Changes in the billing and commission program at Texas’ insurer of last resort for coastal property will prompt a shut down of the agency’s E-Quote system over the long New Year holiday weekend. Due to the conversion of the Texas …
A recently filed lawsuit accuses a former executive at a New Mexico hospital of bilking the care center out of more than $3 million by funneling the money through companies he owned in Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. The Albuquerque …
Montana is at risk of becoming less prepared to respond to disasters and public-health emergencies because of state and federal budget cuts. That’s according to a new report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Trust for America’s Health. …
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy said this week that 10 more state workers are suspected of fraudulently receiving federal food stamp benefits after the remnants of Hurricane Irene hit Connecticut in August. Malloy said Tuesday that the Department of Social …
A lawsuit brought by the parents of Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old Irish immigrant in Massachusetts who committed suicide after relentless bullying, was settled for $225,000, according to documents made public Tuesday. The settlement with the town of South Hadley and …
The Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth, Mass., has been shut down after what officials said was a small leak of radioactive steam in a safety relief valve. Rob Williams, a spokesman for the plant’s owner, Entergy Corp., says the …
Tynesia Dorsey has been named chief administrative officer at the Ohio Insurance Department. Dorsey’s duties include overseeing the operations of the fiscal, human resources, information and technology, consumer affairs divisions, and the Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program (OSHIIP). Dorsey …
Two members have been added to the board of Minnesota’s FAIR plan and one new member has been added to the state’s workers’ comp insurance association. The FAIR Plan is Minnesota’s statutorily created limited property insurer for those properties not …
Editor’s Note: This article is from Insurance Journal’s annual Satire Issue, originally published on Aug. 15, 2011. The article is fictional and is meant to be humorous. Enjoy! Obsession is more than some Calvin Klein perfume; it’s the root cause …
The workers’ compensation interest and discount rate in Texas for the first quarter of 2012 has been set at 3.61 percent. The rate will be effective beginning Jan. 1, 2012, through Mar. 31, 2012, the Texas Department of Insurance Division …
