U.S. health insurance companies that want to increase premiums by 10 percent or more next year would face tougher government scrutiny under new rules proposed Tuesday. The rules, called for under the sweeping healthcare law passed in March, would require …
A builders’ association is teaming with Kentucky’s largest workers’ compensation insurer to offer a new workers’ compensation program to its members in Kentucky and southern Indiana. Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI) and the Associated Builders and Contractors of Kentuckiana (ABC) …
Georgia’s insurance industry is teaming up with state authorities to launch an ambitious effort to crack down on the rising number of insurance fraud cases. Incoming Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, who takes office in January, said this week he plans …
Questionable property/casualty insurance claims rose 12 percent in the third quarter over last year, according to the latest reports from insurance companies. Through the third quarter of 2010, the National Insurance Crime Bureau received 70,295 referrals for questionable claims from …
The Obama administration Wednesday launched a legal battle against BP Plc and its partners by suing them for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, which could cost the companies billions of dollars. The lawsuit seeks damages from the …
The Supreme Court of Georgia has ruled in favor of insurance companies in two cases involving how much people injured in car wrecks should get under uninsured motorists coverage. At issue was whether the two injured persons were entitled to …
Building its brand messages directly into the game play of the popular social game Car Town – the only game on Facebook built around licensed automotive brands –State Farm today launched a six-month advertising campaign that lets players earn bonuses …
Sissonville Volunteer Fire Department is getting $10,000 from State Farm Insurance to help replace a fire station and three fire trucks destroyed in a blaze. The insurance company announced Friday it would donate the money to help rebuild the fire …
Leading insurance and other financial services companies have signed a research agreement with federal homeland security officials to improve cybersecurity in the financial sector. Through a public-private sector memorandum of understanding signed on Dec. 6, the National Institute of Standards …
An Indiana infant born with a rare condition that likely would kill him by age 2 will receive a shot at a normal life after an insurance company said it will pay for an experimental procedure that the state’s Medicaid …
