Safety Insurance has begun refunding a total $7.2 million to roughly 21,000 Massachusetts policyholders who were overcharged for motorcycle insurance, according to the state’s attorney general. The refunds are part of a settlement with several motorcycle insurers reached earlier this …
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has set the interest or discount rate provided for in the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act at 3.75 percent for the period of Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2010. This rate is …
In a decision that some legal observers found surprising, the Tennessee Supreme Court has reversed precedent and made it easier for workers to sue their employers when they believe they were fired illegally. The court ruled 3-2 last week that …
Maryland’s highest court has upheld a state law that limits the amount of money people can receive for suffering in lawsuits. Judges on the Court of Appeals ruled against the parents of a 5-year-old boy who drowned at a Crofton …
Alabama expects to receive billions of dollars in penalties from BP Plc in the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a state commission said Monday. BP and the White House will probably soon reach an agreement …
Tennessee, already considered tough on first-time DUI offenders, is about to get tougher. Lawmakers recently passed a bill that will require some drivers convicted of a first DUI to install alcohol-detecting ignition devices to stop their cars from starting if …
The Grand Island, Neb., City Council has decided to continue a terrorism rider on the city insurance plan again next year. Utilities director Gary Mader said the city’s general policy doesn’t cover terrorism, so the rider had to be added. …
With big, liquid brown eyes and a mouth that seemed to stretch into a smile, Gunner has the look of a family pet ready to run after a stick and curl up at the foot of a bed. But while …
Cities and states have improved their disaster readiness since the Sept. 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina, but authorities must keep stressing emergency preparedness to reduce complacency among the general public, retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore said in Memphis Friday. …
Geico is seeking $9 million in damages in three fraud lawsuits alleging that a medical equipment supply supplier and its attorneys, a radiology practice in Brooklyn and a Queens medical facility submitted thousands of suspect no-fault fraud claims. The total …
