The Rhode Island Senate has declined to take up auto body legislation opposed by the insurance industry. The bill would have required consumers to have an independent appraisal for car repair work that exceeded $2,000. The legislation had been supported …
A Connecticut woman and her son avoided jail time Tuesday and were sentenced to three years probation for attempted insurance fraud and evidence tampering after a fiery wreck at the bottom of Avon Mountain that killed four people in 2005. …
All 14 hospitals in Rhode Island have agreed to adopt a uniform set of precautions to prevent surgeons from operating on the wrong body part or committing other grievous errors. Doctors and hospital officials said Tuesday that following the same …
A Georgia jury has awarded a Home Depot customer and his wife $1.5 million in a lawsuit stemming from a forklift accident at a store. The complaint by 58-year-old Larry Reece says a pallet of plywood fell on him from …
When “The Bachelor” winner Melissa Rycroft got jilted for the runner-up, she returned the engagement ring — and walked off the set. That was so five months ago. Now, Rycroft has another sparkler — and a new fiance, Tye Strickland, …
Workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. says it has completed an early payoff on a $200 million startup loan from West Virginia. President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Burton says the Charleston-based company submitted the final $85 million Tuesday …
Internet servers like MySpace cannot be held liable when minors are sexually assaulted by people they first meet on a website, a California appeals court ruled in an opinion filed late Tuesday. The ruling by the Second District Court of …
Insurance wholesaler Crump Group, Inc. has named underwriting and actuarial expert Lee Lloyd as president of its programs unit within the company’s property/casualty division. Lloyd comes to Crump from United Educators Insurance, where he held senior leadership roles over the …
Mark Haire, general counsel for the Mississippi Insurance Department (MID), has been named deputy commissioner by Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney. Haire, a Mississippi native, is a graduate of Mississippi College and Mississippi College School of Law. He began his legal …
Florida returned over $173 million in unclaimed property for the most recent fiscal year– the largest amount in state history, according to CFO Alex Sink and her Bureau of Unclaimed Property. The Bureau of Unclaimed Property is currently holding 8.8 …
