A Boston city councilor is hoping his proposal to ban drivers from sending text messages will spur a statewide ban on a practice most consider dangerous. John Tobin says he expects his fellow councilors to sign off on the proposal …
The Arizona Department of Insurance Fraud Unit and the Mesa Police say they arrested two suspects this week accused of staging a slip-and-fall accident for insurance money, using the unlikely prop of a hot dog. Authorities charged the suspects, identified …
A civil lawsuit filed over the damage caused by the 2004 collapse of the Big Bay Lake dam in Lamar County has been moved to Harrison County and set for a March 22 trial. Circuit Court Judge Michael Eubanks granted …
The family of a Virginia Tech student has filed a $43 million lawsuit, accusing the university of negligence in its response to a warning that their son was suicidal. Daniel Kim committed suicide on Dec. 9, 2007, about a month …
Commercial property insurer Ironshore Inc. announced that Anthony Mammolite, currently executive vice president of its U.S. Property unit, has been named to the additional post of regional executive for the entire New York region. In this expanded role, Mammolite will …
Lexington Insurance Co., a Chartis company, has introduced LexTransForm, a claims-made casualty policy with an optional extended reporting period (ERP) that an insured may purchase for a pre-set sliding scale rate. This new coverage enables occurrence form policyholders to pay …
A Florida online insurance agency found to have sold homeowners policies using unlicensed personnel will pay a $100,000 fine. The agency will also contact every customer affected and offer to rewrite their policies, under terms of a settlement reached with …
Karen Clark & Company, independent experts in catastrophe risk, catastrophe models, and catastrophe risk management, has introduced a new service, Thinking Outside the Black Box Catastrophe Management Operational Review. The Review provides a comprehensive examination of an insurance company’s use …
Insurance broker IMA Inc. has named Pavlina Sustr an employee benefits account executive specializing in international accounts for IMA of Colorado based in Denver. IMA is part of IMA Financial Group Inc., a financial services company specializing in insurance, asset …
The Louisiana Recovery Authority is urging homeowners who suspect they might have contaminated Chinese drywall in their homes to report the problems to the state. A federal consumer product safety commission is asking each state to recount the incidents of …
