Monthly Archives: <span>July 2016</span>

Barnes & Thornburg Adds 2 Insurance Recovery Attorneys in California

Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added David Wood and Joshua Rosenberg to the firm’s litigation department and insurance recovery and counseling practice group. The firm also added John Corbett, of counsel, in Dallas, Texas. The trio arrives from Anderson Kill’s …

LP Insurance Services in Nevada Brings on Cleghorn

Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Adam Cleghorn to its Northern Nevada team. Cleghorn previously worked for Basalite Concrete Products in Sparks. He has been in the risk management industry for more than 15 years. LP Insurance Services …

Ex-Dallas Citibank Worker Who Sabotaged Computer System Going to Prison

An employee who sabotaged Citibank’s computer system because he believed he was about to be fired has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison. Investigators say Lennon Ray Brown of Dallas transmitted a code and command in 2013 leading …

Former Bismarck, North Dakota Leader Files Complaint Against Over flooding

A former city commissioner in Bismarck has filed a complaint with the North Dakota Department of Health accusing the city of neglecting to address sewer wastewater and storm water problems on the city’s south side for decades. A June 28 …

Allianz Unveils Transactional Liability Unit as M&A Surges

Allianz Group is launching a new transactional liability unit designed to take advantage of greater M&A deal activity in the U.S. and, ultimately, around the world. The insurer’s Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty division will handle the roll-out, with an …

Arkansas Doctor Gets 2-Year Sentence in Insurance Fraud Case

A Little Rock, Ark., doctor whose clinic improperly billed massage therapy services as physical therapy has received two years in prison and has been ordered to pay insurers and patients more than $700,000 in restitution. Robert Barrow pleaded guilty to …

200 Have Died on Minnesota Roads So Far This Year

Preliminary figures from the Department of Public Safety show that 200 people have died on Minnesota roads in 2016. The Office of Traffic Safety says the 200 mark was reached July 23, putting the number of road deaths on pace …

After 4 More Illnesses, General Mills Expands Flour Recall

General Mills is expanding a flour recall issued over a possible link to an E. coli outbreak after four new illnesses were reported. The recall announced July 25 covers several varieties of Gold Medal and Signature Kitchens flour produced on …

West Virginia Funeral Home Ordered to Reimburse Insurer for False Death Claims

A federal judge has ruled for an insurance company in its case against the operators of a funeral home in Putnam County, West Virginia, accused of filing false death claims on behalf of pre-need contract customers who weren’t actually dead. …

Louisiana Recovers More Than $3.7M for Insurance Consumers

Louisiana consumers have received more than $3.7 million in recovered funds from their insurance companies in the first half of the year thanks to assistance from the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI). “Over the last five years, we have been …