October 4, 2023
A Georgia woman has been charged with faking hospital reports to the tune of $1.5 million in an effort to defraud her insurance companies, authorities said. Denna Rochelle Conaway, 54, of Rome, Georgia, claimed that her son was involved in …
October 4, 2023
Arthur J. Gallagher, the global insurance brokerage and consulting firm, has acquired Kentucky-based Altman Insurance Services, an employee benefits brokerage and consultancy, Gallagher said in a news release Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Altman, with offices in …
October 4, 2023
One Call, a health care management firm for the workers’ compensation industry, has named Howard Cutler chief strategy and network officer. The Jacksonville-based company said in a news release that Cutler will oversee One Call’s provider network, product management and …
October 4, 2023
Hurricanes in the East. Wildfires in the West. Those are the big disasters that grab the headlines and are driving property insurance costs and cancellations, to a large degree, right? Yes, but insurers also are seeing a huge increase in …
October 3, 2023
Alliant Insurance Services, a major insurance distributor based in California, has named Mike Griggs senior vice president of its Americas division. Griggs, with almost 20 years in the insurance industry, will be based in Nashville and will manage property-casualty insurance …
October 3, 2023
(Bloomberg) — Semi trailer-sized machines could provide a unique solution to a major source of the fossil fuel industry’s methane problem. Rather than flaring or venting the planet-warming gas into the atmosphere, the machines can convert it into methanol, a …
October 3, 2023
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A traffic stop captured on video by a bystander shows a handcuffed Black man with swollen eyes and a bloody face sitting on the ground surrounded by officers outside a vehicle in northeast Florida, and the …
October 3, 2023
ATLANTA (AP) — A political group linked to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says it is launching an ad campaign backing the Republican`s efforts to make it harder for people to file lawsuits and win big legal judgments. The group, called …
October 3, 2023
Almost two years after Progressive Insurance announced it would stop renewing some homeowners policies in Florida, Flo and crew have dropped another 100,000 HO and landlord policies in the state. The insurance giant and Florida regulators said Progressive had struck …
October 2, 2023
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that free legal assistance is now available to help Hurricane Idalia victims in Florida with insurance claims, government benefits and other matters. For people in 16 Florida counties hit by the Aug. 30 storm …