A Waterloo, Iowa insurance agent has been arrested for allegedly hiding a wireless camera in his office restroom. Robert Speirs, 53, an American Family insurance agent, said he put the camera in the restroom because he suspected one of his …
A Des Moines doctor and his brother are accused of health care fraud for allegedly seeking reimbursement on medical procedures that were unnecessary or not performed. Dr. Peter Boesen, 45, and his brother, James Boesen, 48, are charged in a …
Todd Graves, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, reported that a former Kansas City, Mo., police officer pleaded guilty in federal court recently to a scheme to collect insurance on a fraudulent stolen car claim. Michael J. Galley, …
Oswald Companies, J.A. Ice & Assoc. The Cleveland-based Oswald Companies has acquired J.A. Ice & Associates, a nationally recognized insurance broker specializing in the placement of property and casualty insurance for messenger and courier companies. The business will build upon …
Integro has hired three executives to serve in its San Francisco office. Michael J. Korn has accepted the position of managing principal of property practice, and Ted Doolittle has been appointed principal of executive risk practice. Larry A. Reback also …
Lawson-Hawks Acquires Healthcare Property/Casualty Group Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates Inc., a regional independent insurance broker based in Mountain View, Calif., has acquired the El Dorado Hills, Calif.-based Healthcare Property/Casualty Group operation of USI Holdings Corp. The Healthcare Property/ Casualty Group specializes …
A St. George, Utah, man who faked his death on Pine Valley Mountain last summer and then fled to Australia pleaded guilty to one count of conducting a false or fraudulent scheme to obtain fees or services, a second-degree felony. …
Construction executives overall are more cautious than in the recent past two years but still generally optimistic about 2006. Builders in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas are the most optimistic while those in New England are the least. These findings …
Twenty-six state attorneys general, concerned about a federal proposal to strengthen the roofs of motor vehicles, have urged the government to abandon language that could prevent people from suing automakers. The state officials took issue with part of a proposed …
Recent N.Y. $21 Million Award May Be Last of Its Kind in the Nation A New York court’s $21 million award last month to a young Wall Street trader paralyzed in an accident involving a Budget Rent-a-Car vehicle may be …
