The Ohio Supreme Court has issued a slip opinion finding that attorney fees are distinct from punitive damages and that public policy does not prevent an insurance company from covering those fees on behalf of an insured. In Neal-Pettit v. …
Gov. Phil Bredesen this week vetoed a renewed effort to allow Tennessee handgun carry permit holders to bring their weapons into bars and restaurants that serve alcohol. The Democratic governor said in a letter to Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey …
The Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office is offering teens in northeast Tennessee a reward for using seat belts. Eleven teens observed wearing a safety belt this past week will be given a voucher to turn in at David Crockett High …
South Dakota Insurance Division Director Merle Scheiber has ordered a company offering medical benefits insurance plans in the state to stop the practice. A temporary cease and desist order has been issued against Real Benefits Association by the South Dakota …
Kansas workplaces are getting safer according to the 2009 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, which shows a nearly 10 percent decrease in nonfatal accidents in private industries in the state from 2007 to 2008, according to the Kansas Department …
Thomas J. Slattery, a longtime editor and journalist for the insurance industry, passed away this week at the age of 68 due to complications of respiratory failure. Slattery entered the insurance industry with The National Underwriter Co. as a staff …
Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings, Ltd’s specialty liability group and New York-based program administrator American Professional Agency have secured the endorsement of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to offer a professional and business liability product to the APA’s 38,000 member …
American Express OPEN, the small business division of the financial services company, in conjunction with BOLT Insurance Agency has created InsuranceEdge, which was designed to help small business owners research, review, compare and purchase commercial insurance for their business needs. …
A months-long investigation by the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) and the Louisiana Attorney General’s office into the business practices of a Ville Platte medical staffing firm has resulted in the arrest of the company’s owners on workers’ compensation insurance fraud …
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, District Attorney Joe Waitz has filed suit against oil giant BP, seeking money for wildlife killed or hurt by the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The lawsuit, filed May 17, is among the first …
