Yearly Archives: 2004

POULTRY COVERAGE STUDIED:

The avian flu virus cost giant Perdue Farms and Mountaire Farms as well as a number of individual poultry growers...

NEW YORK MUNI RELIEF PLAN:

New York Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno’s plan to help save local property taxpayers billions of dollars includes municipal...

VERMONT RAISES COMP RATES:

Vermont Commissioner John P. Crowley has approved workers’ compensation insurance rate increases of 10.3 percent in loss costs for the...

MASS. ATTORNEYS RATE WC JUDGES:

A recent Massachusetts Bar Association survey found an overall high approval rating of judges in the Massachusetts Department of Industrial...

MAINE PLANS REVAMP OF WC BOARD:

Flanked by the presidents of the Maine AFL-CIO and Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Gov. John E. Baldacci unveiled legislation...

MAINE COURT-RELEASE UNUM STUDY:

The Maine Bureau of Insurance has been told to release a confidential report that it had accounting firm Arthur Andersen...

SMALL IS BIG IN CONN.:

Connecticut’s insurance industry, long dominated by some of the largest firms in the nation, is feeling a few sharp elbows...