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Ala. County Commissioner Indicted

A five-count federal indictment was handed down by a Birmingham Grand Jury charging Cherokee County Commissioner Leonard Woodall with accepting bribes and making false statements. Woodall is also accused of lying to FBI agents about bribes from Tillery in a …

AIG Program’s Jordan: Learning from Program Failures

AIG Programs Division has more successful programs today than years ago, thanks in great measure to the lessons the company has learned from programs that failed. “It’s critical to know what’s happening,” according to David Jordan, senior vice president at …

RLI Appoints Graham to Board

Peoria, Ill.-based specialty risk insurer RLI Corp. appointed Jordan W. Graham to its board of directors, effective Nov. 18, with a term expiring in 2005. Graham, a business strategy and technology consultant, most recently was an executive with Cisco Systems …

Ala. Insurance Agents Plead Guilty in Bribery Case

Two insurance agents have pleaded guilty in Birmingham, Ala., to giving money to Cherokee County elected officials in exchange for the county’s insurance business, the latest corruption case to surface in the county. James L. Williams and Michael Tillery each …

AIA VP Part of Team Working on Iraqi Code

David Snyder, vice president and assistant general counsel for the American Insurance Association (AIA) was part of a support team that went to Amman, Jordan, in June 2004 to assist the efforts of the group that included Arkansas Insurance Commissioner …

Mass. Big Dig Springs Big Leaks; Hunt Commences to Pin Blame for Allegedly Faulty Construction

Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly said his office wants to know whether water accumulating on the underground roof of the Big Dig tunnels could damage the $14.6 billion roadway project, and who should be blamed for more than 400 …

Ala. Agents Plead Guilty in Bribery Case

Two insurance agents have pleaded guilty in Birmingham, Ala. to giving money to Cherokee County elected officials in exchange for the county’s insurance business, the latest corruption case to surface in the county. James L. Williams and Michael Tillery each …

People and Places

Terry Adams The new national officers of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents were installed during the group’s recent board of directors meeting held in Orlando, Fla. Terry Adams of Ashland, Ore., will become president of PIA National; Ray …

People and Places

Bill Litjen San Diego-based insurance brokerage G.S. Levine Insurance Services Inc. has announced the promotion of Bill Litjen to president. He joined the firm in 1997 and most recently held the position of chief operating officer. During his 27-year career …

W. Va. Workers’ Comp Investigator Receives Award

A West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission fraud and abuse investigator was to be honored on Friday for her work by the U.S. Department of Justice. Lisa Prater, manager of the Fraud & Abuse Investigations Unit in the Commission’s Office of …