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Adding wind coverage to flood not the solution …

The Flood Insurance Subcommittee of the American Academy of Actuaries has reviewed the provisions currently in H.R. 3121 that affect the financial well being of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In particular, we have analyzed the sections of the …

Adding wind coverage to flood not the solution

The Flood Insurance Subcommittee of the American Academy of Actuaries has reviewed the provisions currently in H.R. 3121 that affect the financial well being of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In particular, we have analyzed the sections of the …

Man Caught in Glass-Eating Insurance Fraud Scheme Sentenced in Mass.

A federal court in Boston sentenced a man to more than five years in prison for his role in a multistate insurance fraud scheme in which prosecutors said he and his wife intentionally ate glass fragments and collected more than …

S.C. Regulator: Probable Maximum Loss Predictability Formula on Horizon

A pre-established formulaic predictability model would virtually solve the issue of indeterminable loss cause that was so wide-spread in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, according to South Carolina’s Insurance Regulator. South Carolina Insurance Director Scott Richardson is proposing a loss-allocation …

Alabama Hearing Highlights Catastrophe Plan Options

Whether the nation needs a federal or other governmental program to deal with insurance costs and availability for natural catastrophes in U.S. coastal states was the central question at a public hearing in Mobile, Ala., Monday. Dozens of citizens gathered …

U.S. Distributes $109 Million to States with Primary Seat Belt Laws

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters announced that 17 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and four territories will receive more than $109 million under a federal program to encourage and enforce seat belt use. “Having a strong seat …

La. district court: Allstate trial exhibits must remain open

News Currents Certain trial exhibits that were elemental in a recently settled wind vs. water case in Louisiana must remain part of the public record, a Louisiana district court judge ruled. United States District Judge Sarah Vance in New Orleans …

La. district court: Allstate trial exhibits must remain open

Certain trial exhibits that were elemental in a recently settled wind vs. water case in Louisiana must remain part of the public record, a Louisiana district court judge ruled. United States District Judge Sarah Vance in New Orleans on Aug. …

La. District Court Says Allstate Trial Exhibits Must Remain Open

Certain trial exhibits that were elemental in a recently settled a wind vs. water case in Louisiana must remain part of the public record, a Louisiana district court judge has ruled. United States District Judge Sarah Vance in New Orleans …

Mass. Man Pleads Guilty to Eating Glass to Defraud Restaurant Insurers

A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty this week to his role in a multistate scheme in which prosecutors say he and his wife intentionally ate glass at restaurants and collected more than $200,000 in compensation. Ronald Evano, 49, pleaded guilty to …