January 11, 2008
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed court documents alleging Select Physical Therapy Texas Limited Partnership and its parent company, Select Medical Corporation, for systematically exposing their customers to identity theft risk, the AG’s office reported. According to documents filed by …
January 8, 2008
Carrollton, Ga.-based Britt/Paulk Insurance Agency Inc., acquired Idaho-based Magnum OPUS and all of its assets in a transaction that took effect on Jan.1. Magnum OPUS will begin operating as the Britt/Paulk Boise, Idaho branch office. Financial details of the transaction …
January 7, 2008
Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said last week that he will ask the General Assembly to pass legislation guarding against identity theft and credit fraud. Kaine made the announcement at the Virginia headquarters of the AARP, which supports the consumer …
January 3, 2008
The Idaho Department of Insurance (DOI) has joined forces with the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, a Washington group that includes insurers, law enforcement officials and consumer groups, in expressing concern over Toyota car company’s recent ad campaign. The campaign shows …
December 31, 2007
New leaders tackled old issues and the region battled fire and rain. 1. No day at the beach Insurance markets for coastal properties continued to challenge insurers, agents, policymakers and property owners, despite an inactive hurricane season. For the most …
December 31, 2007
From storms that flooded the Midwest destroying homes and business in the summer to a court ruling that could have a significantly negative impact on the medical malpractice insurance market in the state of Illinois, 2007 was a year to …
December 31, 2007
While 2007 was a surprisingly calm year for hurricanes, that doesn’t mean Mother Nature didn’t have a tantrum or two. In 2007, the West faced its share of disasters, with freezes, floods and fires making news headlines from California all …
December 23, 2007
Maine and New Hampshire were among the states leading the opposition to a proposed national drivers’ license program, which they criticized as an unfunded $11 billion mandate on states that could place citizens’ personal information at risk. Maine Republican Congressman …
December 23, 2007
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December 23, 2007
Global firefighter claims U.S. Forest Service stonewalls on Russian aid while U.S. wildfires burn While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head …