The owner of a business that compiled medical reports for law firms representing injured workers has been sentenced to four years in prison for workers’ compensation fraud in Ohio, according to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s (BWC). The sentencing …
The Iowa House has approved a measure which would ban drivers from writing and sending text messages while driving. The House approved the measure Feb. 23 on an 64-31 vote, sending it to the Senate for more debate. Democratic Rep. …
Home Emergency Insurance Solutions will provide its Water Service Line Protection program directly to select area homeowners in Washington. The plan provides homeowners with emergency solutions for unexpected repairs to their water service pipe line. The water service line is …
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has revoked the license of a Stutsman County insurance agent. Hamm says Kyle Cuypers failed to disclose criminal convictions on his insurance producer license application last February. Hamm says Cuypers consented to losing his …
Montgomery, Alabama-based Alfa Insurance has promoted Steve Rutledge to executive vice president for business development. Rutledge, who has served as Alfa’s chief financial officer and senior vice president of investments, will oversee corporate development, marketing strategy, product development, property/casualty actuary …
A Tulsa, Okla.-area insurance agent says he plans to run for state insurance commissioner this fall. Republican John Doak said he plans to mount a statewide campaign for the job now held by Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland, a Democrat who …
Evergreen Insurance Managers Inc. of Beaverton, Ore., announced the purchase of a Penn-America Insurance Co., Penn-Star Insurance Co., United National Insurance Co. book of business, and certain brokerage accounts from Intercontinental Insurance Services Inc. of Seattle, Wash., effective March 1, …
The Indiana House has passed legislation that would repeal an increase on taxes that employers pay into the state’s unemployment insurance fund, which is deeply in debt to the federal government. The Democratic-controlled chamber voted 90-5 to repeal the tax …
Employers Holdings Inc. reported fourth quarter 2009 net income of $11.3 million compared with $15.9 million in the same period in 2008, a decrease of $4.6 million. Pre-tax income in the fourth quarter increased $13.8 million in 2009, compared to …
The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund needs $710 million to continue to pay claims still coming in from 2005’s Hurricane Wilma but it is going to have to wait to assess policyholders to get those funds. The Florida Cabinet yesterday indicated …
