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Seven ways to sell more insurance while wearing a golf sweater

Aug 21 2006 // You can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she plays golf. A match is a mirror into the person’s attitude, ethics and behavior. It is why many agents and company people host the game to entertain, impress and...

Seven ways to sell more insurance while wearing a golf sweater

Aug 21 2006 // You can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she plays golf. A match is a mirror into the person’s attitude, ethics and behavior. It is why many agents and company people host the game to entertain, impress and...

Two Dead, One Missing in Ill. in Attempt to Save Boy from Drowning

Aug 15 2006 // Two people died and a third was missing and presumed drowned Sunday in an attempt to rescue a young boy from the swirling water near a dam on the Kankakee River in Wilmington, Ill. authorities said. Although Brian Santoyo,...

Nine Players – Including Agent – in World Series of Poker

Aug 10 2006 // Nine players — four pros, a former talent agent, an insurance broker, an ad salesman, a recent college grad and a retired businessman — were all that remained from a field of more than 8,700 hopefuls vying for...

Three Managed Care Groups Get $4.4 Billion for Hoosier Healthwise

Aug 8 2006 // Approximately 535,000 Indiana residents enrolled in the Hoosier Healthwise insurance program will gain more choices for their medical care on Jan. 1, 2007 through three managed care organizations, Indiana state officials...

Three Arrested for Staging Florida PIP Fraud Accidents

Aug 8 2006 // Three individuals, including a father and daughter have been arrested and face felony charges stemming from staged accidents and $40,000 in fraudulent auto insurance billings according to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s...

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...

One Home Lost to Wildfire in Western Montana

Jul 24 2006 // A wildfire in western Montana destroyed a house and two outbuildings, a U.S. Forest Service official said Saturday. The fire, which has scorched about 4 square miles, is one of five large blazes in Montana, according to...

Two Miami Adjusters Arrested in $400,000 Hurricane Fraud Case

Jul 21 2006 // Two licensed public adjusters who fraudulently collected more than $400,000 from two insurance companies by submitting bogus contractor agreements have been arrested in Miami by detectives in the Department of Financial...

Three Arrested in Post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans Hospital Deaths

Jul 19 2006 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., announced that his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has made three arrests in the investigation surrounding patient deaths at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans. The...

Two Years After Outbreak, Parties Settle Most Salmonella Suits in Pa.

Jul 6 2006 // Attorneys for Pennsylvania-based Sheetz convenience stores and scores of customers sickened during a salmonella outbreak two years ago have settled more than 80 lawsuits in recent weeks and agreed to delay a filing...

Two Insurers Approved for Selling for Kidnapping Coverage in La.

Jul 5 2006 // Insurance coverage has been approved in Louisiana to take on a realm of the once-unthinkable: kidnappings, ransom, extortion and hijacking. Although it’s not for everyone, high-profile people, such as corporate...

Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina

Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...

Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina

Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...

Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina

Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...

Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina

Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...

Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina

Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...

Two legal cases in the eye of Hurricane Katrina

Jul 3 2006 // Say Hurricane Katrina and you immediately think of New Orleans; say Hurricane Katrina and insurance coverage, and the story is different. At the nine-month anniversary since the storm made landfall, of all the Mississippi...

Twenty-five Suspects Indicted on Fraud by California Department of Insurance

Jun 30 2006 // Twenty-five suspects in connection with a major insurance fraud investigation dubbed “Operation Cashout” have been indicted, according to the California Department of Insurance. Twenty suspects were arrested...

Five Arrested in Western Kentucky University Fire

Jun 26 2006 // It will cost more than $1.3 million to repair Western Kentucky University’s Cherry Hall, which was damaged by an arson fire April 23. Western’s President Gary Ransdell said the university has about half the...