Monthly Archives: <span>February 2015</span>

Georgia House Committee Evaluating Medical Marijuana Bill

Debate has opened on a bill that would legalize the use of cannabis oil for cancer, seizure disorders and other chronic illnesses in Georgia. A House committee discussed the bill on Tuesday. Sponsoring Rep. Allen Peake of Macon said the …

North Carolina Agent Charged with Embezzlement

Insurance agent Amneris Deleon, of Wilmington, N.C., was arrested and charged with one count each of embezzlement by an insurance agent and accessing a computer to defraud or obtain property. Department of Insurance criminal investigators accuse Deleon—the owner and operator …

National Guard Armory Vehicles Worth Over $1M Destroyed by Fire in North Carolina

Investigators in Buncombe County, N.C., are looking into a fire at the Armed Forces National Guard Armory that destroyed two armored vehicles valued at $1.7 million. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports the fire occurred shortly after 3 a.m. Tuesday at the …

Victim of State Trooper Shooting Receives $285K Settlement from South Carolina

South Carolina’s insurance is paying $285,000 to an unarmed man who was shot during a traffic stop by a state trooper now facing a criminal charge. The state Insurance Reserve Fund says the settlement was reached in October, just a …

Nigohosian Returns to Western Agents Group as VP of Regulatory Affairs

Ken Nigohosian has returned to Western Insurance Agents Association as vice president of regulatory affairs. Nigohosian will work with the association’s legislative and regulatory affairs advisory committee. He had held an executive position with WIAA from 2006 to 2009. He …

MiddleOak Exiting Personal Lines; Selling Business to Mapfre

Spanish insurance giant MAPFRE SA has said it wants to expand and is eying acquisitions in both Europe and the U.S. Barely two months into 2015, it has pulled the trigger on one such deal in New England, reports CarrierManagement.com. …

Geico Wants to Expand Ridesharing Policy Offer: CEO Nicely

Giant auto insurer Geico plans to roll out its new ridesharing insurance policy across the country, according to the company’s CEO. “We want to insure Uber drivers,” Geico CEO Tony Nicely told Liz Clamanin of Fox Business News in a …

Maryland Man Gets 4 Years in Prison for Setting House on Fire for Insurance

A Maryland man who pleaded guilty to plotting to burn down his house to collect insurance proceeds has been sentenced to four years in prison. Forty-nine-year-old Saleh Fakhoury of Lutherville, Maryland, was also ordered to pay more than $800,000 in …

ACLU Challenges Rhode Island’s Uninsured Motorists Database

The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has filed a court challenge to the state Division of Motor Vehicles’ implementation of a database designed to identify uninsured drivers. The ACLU says the database established by a 2013 state law …

Health Insurer Anthem Hit with Cyber Attack

Hackers have stolen personal information relating to current and former customers and staff of no. 2 U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc., after breaching an IT system containing data on up to 80 million people, the company said late on Wednesday. …