Family members of a state trooper who killed himself after the 2002 Norfolk bank slayings face another court battle in their fight for workers’ compensation benefits they say they are owed. Several large insurers and businesses argue benefits shouldn’t be …
The Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission created by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners installed its Management Committee and elected a Committee chair, vice-chair and treasurer recently during the Commission’s inaugural annual meeting in Lansdowne, Va. The Commission elected Pennsylvania …
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is expanding its $4 generic prescription program to 11 additional states and adding 17 more prescriptions to the program. The world’s largest retailer added 502 stores to those offering the discounted medications. The new states added Thursday …
To combat problems created by uninsured drivers, Nebraska State Sen. Ray Aguilar of Grand Island plans to introduce legislation next year that would create a driver’s certificate. The certificate would allow a person without a Social Security number to obtain …
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has revoked the license of a Bellevue-based general insurance agency for improperly transferring and using trust funds belonging to insurers, clients and others. The Insurance Commissioner ordered Kenneth I. Tobey Inc., to surrender its license …
The two major parties are no longer locked in parity in state legislatures. Wresting control from the GOP in all the chambers that changed hands outright, the Democrats now control the legislatures in more states than they have since 1994. …
Great Central Insurance Company, a member of the Select Markets segment of Argonaut Group Inc. introduced its Great Protector Select Series of coverage forms for franchise hotels and motels in 17 additional states, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, …
The jobs of more than half of state insurance commissioners around the country could be on the line on this 2006 midterm Election Day. The futures of as many as 30 of the nation’s insurance commissioners are tied to the …
In addition to the 36 governor’s offices, more than 6,000 state legislative seats in 46 states are up for grabs on Nov. 7. “The changes that come from the 2006 state legislative elections could rival those of the historic 1994 …
The mid-term elections tomorrow will definitely have an impact on the insurance industry depending on who emerges from the key battles for governor, insurance commissioner, congressional seats and attorney general spots. Below is an abbreviated, down and dirty, quick look …
