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3M Could Pay $56 million to Clean Up Eastern Twin Cities Sites
Apr 9 2008 // 3M Co. will probably pay between $50 million and $56 million to clean up sites in the eastern Twin Cities that have been contaminated by chemicals that were once used in some of the company’s best-known products. The...
Two Lawyers Named to Connecticut Workers’Comp Commission
Apr 7 2008 // Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has named Daniel Dilzer and David Schoolcraft to the state Workers’ Compensation Commission. Dilzer, 41, is a lawyer with the New Britain-based law firm Davila & Dilzer. He serves...
Two Employees Fired for Gossiping Settle Lawsuits with N.H. Town
Apr 2 2008 // Two of the four women fired from town jobs in Hooksett (New Hampshire) for gossiping have settled lawsuits against the town. The town’s insurance company is paying $65,000 each to Joanne Drewniak and Jessica...
Four Charged in 1999 Arson Fire at Michigan State University
Mar 24 2008 // More than eight years after a New Year’s Eve fire at Michigan State University, four people have been indicted related to an arson incident federal authorities said was an act of domestic terrorism. The government...
Six Seek Interim Director Position at North Dakota Workers’ Comp Agency
Mar 18 2008 // Six people, including a one-time Fargo mayor and a former vice president at Montana’s workers’ compensation fund, have applied to be the interim chief executive officer of North Dakota’s Workforce Safety...
Four Charged in 1999 Arson Fire at Michigan State University
Mar 13 2008 // More than eight years after a New Year’s Eve fire at Michigan State University, four people have been indicted related to an arson incident federal authorities said Tuesday was an act of domestic terrorism. The...
Two Oklahoma Cities Among 35 Safest in Nation
Mar 10 2008 // Sugarland, Texas, made Top 5 safest list Two Oklahoma cities are among the 35 safest in the nation, according rankings based on the FBI’s uniform crime report. One Texas town, Sugarland, was among the five...
Five Execs Found Guilty of Fraud in Gen Re-AIG Trial
Mar 10 2008 // A federal court jury in Hartford, Connecticut, has found four former General Re Corp. executives and one former American International Group executive guilty of corporate fraud and conspiracy charges stemming from...
Two Former Marsh Execs Found Guilty of Bid-Rigging
Feb 22 2008 // A New York court has found two former executives at insurance broker Marsh guilty of monopoly, but acquitted the two of all other charges stemming from a bid-rigging case brought by the state’s attorney general,...
Two Colo. Insurers Refund $5.7M to Consumers
Feb 18 2008 // Two insurance companies have refunded about $5.7 million to Colorado customers affected by billing and record keeping errors, state officials said Thursday. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has restored nearly $3.2 million to...
Two Ex-police Officers in La. Acquitted of Insurance Fraud Charges
Jan 22 2008 // Two former Monroe, La., police officers have been acquitted in federal court on allegations they committed insurance fraud. A 12-person jury returned the verdicts in the case against Brandon Brooks and former police union...
Three Okla. Lawmakers Return Donations Linked to Former Commissioner Scandal
Jan 18 2008 // Three Oklahoma state representatives, all Republicans, say they are returning campaign contributions given to them by the son of a man linked to convicted former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher. Reps. Jeff...
Two Midwest Offices of Engle Martin & Associates Relocate
Jan 17 2008 // The Minneapolis and Chicago offices of Engle Martin & Associates, Inc., a national independent insurance adjusting and claims administration firm, have moved to expanded facilities, the company recently announced. The...
Five Insurance Firms Receive La. Incentive Grants
Jan 14 2008 // Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon handed out grants Jan. 11 to property insurance companies that are receiving a total of $29 million from a state government program aimed at getting more insurers...
Two Charged in East Alabama Church Fires
Jan 8 2008 // Two Smiths, Ala., men have been charged on arson and burglary charges in connection with three church fires that occurred since Jan 1, State Fire Marshal Ed Paulk announced Monday. Geoffrey Parquette, 21, was charged with...
Two Ind. Volunteer Firefighters Charged with Arson
Dec 6 2007 // Two Indiana volunteer firefighters are charged with setting fires in abandoned buildings in northern Hamilton County. Adam B. Sampson, 21, of Tipton is charged with three counts of arson, two counts of burglary and two...
Three Accused of Criminal Activity in La. While Acting as Bail Bond Agents
Dec 6 2007 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Investigators and Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputies charged three Jefferson Parish men with aggravated burglary, aggravated false imprisonment, impersonating a police...
Five Trends for Agents to Track
Dec 2 2007 // In a poem written 2,000 years ago by Horace, he used the phrase “carpe diem,” which is commonly translated as “seize the day.” Although interpretations of this phrase vary, one interpretation can...
Six Insurers Apply for $34 Million in La. Incentive Grants
Nov 8 2007 // Six insurance companies, including two newcomers to Louisiana, have applied for $34 million in matching grants from state government, in a program aimed at getting more insurers to write policies along the coast. Insurance...
Five Tips in Dealing with Wildfire Losses
Nov 4 2007 // Here we go again: another disaster, another insurance test. Will Southern Californians whose homes and businesses were destroyed or damaged by wildfires fare better with their insurance providers than Katrina’s...
