins selling personal auto insurance online in Massachusetts today. Meanwhile, Casco Indemnity, which writes auto insurance in the other New England states on behalf of several mutual fire insurers, is looking to re-enter the Bay State auto market …
Louisiana and Texas share a lot. Besides sharing a common border, they share the Gulf of Mexico — both its bounty and its battering, in the form of tropical storms and hurricanes. The latter greatly influences the rates consumers of …
A team of plaintiffs lawyers that includes a former high-ranking federal prosecutor denies infiltrating an insurance company’s computer database to help build a case against the insurer after Hurricane Katrina. Bloomington, Ill.-based State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. is asking …
Wells Fargo Bank reports it has acquired the business of Colorado-based Flatiron Credit Co., Inc. and its operating subsidiaries. Flatiron was a subsidiary of TD Banknorth, N.A. and is one of the nation’s largest insurance premium finance companies. Terms of …
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has declared Bremer, Blackhawk and Louisa counties in the eastern part of the state as disaster areas. The declaration came Monday, April 28, following heavy rains that have pushed rivers and streams over their banks. Culver’s …
The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a driver arrested after a hit-and-run wreck on a Phoenix-area freeway had been involved in 10 accidents before he stopped. Tempe police arrested 46-year-old Rosendo Duenas of Phoenix at about 7 p.m. April …
The state Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety has put off plans to revisit West Virginia’s regulations for sealing abandoned sections of coal mines. State law requires the board to review West Virginia’s regulations because the federal Mine Safety …
The Tennessee Senate passed a bill that would ban open alcohol containers in vehicles despite concerns raised by prosecutors and safety officials the measure could cause drunken driving enforcement efforts to lose funding. The Senate on April 29 voted 23-7 …
Florida motorcycle riders would face increased fines and could end up in prison for excessive speeding and stunt riding under a bill that will now head to the governor’s desk. The purpose of the bill is to stop the riders …
