Liberty Mutual Group has begun construction of a 350,000 square foot office building located on 225 acres of land the company owns in Dover, New Hampshire. The company expects to begin occupying the building in late 2007. Joining Liberty Mutual …
New Jersey state Senator Nia Gill, D-Essex, has sponsored a bill to ban auto insurance companies from taking education and occupation into account when setting policy prices, arguing that the practice is discriminatory and circumvents laws against using race and …
Someone once said “change is inevitable” and in the health care arena that especially rings true. It wasn’t so long ago that the only place a person would go for immediate treatment was the emergency room of their local hospital …
A woman who says her facelift was botched by a surgeon with physical problems may not see the doctor’s personal medical records as evidence for her lawsuit, a Manhattan judge has ruled. Geraldine Brower says she believes Dr. George J. …
Wal-Mart and other retailers challenged Maryland’s new law requiring Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health care, arguing before a Baltimore judge recently that only the federal government may dictate health spending by private companies. Maryland’s law requiring large employers …
An insurance company employee who hurt herself when returning to work from her lunch break was entitled to workers’ compensation benefits because the injury occurred on the employer’s premises, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled. The unanimous ruling by …
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners unanimously elected New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny as secretary-treasurer of the association at the NAIC summer meeting last month in Washington. D.C. The elction places him in position to be president of the …
An increasing number of Pennsylvania businesses are paying thousands more for workers’ compensation than necessary because of our state law’s vague treatment of subcontractors. While businesses must buy coverage for employees, many businesses use subcontractors instead of employees. What is …
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee last month received testimony on whether to continue the insurance antitrust exemption contained in the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act. This law placed responsibility for insurance regulation with the states and has permitted insurers to employ joint …
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is discussing with the Financial Services Commission (Cabinet) the possibility of activating the Standby Commercial Joint Underwriting Association. According to the Florida Surplus Lines Association, regulators are responding to increasing complaints from business owners …
