Flanked by the presidents of the Maine AFL-CIO and Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Governor John E. Baldacci on March 16 unveiled legislation to restructure the Maine Workers’ Compensation Board. The goal of the restructuring is to end the gridlock …
Independent agents and brokers continue to dominate commercial lines and experienced steady growth in personal lines, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) 2002 market share study. The report shows that the commercial lines market grew 19 percent …
One TPA Says It Has the Secret At first glance, Jeffrey McDaniel does not seem disabled. He is built like a football player, and in his mesh green and gold jersey he looks like one too. A pat on the …
The U.S. Justice Department has ruled that the proposed merger of health insurers WellPoint Health Networks Inc. and Anthem Inc. will not harm competition or consumers, leaving it up to state regulators whether the mega-deal will be allowed to go …
Fire marshals across the nation scurried to review inspections of nightclubs after sparks from a rock band’s pyrotechnics set fire to a Rhode Island club, killing 100 people and injuring scores of others a year ago. At least 15 states …
Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship with torts, but they did …
Since March is Ethics Awareness Month, this seems an appropriate time to suggest that the majority of what passes for “ethics training” is having little or no effect on individual or corporate behaviors. Case in point: Enron, which has become …
March is Ethics Awareness Month in the insurance and financial services industries, and this seems an appropriate time to suggest that the majority of what passes for “ethics training” is having little or no effect on individual or corporate behaviors. …
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a recommendation to all licensed property/casualty insurance companies, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, trade associations and other interested parties concerning an innovative tool to collect past due child support. Pickens said the tool …
Maine Governor John E. Baldacci has reappointed Alessandro A. Iuppa as superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance. The bureau is responsible for overseeing the 950 insurance companies and 35,000 agents licensed in Maine. “I am pleased to renominate Al …
