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Understanding real estate-related risks

Aug 7 2006 // Throughout California and other states, there has been an incredible increase in the number of professionals involved in or related to real estate. When thinking about real estate risks, the first to come to mind are real...

Wendy’s Claims Blood Disorder, Not Burger, Sickened Maine Woman

Aug 4 2006 // A Maine woman who claims she was sickened by an undercooked Wendy’s burger says the pain she endured was worse than she remembered when she gave birth. But Wendy’s contends the woman’s illness was likely...

Rorke Promoted to Claims Manager for California State Fund

Aug 4 2006 // Nina Rorke has been appointed as claims manager for California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Sacramento State Contract Services. Rorke started her State Fund career as a financial analyst for the...

Investors Win Rare Victory Against Analyst Over Tyco Stock Pick

Jul 31 2006 // An NASD arbitration panel ordered Merrill Lynch & Co. and former stock analyst Phua Young to jointly pay almost $500,000 to a retired couple in Pennsylvania who bought shares of Tyco International Inc. on the...

Personal Insurance Federation of California Helping California Fire Victims

Jul 31 2006 // The extreme heat, coupled with humidity, winds and an abundance of dry brush cover are perfect ingredients for serious wildfires in California this fire season. The Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC), an...

Three Californians Arrested for Submitting Bogus Claims

Jul 28 2006 // Two of three suspects in California, allegedly involved in a conspiracy and grand theft case from the Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA), are scheduled to be arraigned on 62 felony counts, the California...

Fla. Woman Sues Bacardi, Claims Flaming Rum Dangerous

Jul 28 2006 // Woman sues Bacardi after allegedly burned by flaming rum A woman who was allegedly severely burned by flaming rum during a Bacardi promotion is suing the spirits producer, claiming the product was defective and...

Ohio Attorney General Says ‘Casinos’ Real Issue in Shawnee Tribe Case

Jul 25 2006 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro moved to intervene in the case against the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma’s claim for lands in Ohio. In May 2005, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma filed this suit claiming that...

Take the pollution out of the D&O policy

Jul 24 2006 // Is your directors and officers policy polluted? Shareholders and environmental groups are taking a closer look at the environmental disclosures made by public companies. The U.S. General Accounting Office issued a report...

Donelon orders insurers to extend hurricane claims period in Louisiana

Jul 24 2006 // Just over a month after asking insurers in his state to voluntarily do so, Louisiana Commis-sioner of Insurance Jim Donleon issued Directive 199 mandating that all companies insuring property in Louisiana extend the period...

Spokane diocese settles claims with two insurers

Jul 24 2006 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane has reached agreements with two more insurance carriers on payments to cover sexual abuse claims as the diocese’s bankruptcy case heads into mediation. In a statement, Bishop...

Case Law Watch

Jul 24 2006 // ARBITRATION Allstate Insurance Company v. Great American Insurance Company (Super. Ct. N. J. June 15, 2006) Ruling: Insurance company could contest adverse arbitration finding where plaintiff insurance company improperly...

Take the pollution out of the D&O policy

Jul 24 2006 // Is your directors and officers policy polluted? Shareholders and environmental groups are taking a closer look at the environmental disclosures made by public companies. The U.S. General Accounting Office issued a report...

Going after unpaid claims

Jul 24 2006 // Louisiana Recovery Authority is considering going after insurance companies on behalf of homeowners who are having trouble with claims on their storm-damaged homes. According to the Associated Press, Louisiana’s...

Jul 24 2006 // People Minneapolis, Minn.-based ING named Susan Anderson president and CEO of ING Trust USA. Anderson will lead the growth and development of personal trust and directed institutional trusts nationally. She has 15 years of...

Wis. General Casualty Names New Claims Senior Vice President

Jul 24 2006 // Sun Prairie, Wis-based General Casualty Insurance Companies have named Jim Blair senior vice president of the company’s claims department, replacing Don Suominen who retired in March. Blair has more than 30 years of...

Ind. April Hailstorms Generate $560 Million in Claims

Jul 24 2006 // A wave of April thunderstorms that pummeled central Indiana with hail the size of golf balls, or bigger, has so far generated insurance claims totaling $560 million, making it one of the state’s costliest weather...

Going after unpaid claims

Jul 24 2006 // Louisiana Recovery Authority is considering going after insurance companies on behalf of homeowners who are having trouble with claims on their storm damaged homes. According to the Associated Press, Louisiana’s...

Case Law Watch

Jul 24 2006 // Arbitration Allstate Insurance Company v. Great American Insurance Company (Super. Ct. N. J. June 15, 2006) Ruling: Insurance company could contest adverse arbitration finding where plaintiff insurance company improperly...

Former CompSource Oklahoma Claims Director Indicted for Fraud

Jul 19 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson reported that the former claims director for CompSource Oklahoma is accused of one count of workers’ compensation fraud in a Multicounty Grand Jury indictment unsealed...