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Four out of 10 medical malpractice cases are groundless; majority dismissed without payout
May 22 2006 // About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, according to a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial lawyers against doctors, with lawmakers in the...
Four out of 10 medical malpractice cases are groundless; majority dismissed without payout
May 22 2006 // About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, according to a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial lawyers against doctors, with lawmakers in the...
Nine Companies Approved to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp in Texas
May 19 2006 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts recently approved the reapplications for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure covering a one-year period for nine private employers. Texas law allows...
Three Companies Get Homeowners Rate Hikes in La.
May 18 2006 // The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission has approved rate increases of less than 19 percent for three homeowner insurance companies. The largest of the increases, an 18.7 percent increase for 13,461 policyholders, went...
Eight Indicted by San Diego County Grand Jury for Fraud
May 18 2006 // Eight Massachusetts residents have been indicted for insurance premium fraud charges by a San Diego County grand jury. The eight owners and employees of Massachusetts-based National Independent Contractors Association...
Five Calif. Residents Arrested for Suspected Auto Insurance Fraud
May 12 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the arrests of three suspects who were allegedly said to have participated in the staging of auto collisions on the 605 Freeway. Three of the suspects —...
Three Dead in North Texas Tornado
May 11 2006 // Late-night tornadoes swept through rural North Texas on May 9, killing three people, hospitalizing 10 and reducing homes to bare concrete slabs, officials said. An elderly couple were found dead in a destroyed home in the...
Two Florida-only Marine Industry Class Codes Approved
Apr 26 2006 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. has received approval for two new Florida-only class codes related to the marine industry effective July 1, 2006. NCCI is the oldest and largest provider of...
Two Beacon Mutual Directors Balk at Firing by R.I. Governor
Apr 25 2006 // Two directors of embattled Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. have informed Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri that they refuse to relinquish their positions on the board of the state’s largest workers compensation carrier...
Two Ga. Agents Kept Premiums, Charged With Fraud
Apr 21 2006 // Arrest warrants have been issued for two Gainesville, Ga. insurance agents; both are charged with insurance fraud. Robert Frank Kubitz, 51, allegedly kept premiums paid to his business, RF Kubitz Agency, for coverages...
Two Men Arrested in January Death of Mass. Insurance Agent
Apr 6 2006 // When the body of Edward Schiller was found slumped behind the wheel of his Nissan Maxima in a parking garage in Newton, Mass. early on the morning of Jan. 13, authorities said they believed the 39-year-old insurance agent...
Three IIAG-supported bills introduced in Georgia Legislature
Mar 20 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia suggested three bills that were introduced to the Georgia Legislature to address Certificates of Insurance for subcontractors and workers’ compensation issues. Rep. Mike...
Three Promotions Announced by Winterthur U.S. Holdings Inc.
Mar 10 2006 // Three employees were recently promoted at Winterthur U.S. Holdings Inc., parent company of regional property and casualty insurers General Casualty, Sun Prairie, Wis. and Unigard, Bellevue, Wash. Geoff Barker was named...
Three IIAG-supported Bills Introduced in Georgia Legislature
Mar 7 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia suggested three bills that have been introduced to the Georgia Legislature to address Certificates of Insurance for subcontractors and workers’ compensation...
Four Riverside, Calif. Residents Arrested for Alleged Fradulent Auto Theft Claim
Mar 7 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced the arrests of three Riverside, Calif., residents on charges that they allegedly filed a fraudulent auto theft claim on a car that was later found in an orange...
Six Months After Katrina, New Orleans Far From Whole
Feb 27 2006 // They’re throwing Mardi Gras beads again, so many strands, they’re landing in tree branches and getting snagged on the trellised balconies of the French Quarter. They’re adorning the arms of Spanish...
Eight States Targeted For Smart Choice® Expansion
Feb 24 2006 // Greensboro, North Carolina – The Smart Choice® Agents Program, which currently serves more than 2,100 independent agencies in 18 states, has announced plans to expand the program in eight states this year. According...
THREE TEXAS AGENCIES MAKE ’50 BEST COMPANIES’ LIST
Feb 20 2006 // Three independent insurance agencies were among the “50 Best companies to work for in Texas” honored at a luncheon hosted by the Texas Assosiation of Business, Texas Monthly magazine and the Society for Human...
Seven tips for successful process outsourcing and boosting productivity
Feb 20 2006 // Outsourcing often receives a bad rap, with large corporations using it to reduce staff count, bureaucracy and overhead. However, for small- and medium-sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be a valuable, even critical,...
Two Suspects Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud
Feb 19 2006 // Fraud Roundup Two Elk Grove, Calif., residents were arrested on insurance fraud charges related to the alleged staged theft, arson, and subsequent insurance claim for a vehicle belonging to one of the suspects. According...
