The California Department of Insurance has launched a new Web site to fight workers’ compensation fraud . The site, accessible on the California Department of Insurance (CDI) web site (www.insurance.ca.gov), will provide regularly updated data on workers’ compensation fraud convictions …
Two Suspects Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud Two Elk Grove, Calif., residents were arrested on insurance fraud charges related to the alleged staged theft, arson, and subsequent insurance claim for a vehicle belonging to one of the suspects. According to …
Auto insurers would have to pay ambulance and emergency room bills in car accidents, under a measure backed by a Colorado Senate panel. Officials for hospitals and ambulance services said someone needs to help them pay for people who don’t …
Oregon has started its program to track medical errors at hospitals and determine what could have been done to prevent them. The Oregon Patient Safety Commission unanimously approved rules and guidelines for its effort to get hospitals to report serious …
A looming workers’ compensation court case could cost Montanans $100 million and force a roughly $160 million rate hike for business buying insurance from the Montana State Fund, the agency’s top official said. Laurence Hubbard, president of the Montana State …
A measure to improve Washington’s emergency readiness passed the state Senate, after a lawmaker agreed to bend to insurance industry insistence that the $5.7 million needed come from the state and not a surcharge on insurance plans. The bill passed …
U.S. District Court Judge Edward Nottingham has denied a class certification in Morris v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of America, according to Morrison & Foerster LLP. The law firm represented Travelers in court in Denver, Colo. The case is one of …
Over the years, many a vexed property casualty insurance company executive has joked about his firm being a nonprofit, blaming pricing regulation, market cycles, high loss ratios, low investment income or some combination of these forces for erasing net gain. …
Outsourcing often receives a bad rap, with large corporations using it to reduce staff count, bureaucracy and overhead. However, for small- and medium-sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be a valuable, even critical, tool to facilitate cost-effective growth and stimulate productivity. …
The Surplus Line Association of California’s (SLA) elected new officers at its Annual Meeting held in Northern California on Jan. 24 and in Southern California on Jan. 26, 2006. New officers include: chairman – Jim Pettipas of ECM Insurance Services …
