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One-on-One with Montana State Fund President Laurence Hubbard
Jul 19 2004 // In recent months, Montana lawmakers have been discussing the state’s workers’ comp system, primarily the existence and function of the Montana State Fund. There has been talk of privatizing the Fund, or selling...
One of Oregon’s Largest Employers Selects SAIF as Work Comp Carrier
Jul 1 2004 // SAIF Corporation, Oregon’s non-profit workers’ compensation insurance company, announced its newest policyholder, Bear Creek Corporation, Southern Oregon’s largest employer. SAIF will provide...
One in Four Private Companies Sued by Employees, Chubb Survey Finds
Jun 21 2004 // One in four privately held companies has been sued by an employee or former employee in the past few years, according to a survey sponsored by the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies. Executives at as many as half the firms...
One-on-One with NIIA’s President Rick Aniello
Jun 7 2004 // Medical malpractice is hot on the list of concerns for Nevada’s independent agents, and the state as a whole. With physicians leaving the state due to the lack of affordable med-mal coverage, the crisis has caught...
Seven Indicted for Fraud in Travis County, Texas
Jun 3 2004 // The Travis County (Texas) District Attorney’s Office announced that a Travis County Grand Jury returned indictments charging seven people with the felony offense of unauthorized insurance. The Insurance Fraud Section...
Three Individuals Arrested in Separate Fraud Cases
May 17 2004 // The California Department of Insurance, Fraud Division (CDI) was involved in the arrest or surrender of three individuals in three separate cases. On May 6, Gaetano Chirco, 55, of San Jose, self-surrendered in Santa Clara...
Five Arrested in Fla. Scheme to Defraud Seniors
May 3 2004 // Southeast News • March 23 “These people should not have been given probation. They should have been sent to prison, their assets frozen and distributed back to the elderly people that were fraudulently used in...
Five Arrested in Fla. Scheme to Defraud Seniors
May 3 2004 // Southeast News • March 23 “These people should not have been given probation. They should have been sent to prison, their assets frozen and distributed back to the elderly people that were fraudulently used in...
Five Arrested in Fla. Scheme to Defraud Seniors
May 3 2004 // Southeast News • March 23 “These people should not have been given probation. They should have been sent to prison, their assets frozen and distributed back to the elderly people that were fraudulently used in...
Two Fla. Residents Face Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Apr 19 2004 // Two Florida men are facing workers’ compensation fraud charges after insurance fraud investigators with the Department of Financial Services conducted investigations of numerous construction sites in and around...
Three New Wholesale Brokerages Join IMK Environmental Insurance Network
Apr 8 2004 // IMK Services announced that three new wholesale brokerages have joined the IMK Environmental Insurance Network The new members of the include: · Agency Intermediaries Inc. · Jimcor Agencies Inc. · Travis-Pedersen and...
Eleven Good Reasons to Reassign a Commercial Lines Account
Apr 5 2004 // In most offices, it’s easier to get a bone from a starving dog than it is to take a commercial account from an agency producer. That’s because the current producer is always the executive on a business account...
Ten Tips to Improve a Contractor’s Surety Program
Apr 5 2004 // In today’s tight market, it’s becoming harder and harder for contractors to secure the bonds they need. Whether they are a small operation starting out, or an established leader—chances are they have found it...
One TPA Says it Has the Secret to Reining in Comp’s Transition Costs
Apr 5 2004 // At first glance, Jeffrey McDaniel does not seem disabled. He is built like a football player, and in his mesh green and gold jersey he looks like one too. A pat on the back reveals his muscled frame, the one that helped...
Nine “Insider Insurance” Conspirators Arrested in California
Mar 30 2004 // State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the arrests of nine suspects today by the California Urban Auto Fraud Task Force for embezzlement, conspiracy and tax evasion in connection with an...
One TPA Says it Has the Secret to Reining in Comp’s Transition Costs
Mar 22 2004 // At first glance, Jeffrey McDaniel does not seem disabled. He is built like a football player, and in his mesh green and gold jersey he looks like one too. A pat on the back reveals his muscled frame, the one that helped...
Five Arrested in Fla. Scheme to Defraud Seniors
Mar 22 2004 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher and Attorney General Charlie Crist announced the arrests of five south Florida residents on charges that they systematically defrauded hundreds of senior citizens in an...
One Step Closer to Reform’
Mar 22 2004 // Ironically, there was no shortage of things to write about when it came to filling the pages of our Workers’ Compensation issue. All over the West, workers’ comp has been the hot topic in many states—not just...
Five Monterey County Shop Owners Arrested in Auto Fraud Ring
Feb 23 2004 // Monterey County Sheriff’s Department arrested five businesses in one of the largest undercover insurance fraud sting operations in the history of Monterey County. Arrested were: 40-year-old David Alan Long, owner of...
Two Fla. Residents Face Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Feb 13 2004 // Two Florida men are facing workers’ compensation fraud charges after insurance fraud investigators with the Department of Financial Services conducted investigations of numerous construction sites in and around...
