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Fiduciary Duties and Expert Testimony
May 14 2001 // Insurance intermediaries, whether they are brokers or agents, have fiduciary duties. Often these duties run to policyholders or prospective policyholders. Often they run to insurers. Sometimes, they can run to both at the...
CALIF. CITIES MAKE DUBIOUS TOP 10 IN AUTO-THEFT LIST
May 13 2001 // Fresno, Calif., Sacramento, Calif., and Stockton, Calif. made a rather unwanted list—the top 10 in a study and list naming the metropolitan areas with the most auto thefts in the nation for 2001—according to the San...
CIAB Supports Uniform Criminal History Review
May 9 2001 // The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB) called for enactment of a uniform criminal history review as a part of the resident producer licensing processes in all states. On May 7, The CIAB’s Board of...
N.Y.’s Operation Goldbrick III Leads to 11 Workers’ Comp Fraud Arrests
May 9 2001 // Acting Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio, the Suffolk County District Attorney James M. Catterson Jr., and New York State Insurance Fraud Executive Director Henry Neal Conolly announced the arrest of 11...
Calif. Jockey Arrested for Insurance Fraud
May 8 2001 // Investigators for the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Investigators arrested a Santa Ana, Calif. resident Carlos Cristo, 31, on charges of insurance fraud. Cristo, arrested at his residence pursuant to an arrest...
Nevada Legislation Targets Fraud Rings
May 7 2001 // Nevada’s Senate Commerce and Labor Committee approved two bills designed to discourage insurance fraud rings from setting up shop in the state. According to the Associated Press, one of the goals of AB 135 is to make...
Bay Area Trio Allegedy Conspired to Commit Fraud
Apr 29 2001 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division arrested Antioch resident Rudolfo Villasenor, 28, for felony insurance fraud and possession of dangerous drugs/narcotics, along with Ruben Rodriguez, Jr., 25, of...
Fair Oaks Man Arrested on Fraud Charge
Apr 29 2001 // Stanislav Svinarenko was booked into the Sacramento County Jail with bail set at $5,000 after being arrested on one count of insurance fraud. The Fair Oaks resident faces up to five years in state prison, with a possible...
Philadelphia Resident Caught in Auto Fraud Scheme
Apr 29 2001 // The CDI announced the arrest of John Martin by the Philadelphia Police Department Felony Warrant Detail. The arrest warrant was issued in Orange Superior County Superior Court in response to two felony charges filed by the...
CDI Investigation Leads to Empty Coffin
Apr 28 2001 // The Criminal Investigations Branch Investigators of the California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced a successful conclusion to a complicated investigation. Two individuals involved in a life insurance scam pleaded...
Phoenix Reports Highest Rate of Car Thefts in Nation
Apr 25 2001 // Based on FBI statistics, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) said the Phoenix area reported 979 auto thefts for every 100,000 of its residents last year–the worst rate in the nation. Phoenix is the...
As Farming In America Changes, Crop Insurance Is Everyone’s Concern
Apr 23 2001 // In 1790, farmers made up about 90 percent of labor force. “Farming has changed so much. The old guy wearing his overalls, holding a pitchfork and standing with his wife in front of the barn—there just aren’t...
Create-A-Check, Travelers Provide Check Fraud
Apr 19 2001 // Create-A-Check(TM), a provider of secure payment software solutions, announced that it now provides check fraud insurance to thousands of businesses using the company’s software. The insurance program, furnished by...
Guarding Garden Gnomes – U.K. Notes Rise in Outdoor Theft
Apr 18 2001 // According to an article in Britain’s Independent on Sunday there are over 20 million gardeners in the U.K. and they spent £3.35 ($4.86 billion) last year on fertilizers, plants, decorative items and other products...
Top 25 US Areas for Auto Theft
Apr 11 2001 // The top 25 U.S. metropolitan areas in rates of stolen vehicles last year, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s analysis of FBI figures. Listed cities include their ranking last year in parenthesis,...
IIAA Endorses U.S. House Anti-Fraud Bill
Apr 10 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America is endorsing a House proposal that would empower state insurance commissioners and all financial regulators to better coordinate the fight against financial fraud, says IIAA...
San Francisco Viatical Broker Indicted for Fraud
Apr 9 2001 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low announced the filing of felony charges against a San Francisco area viatical broker. The charges are the result of an ongoing joint investigation by the California Department...
Fraud Ring Suspected in New Jersey
Apr 5 2001 // Allstate New Jersey Insurance Co. filed a civil suit Wednesday in Morris County Superior Court against 10 defendants alleging violations of the New Jersey Fraud Prevention Act and the New Jersey Civil RICO Statute, in...
Santa Cruz Couple Charged with Insurance Fraud
Apr 5 2001 // After a two-year investigation by the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch and the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office, Jeff Levine, 45, and his wife, Martha Levine, 39 of Santa...
Artificial Intelligence Technology Transforms Software Solutions
Apr 2 2001 // For many people not directly involved in the development of software for the insurance industry, any discussion of new technology can rapidly swell into a serious information overload. Compounding this problem is the...
