September 4, 2006
Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine ordered a Kansas insurance company to return $1,016,518 in overcharges to 159 Georgia customers. Oxendine said Universal Underwriters Insurance Company will make retroactive premium adjustments to affected policyholders, including interest, for new or renewed policies …
September 4, 2006
Courts and legislatures around the country are taking a serious look at the problems created by the consolidation of mass tort cases, like the asbestos and silica litigation. The Michigan Supreme Court provided the latest move toward restoring balance with …
September 1, 2006
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced her office filed two lawsuits against companies that allegedly used deceptive, unsolicited mailers to target senior citizens. The companies used the mailers to obtain personal financial information to develop sales leads for insurance agents …
August 28, 2006
Two suburban Kansas City physician groups have agreed to settle a price-fixing complaint filed against them by the Federal Trade Commission. The commission had accused New Century Health Quality Alliance Inc. and Prime Care of Northeast Kansas LLC, both based …
August 23, 2006
Two former employees of the Ford County Attorney’s Office in Kansas are splitting a $137,500 settlement after accusing a former county attorney of harassment and wrongful firing. Julie Funk, a former assistant county attorney, and former office manager Erin Cox …
August 22, 2006
Many auto insurance policies are offered on a 6-month basis, and the rates for those policies can sometimes change when the policy is renewed. To give its customers the advantage of having one policy rate for an entire year, The …
August 21, 2006
$22 million The market value of the 17-acre suburban Chicago home of jailed insurance executive Michael Segal, who was convicted of looting the trust fund of his company, Near North Insurance Brokerage. The court requires the sale of his home …
August 18, 2006
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine announced he has ordered a Kansas insurance company to return $1,016,518 in overcharges to 159 Georgia customers. Oxendine said Universal Underwriters Insurance Company will make retroactive premium adjustments to affected policyholders, including interest, for …
August 17, 2006
Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline recently announced he had reached a settlement with pharmaceutical giant Glaxo SmithKline to resolve allegations that it improperly inflated the “average wholesale price” paid by the state’s Medicaid program for certain of its prescription drugs. …
August 16, 2006
Researchers trying to solve a 127-year-old mystery still don’t have a usable DNA sample to help them. Two University of Colorado professors excavated a grave in Lawrence, Kan. in May supposed to belong to John Hillmon, a 31-year-old ranch hand …