Yearly Archives: <span>2006</span>

Most Losses in Texas Panhandle Fires Are Uninsured

Wildfires in the Texas panhandle have blackened hundreds of thousands of acres and leveled ranch houses and barns in its path. Unfortunately, most of the destruction including ranch land and cattle has been uninsured, according to the Insurance Council of …

Pair of V.P.’s Joining JBL&K Risk Services in Portland

JBL&K Risk Services, a Beecher Carlson company has added two new professionals in its Portland office. Scott Moss joins as vice president/account executive and Cynthia Hilton will also serve as vice president/account executive. Beecher Carlson operates under the JBL&K Risk …

Lawyers Argue Blackwater Deaths Lawsuit Belongs in Federal Court

Attorneys for a security contractor argued in a federal court have said that the state courts of North Carolina aren’t the proper place for a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the survivors of four former employees killed and mutilated in …

U.S. Senate Breathes New Life into Small Group Health Option

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee yesterday ended a stalemate over a decade old and voted in favor of a landmark bill to allow business and trade associations to band together to purchase group health insurance. The bill …

Bill Limiting Civil Damage Suits Reaches Pa. Gov. Rendell’s Desk

Legislation that would significantly scale back the obligation of defendants to pay damage awards in some civil lawsuits was approved by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives this week, although it faces an uncertain fate on Gov. Ed Rendell’s desk. For …

Maine Panel Endorses Mandatory Sentences for Repeat Bad Drivers

A proposal to curb Maine’s worst drivers moved forward this week in the Maine Legislature as a committee gave its solid endorsement to “Tina’s Law,” which is named for a woman killed in an accident involving a trucker with a …

Md. Jurors Deadlocked in Arson Case

Jurors in Greenbvely, Maryland deliberating the federal arson case of two men accused of setting fires to a Charles County housing development said Monday that they are deadlocked on both defendants. After deliberating over two days beginning last Friday, jurors …

Mass. House, Senate Reported Close to Final Health Reform Terms

House and Senate negotiators in Massachusetts are nearing a final deal on a health care reform package, Senate President Robert Travaglini said Tuesday. “The biggest obstacle that we’re left with is just fine tuning the language and the definitions and …

Search for Nation’s Top Independent Agencies Continues

With some 60,000 privately held independent agencies and brokerages nationwide, locating the most successful ones is a tough job but some company’s got to do it. That company is Insurance Journal. Insurance Journal is on the lookout for the nation’s …

Mo. Insurance Dept. Says Proposal Will Strengthen Consumer Safeguards

Missouri Senate Bill 895, which will strengthen consumer protection in insurance sales, was voted out of a Senate committee with a 9-0 vote, according to a written statement issued by Missouri Department of Insurance. In its release the insurance department …