March 3, 2009
Gov. John Hoeven’s staff attorney says the governor will soon name a a permanent executive director for the state workers’ compensation agency. Ryan Bernstein, Hoeven’s staff attorney, says the governor will name a new executive director within “the next couple …
March 2, 2009
North Dakota’s Senate has narrowly endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment that would block attempts to move minor money disputes out of the state’s small-claims courts. The proposal says small-claims cases have no right to a jury trial. North Dakota law …
February 27, 2009
North Dakota’s former workers compensation director has been given a two-year deferred sentence with no jail time and a $2,000 fine for misspending public money. The deferred sentence means Sandy Blunt’s record will be cleared if he breaks no laws …
February 26, 2009
Officials of cities along the Red River are preparing for the worst while they await an updated spring flood forecast Friday. Wilkin County, Minn., engineer Tom Richels says the county has lined up pumps and sandbags. He expects conditions similar …
February 25, 2009
A lawyer for former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt says his client should not get jail time for his felony conviction. A jury convicted Blunt last December of misspending more than $10,000 in public money while he was …
February 22, 2009
$105 The current per vehicle assessment charged by the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association to help pay claims of seriously injured accident victims. Michigan is the only state to offer unlimited lifetime medical benefits for people seriously injured in auto accidents. …
February 22, 2009
Drunken System “It is surprising to the authors that these tragedies do not occur more frequently than they do in Kansas. As we studied this issue, we found many things that need attention, and many parts of the system about …
February 22, 2009
The GAO compared the number of NFIP policies in a given area as of September 2006, with the total number of county flood declarations from January 1980 to June 2008, cumulative flood claims payments from January 1978 to April 2008, …
February 22, 2009
California Insurance Code requires the appraisal procedure to be contained in every policy containing fire coverage, and it is frequently found in other property and casualty policies. It is critical for all insurance agents to understand the appraisal process so …
February 22, 2009
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