Maine officials have warned consumers and industry professionals about a scam involving an unlicensed company using a name and logo similar to those of The Hartford, the well-known insurer, and one of its duly licensed subsidiaries. Superintendent of Insurance Alessandro …
Scam Artists Impersonating GEBCO Insurance Agents The District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) Fraud Bureau is warning consumers to be careful of potentially fraudulent insurance agent or agents selling coverage on the streets of the district. …
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson has announced an “Early Offers” pilot program aimed at encouraging settlements of patients claiming to have been injured by medical mistakes. HHS hopes the program will help control health care costs …
Wayne F. White, president and chairman of Home Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Conway, Ark., has been elected chairman of the board of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). The election took place during the association’s business meeting, held …
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken announced that the department’s web site has a new search feature for both consumers and insurance producers licensed in Pennsylvania. The new “licensed producer” search gives consumers the ability to verify that they are dealing …
Claiming that progress is already underway toward building a stronger, national, state-based system of insurance regulation, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) told the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs that any establishment of a federal oversight …
Modesto residents Dr. Kyon Maung Teo, D.D.S. and his wife, Kin Thor Pang were arrested as part of a sweep conducted from Sacramento to San Diego to apprehend 21 people suspected of defrauding the state’s Medi-Cal system of more than …
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell announced that President George W. Bush has approved the Governor’s request for federal Individual Assistance (IA) for Bedford, Bradford, Clarion, Clinton, Columbia, Fulton, Jefferson, Juniata, Mifflin, Monroe, Northumberland, Pike, Snyder, Union and Wayne counties from the …
Timothy Chaix, president of R.E. Chaix & Associates recently announced that they have added a new branch office to service the Inland Empire. The office will be located at 10737 Laurel St., Suite 135, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730. Phone is …
Facing ever-increasing workers’ compensation costs, a group of Northern California private schools submitted an application to the state to form a self-insurance group and is inviting private and parochial schools throughout the state to join them. Utilizing a little-known law, …
