A former cook in the Nampa School District in Idaho filed a federal discrimination lawsuit, claiming he suffered bias in the kitchen at the hands of a female boss and female colleagues. In U.S. District Court documents filed Wednesday, Todd …
Markel is now offering DataBreach Mitigation coverage for its management liability product line. The policy includes a sublimit for PR expense coverage, notification and related legal expenses, and voluntary credit monitoring. This coverage extension is offered by Markel on an …
New Mexico state police have been sued by the father of a Glorieta man who was shot and killed at his home by officers last year as they responded to a report of road rage on an area highway. The …
A former Lafayette cardiologist is asking to remain free pending a request that the U.S. Supreme Court hear an appeal of his 2009 health-care fraud conviction and 10-year prison sentence. The Advocate reports Dr. Mehmood M. Patel, who is accused …
A group of California prosecutors say they’ve reached a settlement with a weight loss company that claimed people could lose weight by spreading a so-called “sprinkle diet” over their food. District attorneys from nine California counties announced on Monday that …
Orange County prosecutors say four people have been convicted of crimes relating to a $154 million medical fraud scheme in which hundreds of healthy patients underwent unnecessary surgeries to fraudulently bill insurance companies. Farrah Emami, a spokeswoman for the Orange …
Associated Agencies Inc., based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has promoted 35-year-old Joshua Herz to president, making him the fourth person in the same family to hold the position. Herz succeeds his cousin, Max (Skip) R. Schrayer, who was recently named …
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) Northeast division announced that award-winning journalist Paula Zahn will be keynote speaker at the organization’s benefit dinner on Wednesday Dec. 12, 2012 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Zahn also will be …
An attorney disciplinary board has suspended the license of a former workers’ compensation arbitrator citing misconduct. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that Jennifer Carril formerly known as Jennifer Teague has received a two-year suspension from the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary …
West Chester, Pa.-based ProWriters (www.prowritersins.com), formerly a professional liability division of Venture Insurance Programs, has become an independent managing general underwriter (MGU). Brian Thornton, the new president of ProWriters and a 13-year veteran of the insurance industry, has acquired the …
