California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has filed a lawsuit against Livermore-based Country Builders Inc. after he said the company “cheated workers out of wages,” falsified the company’s payroll records to hide underpayments, deliberately misclassified workers to reduce the …
Kansas Insurance Commissioner and former National Association of Insurance Commissioners President Sandy Praeger was honored with the American Medical Association’s (AMA) top government service award for an elected statewide official. Nominated by Roger Sevigny, NAIC most immediate past president and …
Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas says the state’s business owners are going to be paying less for workers’ compensation insurance. The new rates that will take effect April 1 will mark the fourth consecutive year in which rates have decreased. The …
Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. announces that David Zona has joined the company as senior vice president of product management in commercial insurance. He will be responsible for setting direction and priorities for various commercial insurance product lines and …
With the economy’s ill health continuing and their own personal health improving, America’s senior citizens are not retiring like they used to. In fact, more of them are working every day. Since the late 1980s, the labor force has seen …
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has asked the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer to consider returning some of its $147 million surplus as a premium reduction or dividend to the small businesses that it insures. In a letter sent to Kentucky …
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said she opposes an insurance industry request to raise workers’ compensation premiums by about four percent this year. She said the hike would put an “additional strain” on employers already struggling in a tough economy. …
An accident victim’s lawyer this week urged the Florida Supreme Court to rule that rental car companies can be held liable for damages in an accident they did not cause in the state, even though a new federal law is …
The federal government is seeking Medicare reimbursements from lawyers, manufacturers and insurers that were involved in a $300 million settlement over widespread PCB contamination in the east Alabama city of Anniston. A lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against 18 …
State Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says Safeco Insurance plans to offer homeowners insurance, including wind coverage, in south Mississippi. Chaney says the company will offer 500 to 1,000 homeowner policies wind coverage beginning in mid-March. Some companies have restricted wind …
