Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine announced that an Adel woman has been arrested and charged with filing a fraudulent insurance claim. Teresa Kay Griffin, 33, was arrested and booked into the Cook County Jail. Griffin has been charged with one …
According to the Fraud Investigation Division of the Kentucky Office of Insurance, two individuals have been convicted of committing fraudulent insurance acts. Mark A. Calitri, 34, of Richmond was found guilty of two counts of fraudulent insurance acts over $300. …
According to the U.S. Census Bureau there were more than five million firms employing fewer than 20 people in 2001, not counting the millions of people who are self employed. Another 600,000 firms employed between 20 and 499 people and …
While not the biggest state in the southeastern region, West Virginia like all other states has its insurance issues. Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline recently set aside some time to talk with Insurance Journal Southeast regarding some of the insurance issues …
Congress could help save thousands of lives by passing the National Highway Safety Act (S. 1993), according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). The legislation would require all states to pass a primary seat belt enforcement law or to increase …
The Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Health Care (CARH), an organization of health care providers and others dedicated to medical liability reform, recently praised new efforts by U.S. Senate leaders to bring balance to the medical justice system and reduce …
Miami Children’s Hospital kicked off National Child Passenger Safety Week recently with the unveiling of the United Automobile Insurance Group Child Passenger Safety Fitting Station, the first permanent indoor fitting station in the United States. Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation, United …
Insurance Commissioner Jim Long recently announced the receipt of the 2004 auto insurance rate filing from the North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB). The NCRB, an independent organization representing all auto insurance companies in the state, files annually for changes in …
Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Paula Flowers, acting as liquidator for three failed malpractice insurance firms, recently filed suit in U.S. District Court seeking to recover damages on behalf of the companies’ more than 50,000 former policyholders. The 62-page lawsuit, filed in …
The Georgia Legislature is certainly getting its share of tort reform news this session, considering almost a dozen House bills dealing with civil justice reform and medical malpractice reform. “We commend the sponsors of these bills for taking on this …
