Monthly Archives: <span>January 2014</span>

Ex-AIG Executives Greenberg, Smith Press Ethics Complaint

Former American International Group executives are pursuing an ethics complaint against the New York prosecutors still bringing the charges that cost them their jobs at the insurance giant in 2005. The complaint at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics by …

Esurance Aims to Help Prevent Teen Texting and Driving

Esurance in December launched a new telematics program designed to help prevent teens from texting while driving. The program is called “DriveSafe.” Under this new voluntary program, Esurance policyholders may install an in-car device into their teen’s car that — …

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Transportation Network Companies, Uber Gap Worries Insurers

The tragedy of a young girl who was killed on New Year’s Eve by a motorist on contract with a cellphone app-based ridesharing service has at least one insurance group speaking up even louder to drive home a point they’ve …

N.Y. Enacts Referral Disclosure Requirement Law for Public Adjusters

New York State’s Act 5775, which took effect Jan. 1, restricts public adjusters from receiving a referral fee or having an ownership interest in a restoration or repair company working on the claim unless such compensation to the public adjuster …

Penn. Court: Caregiver Mother Stabbed by Son Deserves Workers’ Comp

A state appeals court ruled on Jan. 8 that a western Pennsylvania woman who was paid to help care for her disabled adult son in her home deserves workers’ compensation after he tried to kill her by slashing her throat …

CGI Loses Obamacare Contract to Accenture: Report

CGI Group Inc., the company that built the federal Obamacare website, will be replaced next month when its contract with the U.S. government expires, a person familiar with the decision said. The Obama administration intends to sign a contract with …

Republic Group Sells Republic Home Protectors, Southern Vanguard Insurance

Regional insurance holding company, Texas-based Republic Group, announced it has sold of all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Republic Home Protectors Inc. (RHP) and Southern Vanguard Insurance Co. (SVIC) to the holding company of RHP InsVest LLC, …

National Interstate Launches New Ambulance Insurance Product

National Interstate Insurance Co. has launched a new insurance program targeted towards for-profit emergency and non-emergency ambulance transportation operations. The company will began accepting applications on January 2, 2014, and is actively seeking to increase its producer network. National Interstate …

N.J. Third-Party Insurance Administrator Sentenced for Stealing $462K

The primary owner and operator of a third-party insurance administrator in New Jersey has been sentenced to seven years in state prison after being convicted at trial of stealing approximately half a million dollars from a trust fund, according to …