A former employee with a Spring Hill, Florida, rehabilitation center was caught performing manual labor while collecting workers’ compensation benefits for an alleged injury sustained on the job in 2003. Investigators with the department’s Division of Insurance Fraud say Jesus …
The special session of the Wyoming legislature ended on Saturday, July 17, following the passage of a constitutional amendment that would allow for caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. This measure will be on the November ballot for …
Philadelphia Insurance Companies, A.M. Best rated A+ (Superior), announced the release of their newest product – Amateur Sports Facilities Program. This product joins a series of products designed for the sports and recreation market including fitness centers, martial arts schools, …
The latest proposal to address the medical malpractice and access to care crisis in Illinois falls short of meaningful liability reform and contains highly objectionable language that may promote more litigation, the American Insurance Association (AIA) said. “Clearly and inarguably, …
Bill Nelson Florida Senator As his bio notes growing up as a child, Florida Senator Bill Nelson never imagined that one day he would both catapult into space from a NASA launch site just miles from his grandfather’s homestead and …
A Tishomingo, Oklahoma, man will pay more than $8,000 in restitution after pleading no contest in Oklahoma County District Court to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, Attorney General Drew Edmondson said. Jackey Wayne Newton, 43, was employed with Sundowner …
Despite reported overwhelming support by the public and rank-and-file legislators for meaningful reforms to address Illinois’ medical liability crisis, legislators are reportedly being presented with a proposal – crafted by trial lawyers – that will do little and could actually …
A parade of industry representatives urged Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler to approve rules to transform the state’s auto insurance high risk plan into an assigned risk model, but consumer groups and the state’s leading insurer warned her against making …
West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against three state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court against the following: * Walton E. Smith, Jr., owner of a …
The Mack Group Inc., an independent insurance agency located in Boca Raton, Fla., recently merged into its operations the Coverall Concepts Group Inc., also of Boca Raton. Coverall Concepts was a $10 million premium agency specializing in providing insurance products …
