Jeffery Stone and his wife Janette Diller Stone, one-time operators of a now-defunct New York investment firm called Crescent Fund, are not on any government most wanted list. And they aren’t exactly hiding, either. But the former Greenwich, Connecticut, residents …
Toyota has routinely engaged in questionable, evasive and deceptive legal tactics when sued, frequently claiming it does not have information it is required to turn over and sometimes even ignoring court orders to produce key documents, an Associated Press investigation …
Seven years and running, the soft market shows few signs of loosening its grip on commercial insurance pricing, according to a new industry study. Average premiums in every line tracked by the RIMS Benchmark Survey, fell in the first quarter. …
Georgia is joining a Florida-led group of states in a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, Florida’s attorney general said Tuesday. Bill McCollum, who is seeking the Republican nomination to run for Florida governor, said …
The Colorado House has passed a bill to increase funding to help fight insurance fund by surcharging insurance companies. Insurers currently are charged $425 annually, and House Bill 1385 that amount to $561. Revenue from this insurance fraud fee would …
The Arizona House Commerce Committee has unanimously endorsed newly proposed legislation to require State Compensation Fund of Arizona (SCF Arizona) to become a private mutual insurance company owned by its policyholders. The bill states that the successor mutual insurer corporation …
Five more states are joining a Florida-led group of states in a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, Florida’s attorney general said Wednesday. The joint lawsuit led by Florida and now grouping 18 states was …
Gov. Charlie Crist says he will veto any legislation that raises homeowners insurance rates. “If a bill gets to my desk that favors the insurers, I will veto it,” Crist told a group of Realtors convening at the state capital. …
The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season will produce an above-average eight hurricanes, four of them major, posing a heightened threat to the U.S. coastline, the Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team predicted Wednesday. In its second forecast in four months for …
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer liaison representatives for 2010. Seven of the funded consumer representatives participated in the program in 2009, while 11 are new to the NAIC program. Established …
