The Kentucky Office of Insurance is investigating reports that an unidentified company is selling health insurance in Kentucky without proper authorization. A flyer, which has been faxed to consumers in Kentucky, does not specify a company name but offers a …
A civil trial regarding Allstate Insurance Co.’s procedures for handling claims began in Fayette County Circuit Court this week. Geneva Hager, of Richmond, Ky., filed a $1.425 billion civil lawsuit claiming the company’s procedures for handling claims violates state law. …
Former state Sen. John Ford is arguing in Nashville, Tenn., federal court that wiretaps from an undercover bribery investigation should not be used against him in an unrelated criminal case. Ford is currently accused of misreporting $800,000 in payments from …
Mississippi trial lawyer Richard Scruggs has asked a federal judge to throw out a charge accusing him of criminal contempt in a dispute related to insurance claims after Hurricane Katrina. In court papers made public last week, attorneys for Scruggs …
For many years now, the Texas Supreme Court has been generally evenhanded in its dealings with insurance coverage issues. In most instances, it has carefully and reasonably construed language of policy terms without stretching the boundaries of credulity simply to …
The Supreme Court also disagreed with the district court’s common sense ruling that faulty workmanship that damages the property of a third party is a covered “occurrence,” whereas faulty workmanship that damages the property of the insured contractor is not. …
Florida legislators reached a general agreement to extend the state’s no-fault car insurance law rather than letting it expire as scheduled on Oct. 1, key members of both chambers said. The requirement that Florida drivers buy personal injury protection insurance …
The Florida Legislature called a special session to address reduction of state spending. The session, set to begin Oct. 3 and run through Oct. 12 was previously scheduled to begin Sept. 18, but was postponed. In the originally scheduled session, …
From its grassy surface, the 112-acre mound seems harmless, a vast but benign-looking field ringed by hundreds of small homes. But signs wired to the chain-link fence hint at something potentially sinister lurking beneath. “No Trespassing,” they warn. “Contaminated materials …
Two south Mississippi men will be sentenced in December for making false claims for Hurricane Katrina relief, officials said. Danny Gene Hale will be sentenced Dec. 4 on six counts of fraud. Hale was convicted on Sept. 5 in federal …
