Latest Numbers Headlines
All the headlines from our Numbers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Two Jailed for Bribery in Katrina Insurance Case Released from Prison
Dec 23 2010 // Former attorney Timothy Balducci and former state auditor Steven Patterson have been released from federal custody. U.S. Bureau of Prisons records show Patterson was released Dec. 16 and Balducci on Dec. 17. The two served...
Two Charged in 6-Year Fraud Scheme Against Insurance Agent Group, MDRT
Dec 6 2010 // Bond has been set at $1 million for two Illinois men charged with bilking an insurance industry association out of more than $1 million in a scheme that spanned six years, officials said. The allegations involve an...
Four Plead Not Guilty in High Profile Insurance Fraud Case in R.I.
Dec 5 2010 // Four people pleaded not guilty last month in U.S. District Court in an alleged scheme to rip off an insurance company of nearly $50,000, including a former North Providence town councilman facing corruption charges in a...
Two Maine Fires Blamed on Smoking Around Oxygen
Nov 14 2010 // Fire investigators are warning of the dangers of smoking around oxygen tanks after two fires in southern Maine. According to the state fire marshal’s office, two separate fires earlier this month in southern Maine...
Two North Dakota Insurance Agents Lose Licenses
Nov 9 2010 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has revoked the licenses of two insurance agents. Hamm has barred a Fargo insurance agent Janet Lulay from doing insurance work in the state. He says Lulay accepted a check...
One State at a Time
Oct 18 2010 // The Demotech Company Classification System Identifies State Specialist P/C Carriers for 2010 American humorist and philosopher Josh Billings could have been describing State Specialists when he said, “Be like a...
One Risk Opens San Diego Office
Oct 15 2010 // One Risk Group LLC based in Pleasanton, Calif., has opened an office in San Diego. In addition, the company has hired Jorie Burton as director of the firm’s Property and Casualty Claims division, focusing on claims...
Two Killed as Combine Strikes Power Lines on New Jersey Farm
Oct 14 2010 // New Jersey State Police say a farm machine struck overhead power lines and caught fire, killing two workers and injuring a third. Sgt. Julian Castellanos says a chute on a combine the men were operating snagged...
Eight Fires Within 16 Hours in New Hampshire are Deemed Arson
Oct 12 2010 // Authorities say eight fires in 16 hours in Manchester, New Hampshire were arson. Fire officials say they started Saturday afternoon and ended Sunday. No injuries or serious damage have been reported. District Fire Chief...
Five More Massachusetts Insurers Reach Motorcycle Settlements
Oct 12 2010 // Five more insurers have reached settlements with the state of Massachusetts over allegations they charged inflated premiums for motorcycle insurance, the state’ attorney general said. The latest settlements with...
Five Star Specialty Programs Launches Healthcare Practice
Sep 30 2010 // Five Star Specialty Programs, a division of Crump Insurance Services Inc. and part of Crump Group Inc., announced it is launching a new health care practice based in Sacramento, Calif. The practice, known as Five Star...
One Dead, Three Injured in Yale Construction Accident
Sep 15 2010 // A steel beam collapsed at a Yale University construction site, killing one person and injuring three others. New Haven, Connecticut mayor’s office spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga says four people were trapped when the...
Two Massachusetts Agents Appointed to CAR Governing Committee
Sep 9 2010 // Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers, which oversees Massachusetts’ residual market for auto insurance, has appointed two members to its governing committee. The new committee members are Joseph P. Leahy Jr., a...
One Death Reported as Blast Rips Through Mexico Oil Refinery
Sep 8 2010 // An explosion ripped through a major Mexican refinery Tuesday, killing one worker and pushing gasoline and diesel prices higher on worries state oil monopoly Pemex will have to import more fuel. Pemex, the world’s No....
Two Northeast Commissioners Step Down
Sep 6 2010 // Two Northeast insurance commissioners announced plans to step down from their jobs in the last month. Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario has stepped down as the state’s top insurance regulator to take a...
Two Appointed to Arizona State Compensation Fund Board
Sep 3 2010 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has increased the size of the Arizona’s State Compensation Fund board of directors by appointing two new members to serve during the organization’s transition to becoming a private,...
Twenty-Two Escape Fire in N.C.
Aug 19 2010 // Authorities say 22 people living in a house for migrant workers in western North Carolina escaped a fire that appears to have started on a back porch. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported the fire began early Tuesday in...
Six Months Later, No Cause Found in New Hampshire Fire
Aug 17 2010 // Six months after a massive fire destroyed a block of businesses at New Hampshire’s Hampton Beach, investigators still can’t say what caused it. Hampton Fire Chief Chris Silver tells the Portsmouth Herald five...
Three in N.C. Busted for Auto Theft Fraud
Aug 17 2010 // North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has announced the arrests of three individuals allegedly involved in a fraudulent stolen vehicle scheme meant to deceive an insurance company. Donna Leblanc, 55,...
Ten Key Indicators Show ‘Global Warming is Undeniable’
Jul 29 2010 // Melting glaciers, more humid air and eight other key indicators, show that global warming is undeniable, scientists said Wednesday, citing a new comprehensive review of the last decade of climate data. Without addressing...
