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Golden State Division of Workers’ Compensation proposes penalties against laggard insurers
Nov 5 2006 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a revised proposal of regulations that would penalize insurers and self-insurers that show a pattern of denying or delaying workers’ compensation...
Litigation trends continue to mount worldwide, report says
Nov 5 2006 // News Currents Insurance companies are the litigation champions confronting an average of 1,696 lawsuits, spanning from product liability and environmental class actions to directors and officers claims, and even coverage...
Judge Denies Miss. Couple New Trial on Storm Surge Coverage
Nov 3 2006 // A federal judge says he won’t order a new trial for a Pascagoula, Miss. couple whose lawsuit against their insurance company was the first case to be tried in Gulfport after Hurricane Katrina spawned hundreds of...
Chief of La. Citizens Urges Lawmakers to Have Patience
Nov 2 2006 // Anger over new fees meant to help recovery from last year’s hurricane claims is no reason to tinker with 2003 state laws creating Louisiana’s state-run insurance company, the company’s chairman said Oct....
Chicago Judge Approves Sale of Segal’s Estate for $17.6 Million
Nov 2 2006 // A federal judge this week approved the sale of a suburban estate that belonged to a jailed insurance executive after a building company and preservationists agreed on how to develop the historic property. The Chicago judge...
Vermont Court Says Drug Maker Owes $6.8M for Woman’s Amputation
Nov 1 2006 // Drug maker Wyeth must pay nearly $6.8 million to a Vermont woman whose arm had to be amputated after she was injected with one of its medications, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled, upholding a lower court’s ruling. In...
Kentucky Churchgoers: Medi-Share Not an Insurance Program
Oct 30 2006 // A Christian cost-sharing ministry set up to help cover medical costs for churchgoers is not an insurance program and doesn’t claim to be, the head of the American Evangelical Association testified last week. E. John...
Sharing Power Seen as Option for Evenly Split Oklahoma Senate
Oct 30 2006 // Democratic and Republican state Senate leaders in Oklahoma may follow the lead of their counterparts in other states and share power if the chamber has a tie in membership after the Nov. 7 general election, officials...
N.M. Fraud Bureau Hosts National Fraud Directors Conference
Oct 30 2006 // The New Mexico Insurance Fraud Bureau, a bureau of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Insurance Division, is hosting the 2006 National Insurance Fraud Directors Conference in Santa Fe, N.M., on Oct. 30- Nov....
Lawmakers: AP’s New Orleans Insurance Analysis Points to Need for Legislation and Outreach
Oct 27 2006 // An Associated Press analysis showing white homeowners in New Orleans were three times as likely as minorities to appeal insurance settlements after Hurricane Katrina points to a deep racial imbalance and the need for...
Many California Hispanics Not Aware of Uninsured Motorists Requirements
Oct 27 2006 // On Oct. 1, 2006, the California Department of Motor Vehicles began enforcing Senate Bill 1500 that requires the DMV to suspend a vehicle’s registration if the vehicle does not have a valid insurance policy or bond....
More Fallout Expected from Neb. Supreme Court Ruling on Liability
Oct 25 2006 // Skate parks across Nebraska, such as those in Fremont, Norfolk and North Platte, are the first casualties of a state Supreme Court decision about liability and insurance coverage, many are saying. The Nebraska Supreme...
N.J. High Court Rules Gays Entitled to Rights, Benefts of Marriage
Oct 25 2006 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that the equal protection clause of the state’s constitution requires that “committed same-sex couples must be afforded on equal terms the same rights and benefits enjoyed...
By U.S. Sen. Trent Lott
Oct 23 2006 // Why government should require insurance policies to declare what is NOT covered I have introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate to make future insurance policies easier for consumers to understand. The “Honesty is...
Declarations
Oct 23 2006 // Toe to toe with the gecko “GEICO is an incredible opponent for local independent agents. We simply decided to compare ourselves with the largest insurance marketer in the United States. With over one hundred...
Honesty is the best insurance policy
Oct 23 2006 // I have introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate to make future insurance policies easier for consumers to understand. The “Honesty is the Best Insurance Policy Act” calls for requiring insurance companies to...
Why agents oppose contingent commission settlements
Oct 23 2006 // Imagine for a moment a state legislator introducing a bill that made it illegal for businesses to pay year-end bonuses to their sales forces. Then imagine that this piece of legislation also made it mandatory that all...
Bustamante and Poizner in the final campaign stretch
Oct 23 2006 // From holding the line on new reforms to reducing uninsured motorists, a fair share of work lurks ahead for California’s soon-to-be-chosen insurance commissioner. Front-runners fighting for the honor of regulating...
Second association joins fight against Garamendi
Oct 23 2006 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers, La Verne, Calif., is drafting a letter to the California Office of Administrative Law in support of the recent petition by IBA West over the California Insurance...
HOSPITALITY RISKS
Oct 23 2006 // In Pennsylvania, a disabled customer complained of emotional distress when she dined at a restaurant that lacked adequate parking for her wheelchair van and where the restrooms were not fully wheelchair-accessible. The...
