Monthly Archives: <span>June 2011</span>

Two More Massachusetts Motorcycle Insurers Send Settlement Checks

Insurers USAA and NGM Insurance Co. will return a combined $3.4 Million to Massachusetts motorcycle policyholders as part of a settlement with state officials. Attorney General Martha Coakley said that 9,500 checks have been sent to motorcyclists statewide by 12 …

Louisiana Group Benefits Chief Resigns

The chief executive officer of the health insurance office for state employees and retirees, hired by the Jindal administration in April, is resigning after receiving strong criticism from lawmakers about his work to help privatize office operations. Scott Kipper’s resignation …

Missouri: 17,000 Insurance Claims Filed So Far From Joplin Tornado

The major insurance companies serving consumers in the Joplin area have received nearly 17,000 claims so far from residents and business owners with damage from the EF-5 tornado that struck the area on May 22, insurance regulators reported. The insurance …

Louisiana Insurance Investigators Allegedly Killed by Agent

Two investigators with the Louisiana Department of Insurance were shot and killed on June 7 while attempting to collect case information from an insurance agent in Ville Platte. Authorities believe that John Melvin Lavergne shot LDI investigators Kim Sledge and …

Anderson Joins Gendelman Insurance

The Bruce Gendelman Insurance Co. has hired Linda Anderson as a commercial lines account advisor. She will focus on the agency’s Defense Base Act insurance program as well as its larger commercial lines accounts. Anderson — based in Virginia — …

Tennesseean Sues, Says Police Mistook Medical Condition for Drunkenness

A Lenoir City, Tenn., man has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Loudon County sheriff after he said he was mistakenly arrested when deputies mistook his cerebral palsy symptoms for drunkenness. According to the lawsuit filed last month in Loudon …

$3.75M Settlement Reached over Pennsylvania Coal Discharges

A power company will pay $3.75 million as part of a settlement for fouling a western Pennsylvania river with metal discharges from a coal-fired plant. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports GenOn Northeast Management Co. will pay $3.5 million to set up …

Percent of U.S. Workers with Disability Coverage Declines

More than half of U.S. workers have no disability coverage and that percentage is dropping, an insurance company survey shows. According to new research from The Hartford, 49 percent of U.S. workers have short-term disability insurance and 44 percent have …

U.S. Court in Georgia to Hear States’ Healthcare Law Challenge Today

A U.S. appeals court in Atlanta will hear a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reforms signed into law by President Barack Obama a year ago. The suit, filed by more than half the states, could reach the …

Bowden joins Lloyd’s Marketform as D&O Underwriter

Lloyd’s insurer Marketform announced that Directors’ and Officers’ liability underwriter Alexis Bowden has joined the company. She spent 11 years underwriting D&O at ACE European Group prior to joining Marketform. Simon Lotter, Chief Underwriting Officer at Marketform commented: “This hire …