Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has selected Dr. Lowell Nicholas as Insurance Deputy Commissioner at the Arkansas Insurance Department. Dr. Nicholas will oversee the department’s Health Insurance Rate Review Division. Dr. Nicholas will report directly to the Commissioner and will …
The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that a defense expert can testify in a medical malpractice case even though a defendant failed to produce the raw data that the expert had “considered” in rendering his opinion. According to court documents …
The Texas Commissioner of Insurance Mike Geeslin has adopted three rules proposed by the Office of Public Insurance Counsel that prohibit discretionary clauses in health, life and disability insurance policies, OPIC announced. Discretionary clauses are contract provisions that provide insurers …
One provision under new surplus lines insurance reform legislation was made easier to implement now that a national online producer database has expanded to meet the licensing needs of surplus lines brokers. The National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) will now …
Victims of a 2006 school bus crash that killed four high school students and injured two dozen others in Huntsville four years ago can move forward with their lawsuits against a bus company, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled last Friday. …
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has issued a report card highlighting the progress of the Department of Insurance during the past four years, including his successful efforts to maintain solvency and stability in the insurance market amidst the biggest financial …
The Louisiana Supreme Court recently decertified as a class a lawsuit stemming from Hurricane Katrina that a lower court had previously found met the requirements for class action status. The plaintiffs in the suit are residents of St. Bernard Parish …
An insurance company improperly denied workers’ compensation coverage for a woman injured while traveling in a company car from one workplace to another, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled. Liana Leordeanu, a pharmaceutical sales representative who worked out of her …
“Water scarcity is a pressing problem around the world – and not just in countries that have an arid climate,” warned Lloyd’s in its latest 360 Risk Insight report. “Water is a critical resource in mature economies, as a commodity …
President Barack Obama should intervene to stop the $20 billion BP oil spill compensation fund from depriving claimants of their rights, Alabama Governor Bob Riley said Monday, calling the way the fund was operating “extortion.” The fund, set up by …
