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Two charged in bicoastal restaurant insurance brokerage scheme
Apr 9 2007 // A Canadian man has been extradited to the U.S. to face trial on charges that he swindled $7 million from the victims of a fraudulent commercial insurance policy scheme, according to Acting New York Insurance Superintendent...
Two charged in bicoastal restaurant insurance brokerage scam
Apr 9 2007 // A Canadian man has been extradited to the United States to face trial on charges that he swindled $7 million from the victims of a fraudulent commercial insurance policy scheme, Acting New York Insurance Superintendent...
Three Arrested in La. for Alleged Insurance Fraud Scheme
Mar 28 2007 // The Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud and Auto Theft Unit recently announced the arrest of Jeomalyeous Thomas, 24, Eric Mayberry, 29, and Larry Henson, 27, on felony insurance fraud warrants stemming from an alleged...
Two Indicted on Workers’ Compensation Fraud Charges
Mar 27 2007 // An Albuquerque couple has been accused of defrauding the New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration. Rafael and Elvia M. Herrera, owners of Rafa’s Roofing Inc., were indicted on charges of forgery; fraud;...
Three ways to bag more personal lines sales
Mar 26 2007 // The Post Office isn’t the only way to deliver insurance marketing materials. Inserts, e-mails, Web site downloads, and hand delivery are some of the other options that are available. The first three methods are...
Three ways to bag more personal lines sales
Mar 26 2007 // The Post Office isn’t the only way to deliver insurance marketing materials. Inserts, e-mails, Web site downloads, and hand delivery are some of the other options that are available. The first three methods are...
Eleven AIG Companies Fined by Okla. Insurance Department
Mar 22 2007 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland announced the largest fine of an insurance company in state history – $400,000 – against eleven AIG insurance companies doing business in the state. The companies...
Four Indicted in Texas on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Mar 22 2007 // Workers’ compensation insurer Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that four people were indicted, in separate cases, in Travis County, Texas, on charges of workers’ compensation fraud. The company’s...
Two Arrested in Calif. for Staging Auto Accidents
Mar 7 2007 // Two suspects in California have been arrested in connection with staging automobile accidents and filing insurance claims for medical treatment they falsely claimed to have received in other countries, according to the...
Two Giant Glass Repair Firms Become One as Belron Acquires Safelite
Mar 5 2007 // Belron S.A., a large vehicle glass repair and replacement company, has completed its acquisition of another, Safelite Group Inc. According to Dan Wilson, president and chief executive officer.f the new joint organization...
Four Buildings Evacuated after San Francisco Landslide
Feb 28 2007 // A landslide of rocks and boulders tumbled down onto a San Francisco apartment building early Tuesday, sending 150 residents of the North Beach district into the streets. No injuries were reported, but at least four...
Five casual ways to pump up CSR sales
Feb 26 2007 // CSR selling doesn’t happen by decree. Principals can’t simply declare a sales quota and expect instant results. It is a long-term process getting customer service representatives involved in selling. Management...
Five casual ways to pump up CSR sales
Feb 25 2007 // CSR selling doesn’t happen by decree. Principals can’t simply declare a sales quota and expect instant results. It is a long-term process getting customer service representatives involved in selling. Management...
One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators
Feb 12 2007 // One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators At a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurance Journal sat down with 15 insurance regulators to talk about issues affecting their...
Four goals for owners
Feb 12 2007 // Take out your business plan when reading this article and see if it needs to be revised and updated. If you don’t have a business plan, then this article should be used as the basis of the plan for the year. The one...
Four goals for owners
Feb 11 2007 // Take out your business plan when reading this article and see if it needs to be revised and updated. If you don’t have a business plan, then this article should be used as the basis of the plan for the year. The one...
One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators
Feb 11 2007 // At a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurance Journal sat down with 15 insurance regulators to talk about issues affecting their state insurance markets, as well as industry-wide...
Three Calif. Senior Citizens Sentenced in Financial Scam
Feb 8 2007 // Three senior citizens who preyed on the elderly by selling them financial products that were unregistered and unqualified for sale in California have been sentenced, according to the California Department of Insurance. All...
Four Arrested in N.C., One Wanted; All Accused of Major Insurance Fraud Ring
Feb 7 2007 // North Carolina Officials arrested four Anson and Richmond County residents accused in an extensive insurance fraud ring. The accused were investigated for allegedly filing fraudulent insurance claims and altering police...
Six Arrested in Calif. Insurance Fraud Scheme, 16 Others Wanted
Jan 8 2007 // Eighty-six people have been arrested on suspicion of bilking insurance companies out of more than $500,000, one of California’s largest ever insurance fraud cases, the district attorney’s office said. The 86...