February 17, 2014
A former hospital chief of staff has been named medical director of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission. Dr. Jay Cannon of Oklahoma City will be working with administrative law judges on independent medical examinations and vocational rehabilitation orders. He will …
February 17, 2014
An online database of workers’ compensation claims would be created under legislation passed by the Missouri Senate. Under the measure, businesses could provide a potential employee’s name and Social Security number to identify the date of workers’ compensation claims and …
February 17, 2014
A group led by former AIG boss Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s Starr Investment Holdings said it would buy health insurance claims processor MultiPlan Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. A person familiar with the matter said the deal values …
February 17, 2014
An excavator tore down an aging former school in rural Oklahoma, but it was what was left standing that drew a crowd. After the ceilings and concrete walls of the old Little Axe middle school came down with ease, a …
February 17, 2014
Fourteen families in central Arkansas have filed a lawsuit in connection with a series of earthquakes in Faulkner County that prompted the state in 2011 to ban the use of four natural-gas drilling disposal wells in a large area mostly …
February 17, 2014
The U.S. is freezing and the U.K. is flooded. Clearly, Indonesia is at fault. That, in any case, is my layman’s interpretation of a report this week from the U.K.’s meteorological agency, the Met Office. It makes fascinating, if nerdy, …
February 17, 2014
Pine River Capital Management LP, the $14.3 billion hedge-fund firm founded by Brian Taylor, is raising capital for a reinsurance company in the latest push by a money manager into the industry. The firm is seeking to raise $500 million …
February 14, 2014
Sean Morris has joined McDonald-Leavitt Insurance Agency, and will specialize in commercial insurance. Morris will be based in Santa Rosa, Calif. Prior to McDonald-Leavitt, Morris worked for 15 years selling real estate. McDonald-Leavitt is part of the Leavitt Group, which …
February 14, 2014
Southern California may be in a drought, but San Bernardino County is thinking about the safety of motorists who use roads prone to flash flooding. Signs warning drivers to “Turn Around, Don’t Drown” during floods were recently posted in the …
February 14, 2014
Just days after a Southern California diocese announced the settlement of two child-abuse lawsuits, a lawyer says he has no plans to settle a third suit against a former Catholic priest. Attorney Anthony De Marco tells the Sun newspaper the …