Employee benefits-only agency, Digital Insurance, has acquired DSG Benefits Group in Dallas. The acquisition marks the company’s debut in the Texas market. The Dallas firm now operates under the banner of Digital Benefit Advisors (DBA), a division of Digital Insurance. …
A southeastern Ohio health system is hoping a fingerprint collection program will help it cut down on prescription painkiller abuse. Brent Saunders, board chairman at Holzer Health Systems in Gallipolis says painkiller fraud costs insurance companies $72 billion a year. …
Oklahoma State University has appealed a judge’s order that blocked the university’s attempt to recover $33 million spent on life insurance premiums in its “Gift of a Lifetime” fundraising plan. The Stillwater NewsPress reports the school filed its certificate of …
Police say a Sioux Falls, S.D., man was texting and driving too fast when he hit a motorcycle, three other vehicles and a light pole, and then ran from the accident scene. Brent O’Neal faces charges of felony hit and …
Missouri insurance regulators report their efforts are helping consumers to receive more than $5 million in additional insurance claims payments in first half of 2012. Consumers will receive an additional $5.1 million in claim payments from their insurance companies, according …
American Family Insurance has unveiled DreamVault, a home inventory application that’s free to everyone. DreamVault is available online at www.amfam.com and www.amfamlatino.com (Spanish version) and as an app for iPhone and Android users. “Whether you rent or own, it’s important …
A California appeals court has reinstated a now-retired paralyzed Los Angeles police officer’s product liability lawsuit against gun manufacturer Glock. Enrique Chavez was paralyzed from the waist down when his 3-year-old son accidentally shot him with his service pistol. The …
Environmentalists filed notice Wednesday that they plan to sue the six companies that co-own eastern Montana’s Colstrip power plant over alleged pollution violations. The Sierra Club and Montana Environmental Information Center say the plant’s owners failed to upgrade pollution control …
Cecil and Delores Kolka thought they escaped the worst of the Ash Creek Fire when the 390-square-mile blaze spared their home and several pastures as it ripped through the couple’s Montana cattle ranch. But when the family went to round …
Private companies and investors say they are willing to remove thousands of policyholders from Florida’s state- backed homeowners market if they can get officials to give them millions of dollars in loans. At a Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Depopulation Committee …
