Florida’s Legislature responded to a pandemic of staged accidents by passing the most-sweeping fraud reforms of any state this year, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. “The legislature realizes how serious a problem that entrenched staged-accident rings have become,” …
Des Plaines, Ill.-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that for calendar year 2005, the West, and particularly California, leads the nation in auto theft. All of the nation’s top ten areas with the highest vehicle theft rates are in …
Markel Corporation in Richmond, Va., has named D. Michael Jones senior vice president and general counsel. Jones brings over 25 years of broad-based legal experience to Markel. In his new role, Jones will support the senior executive team. Prior to …
City officials in Austin, Texas, deployed garbage trucks to collect spoiled food in areas of the city where residents had no power for up to three days. Utility crews scrambled to repair power lines and trim trees on Sunday, May …
As the recent severe storms across Texas have shown, a disaster can occur in any part of the state and often with little or no warning. Insurance offers financial protection against damage from natural disasters, but you need the right …
A growing number of marina owners and operators in southern Louisiana have scraped together whatever resources they can find to reopen their businesses. In a recent summary of the state’s fishing infrastructure, 80 recreational facilities in coastal Louisiana are fully …
Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc. a Michigan-based provider of property and casualty insurance, announced first-quarter 2006 operating results including its wholly owned subsidiary, Fremont Insurance Company, highlighted by revenue growth and substantially increased profitability for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, …
Trident Insurance Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of San Antonio-based Argonaut Group Inc. providing insurance for small to intermediate sized public entities, announced the introduction of Inmate Medical Coverage for detention facilities in both the public and private sectors. …
The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced it has published a Strategic Management Plan to define how the DWC will be organized and carry out reforms of the workers’ compensation system under House Bill 7 and …
Bermuda-based Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that its management will host a conference call to discuss the company’s 2006 first quarter results on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 9 a.m. Eastern Time. The bulletin noted that the Company’s Form 10-Q …
