Fraud Roundup Imposter arrested ‘playing dentist’ A Miami-Dade County man was arrested for practicing dentistry without a license and submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims, according to Florida’s Attorney General Charlie Crist. Orlando Sotolongo Guarton allegedly posed under the name of an …
Totally ready or just terrorism ready? Is the nation’s terrorism-centric focus hurting its efforts to plan for other disasters? Dr. James L. Valverde Jr., director of economics and risk management for the Insurance Information Institute, posed that question at the …
However, insurer trade group says it can be found by those who shop After the wreckage caused by last year’s Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many home insurers in southern Louisiana are refusing to write new policies, or are leaving vulnerable …
It would seem prudent for homeowners along the nation’s hurricane-prone coasts to buy as much wind and flood insurance as they need before this year’s hurricane season starts. A federal judge in Gulfport, Miss., recently refused to throw out a …
Top meteorologist predicts 17 named storms will form in Atlantic Basin A well-known meteorologist is predicting that 17 named storms will form in the Atlantic Basin during the 2006 hurricane season, and the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season will be much …
A federal judge in Gulfport, Miss., recently refused to throw out a wind vs. water lawsuit that a couple filed against Allstate Insurance Co. over claims for damage to their home from Katrina, the Associated Press reported. The lawsuit, filed …
Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on Western insurance associations. Part I of this article appeared in the April 3, 2006, western region publication beginning on page 47. As people migrate to the West, insurers’ must …
Is the nation’s terrorism-centric focus hurting its efforts to plan for other disasters? Dr. James L. Valverde Jr., director of economics and risk management for the Insurance Information Institute, posed that question at the recent Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society …
After the wreckage caused by last year’s Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, many home insurers in southern Louisiana are refusing to write new policies, or are leaving vulnerable coastal community markets in fear of potential losses occurring from future storms. Concerned …
A Miami-Dade County man was arrested for practicing dentistry without a license and submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims, according to Florida’s Attorney General Charlie Crist. Orlando Sotolongo Guarton allegedly posed under the name of an actual licensed dentist, Dr. Lorenzo Puentes, …
