A Texas jury awarded $27.5 million (euro22.72 million) in damages to a woman of Iranian descent who said she was racially profiled when Southwest Airlines Co. accused her of assaulting a flight attendant. Samantha Carrington of Santa Barbara, California, won …
A Pennsylvania judge was asked to determine whether a $4 million verdict in a birth malpractice case is too large because a hospital said it could go bankrupt if it is forced to pay the damages. Attorneys for Trudy and …
Concerned that the current system to regulate safety at construction sites puts too much responsibility on the federal government, Massachusetts lawmakers are considering developing a plan that would transfer more power to the state. The idea to take over workplace …
Massachusetts has a new law making health insurance compulsory for individuals. In a ceremony with national implications held in historic Faneuil Hall in Boston, Gov. Mitt Romney, who has shown interest in running for president, signed the major health insurance …
With more than 55 million people living in coastal communities, the nation must learn from the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons and prepare now for what could be a worse 2006 season than what happened in 2005, a leading hurricane …
Rhode Island’s largest workers compensation carrier, Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., has engaged in a pattern of favoritism benefiting select clients and agents; won and retained employer accounts by cheating on pricing and regulations, and tolerated sloppy financial and underwriting management, …
The nation’s top emergency planner is promising that the government has learned from past mistakes and will be prepared for the upcoming 2006 hurricane season. R. David Paulison, acting director for the Federal Emergency Management, described the upcoming hurricane season …
Mike Dekema, of Kirkland, Wash., recently joined G.E. Young & Co., a third-party claims management company based in the Denver area, as director of business development. Dekema, who holds more than 34 years of experience in insurance, third-party claims management …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services recently noted in two articles, “San Francisco’s Credit Rating Is Strong–But Not Earthquake Proof” and “One Hundred Years Later, California Homeowners And Insurers Are Still On Shaky Ground,” that California is not fully prepared for …
On April 8th 2006, the California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced that it has begun legal proceedings against The Hartford Insurance Group, alleging that the company charged illegal fees. The CDI contends that Superior Access Insurance Services Inc., with Hartford’s …
