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Twenty-Third Arson of 2009 Declared in Southeast Pennsylvania
Feb 10 2009 // Investigators have declared a 23rd arson in a part of southeastern Pennsylvania that has been plagued by suspicious fires this year. The latest blaze happened in a trailer home just outside Coatesville late Friday night....
Two Florida Insurance Scam Artists Lose Mail Fraud Appeal
Feb 5 2009 // Two men sentenced to federal prison for cheating investors out of more than $100 million in an insurance scheme have failed to convince an appeals court that they were unfairly convicted of mail fraud. The 11th U.S....
Three Charged in $700K Maryland Arson
Jan 22 2009 // Police in Pocomoke City, Maryland have made three arrests in connection with an October fire that caused more than $700,000 damage to a municipal building. Twenty-two-year-old Nicholas Depaolis, his 19-year-old brother...
Two Dead after Snowy, 40-Vehicle Highway Crash in Maryland
Jan 21 2009 // A pileup of 35 cars and five tractor-trailers on a snowy Maryland highway killed two people Monday and seriously injured at least a dozen, state police said. Seventy-one people, including infants and the elderly, were...
Four in Florida Charged in $1 Billion Viatical ‘Ponzi’ Scheme
Jan 6 2009 // Four Mutual sales agents with Mutual Benefits Corp., a viatical and life settlement company, for their alleged involvement in a scheme that officials say raised more than $1.25 billion from more than 30,000 investors...
Two South Dakota Fire Departments Receive $240,000 in FEMA Grants
Jan 6 2009 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded a total of more than $240,000 to two South Dakota fire departments. The McIntosh Volunteer Fire Department gets most of the money, over $180,000 for vehicle...
Two Major Insurance Recovery Law Firms Merge
Jan 6 2009 // National insurance recovery law firm Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. continues to grow its national practice through its merger with Wood & Bender LLP. Based in southern California, Wood & Bender has represented...
Seven Sentenced in New York for $1M Insurance Fraud Scheme
Dec 16 2008 // Four insurance adjusters and three contractors were ordered to forfeit $248,000 after pleading guilty to kickbacks made possible by inflating insurance claims on properties in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten...
Five Firms Vying for AIG Japan Units
Dec 9 2008 // Prudential Financial Inc., Manulife Financial Corp. and three other firms are expected to place competing bids for two Japanese life insurers put up for sale by American International Group Inc, people familiar with the...
Five Tow-Truck Workers Arrested in Alleged New Jersey Theft Ring
Dec 9 2008 // Five workers at a north Jersey tow truck company face charges they took cash to steal cars and report them as stolen to insurance companies. North Bergen police say an owner of High Point Towing, which operates in Union...
Two California Men Charged in $18 Million Fraud Scheme
Dec 2 2008 // Two Southern California men have been charged with conspiring to defraud the State Compensation Insurance Fund of more than $18 million, according to the California Department of Insurance. David Zahler of Huntington Beach...
Six Flags Amusement Park Settles Kentucky Teenager’s Accident Case
Nov 24 2008 // An amusement park said it has reached a settlement with the family of a Louisville teenager whose feet were severed when a thrill ride malfunctioned last year. Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom said the settlement would provide...
Four Victims Sue Consulting Firm in Minnesota 35W Bridge Collapse
Nov 18 2008 // Four victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse are suing the consulting firm that evaluated the Interstate 35W bridge and the contracting company that was repaving the structure when it fell. Minneapolis attorney Jim...
Two New York Agencies Named Top Performers
Nov 2 2008 // Reagan Consulting and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) announced the Best Practices Agencies for 2008-2009. A total of 189 agencies from around the country maintained their...
Three’s a Crowd
Nov 2 2008 // Recent Insurance Decisions of the Texas Supreme Court On Aug. 29, 2008, the Texas Supreme Court continued its recent foray into insurance law by issuing three important insurance coverage decisions. Each of these decisions...
Six Independent Agencies Named as Best Practices Top Performers
Oct 17 2008 // Reagan Consulting and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) announced the Best Practices Agencies for 2008-2009. A total of 189 agencies from around the country maintained their...
Three New Surety Team Executives Join Marsh from Aon
Sep 29 2008 // Marsh announced that three new executives – Steve Powney, Steven Lewis and Tricia Burgess – have all joined its International Surety Practice from Aon’s Surety and Guarantee team. Powney will lead the...
Three-Wheeler Vehicles Get Okay on Ohio Streets
Sep 25 2008 // Three-wheeled vehicles are now street legal in Ohio. A new law that took effect on September 23 and allows fuel-efficient three-wheelers such as the Zap Xebra (ZEE’-bruh) and the Myers Motors NmG to be registered and...
Two Arrested after Deadly NYC Scaffold Fall
Sep 15 2008 // A painting company owner told a worker to pose as a qualified scaffold-rigging foreman on a job where a scaffold collapse killed another employee, investigators said Friday. The owner and worker were arrested on...
Four Former AIG Execs Including Greenberg Settle Shareholder Suit
Sep 12 2008 // Four former executives of American International Group Inc., including ex-CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, agreed on Thursday to settle a long-standing shareholder lawsuit for $115 million. The insurer will...
