Coal mining, logging, firefighting represent just a handful of the dozens of jobs that spring to mind when it comes to dangerous work. Farming isn’t often one of them. But data shows agriculture is outpacing mining as the most deadly …
Although it’s often true the more things change, the more they stay the same, there are some valuable insurance industry practices that have unfortunately faded over time. The move toward specialization and technological advancement with an eye toward speed and …
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn asked for additional staff to investigate complaints against insurance companies and agents as well as fund an Internet insurance rate comparison service that would be the only one of its kind in the country. Over …
A Worcester, N.Y., farm owner has been arraigned on charges in connection with a fire that killed 24 cows. Peter Mravlja was charged with arson, insurance fraud and witness tampering following a nearly three-year investigation by local authorities and the …
Vermont workers’ compensation rates are moderating for the third year in a row, Commissioner John P. Crowley of the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration announced. Crowley approved a loss cost increase of 1.4 percent for the …
Education and occupation matter when it comes to what customers of New Jersey’s fourth-largest auto insurer pay, according to a published report. Geico considers professional and college-educated customers less of a risk than blue-collar workers, so those drivers pay less, …
Miscellaneous Medical Malpractice Nuts & Bolts: NAS Insurance Services’ miscellaneous medical malpractice insurance program has several new features including deductibles under $2,500. The coverage can now be underwritten with greater rate flexibility and is available combined with GL and professional …
An antiques dealer, an auto mechanic and even a couple of insurance agents are among the dishonored on 2005’s Top Ten Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud cases list, released by the Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority. This year’s list shows that the people …
A month into the Houston fraud and conspiracy trial of Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay and former chief executive Jeffrey Skilling, their defense teams were hammering away at a consistent theme: Complex financial structures and deals that prosecutors allege hid …
Dozens of federally insured medical providers have been blocked from helping the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricane Katrina because their liability protection doesn’t apply outside their own states. Doctors and nurses from community health centers across the country who encountered …
