The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Tuesday issued its California Workers’ Compensation Aggregate Medical Payment Trends report showing medical bill transactions fell by $100 million in 2014. The WCIRB report compares medical payment transaction data from calendar year …
The Hilb Group LLC announced today that it acquired JWB Insurance Group, an independent agency in Wilmington, North Carolina. The transaction became effective Aug. 1, 2015. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Established in 1995, JWB Insurance Group …
Insurance producers are calling upon the Obama Administration to begin implementation of a licensing reform measure signed into law eight months ago. When President Obama signed the renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) in January, he also signed …
Nearly a year after Connecticut’s six medical marijuana dispensaries opened, patients are changing their habits. For quick relief, they are smoking marijuana less and inhaling its vapors and therapeutic oils more, those in the industry say. Others are eating cookies …
The administration of Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin will pay Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont $1.6 million to cover past due premiums and incorrectly paid claims because of technical problems with the state’s once-beleaguered health care website. Lawrence Miller, Shumlin’s …
The wife of a man killed when a tent collapsed at a suburban Chicago festival has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit. The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports that Nicole Nincic filed the lawsuit in Cook County court. She alleges organizers of …
As more farms open themselves up to visitors for apple picking, hay rides and some extra income, experts are advising owners to take steps to prevent accidents — be they small or fatal. Farming is one of the more dangerous …
Oil platform operator Black Elk Energy is facing federal criminal charges in connection with a November 2012 explosion off Louisiana’s coast that left three workers dead and others badly injured. Multiple media outlets report that U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite …
Dallas-based global loss adjusting and risk management services company Cunningham Lindsey has added Denise Long as vice president of Catastrophe Operations and Michael Bruce as director of Flood Operations. Long will refine and direct the company’s Catastrophe Services Division, and …
Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Acting Director Anne Melissa Dowling announced an investigation by the department’s Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit (WCFU) has resulted in the conviction of an Algonquin woman, Tracy Williams (aka: Tracy Wanker). Williams, who was named in …
