Monthly Archives: <span>February 2003</span>

TRY AGRIBUSINESS FOR GROWTH

The 16th Annual Agribusiness Conference will be held March 20-21 in Sacramento, Calif. Agencies that specialize in writing farm and...

TORT COSTS ROSE IN 2001

The U.S. tort system cost $205 billion in 2001, or $721 per U.S. citizen, representing a 14.3 percent increase in...

ARKANSAS LANDS CAPTIVE

American Management Corporation (AMC), an insurance agency in Conway, has formed Arkansas’s first captive insurer, AMC Re. Arkansas State Insurance...

COURT SAYS NO DOUBLE-DIPPING

The Amarillo Court of Appeals upheld a law preventing injured workers from collecting benefits for a work-related injury from two...

LOUISIANA AGENT FACES CHARGES

Acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley confirmed that a Monroe, La. insurance agent was arrested as a part of an...

SODA DRIVER PLEADS GUILTY

Armando M. Villesca Sr. of Fort Stockton, Texas, pleaded guilty to charges of workers’ compensation fraud in a Travis County...