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Three N.Y. Siblings Awarded $2.5 Million in Lead Poisoning
Oct 18 2007 // Three Albany children poisoned by lead in their former apartment buildings were awarded $2.5 million in a legal settlement, attorneys said this week. Three of Maria Vasquez’ children were exposed to lead-based paint...
Six Texas Counties Declared Disaster Areas
Oct 4 2007 // President George W. Bush declared six Texas counties disaster areas on Tuesday, Oct. 2nd because of damage from Tropical Storm Erin in August. The declaration makes Bexar, Harris, Jones, Kendall, Medina and Taylor counties...
Eight major mistakes employers make when workers’ comp rates go down
Sep 24 2007 // Employers must view coverage more as a comprehensive risk management tool than necessity Throughout much of the country, declining workers’ compensation rates are music to employers’ ears. After all, that seems...
Eight major mistakes employers make when workers’ comp rates go down
Sep 24 2007 // Declining rates act as blinders for many employers. With lower prices it’s easy to shift focus away from injury management and cost containment to other more pressing business matters. Throughout much of the country,...
Two Adjusters Allege AIG Violated Federal Overtime Rule
Sep 19 2007 // Two insurance adjusters employed by giant insurer American International Group say they have filed a collective action under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act asserting that AIG intentionally misclassified hundreds of...
Nine-term Ind. State Lawmaker Lageschulte Dies in Waverly
Sep 5 2007 // A nine-term state lawmaker and former insurance adjuster and farmer who was instrumental in getting the state’s beverage container deposit and open school enrollment bills passed in the Legislature has died. Raymond...
One-Third of Parent Drivers Unsure on Child Passenger Restraints
Sep 5 2007 // When it comes to properly restraining their children in vehicles, many parents are in the dark, according to a survey by GMAC Insurance. The survey found that approximately one in three licensed parents could not correctly...
Two in N.H. Accused of Workers’ Compensation Benefit Fraud
Aug 1 2007 // Two New Hampshire residents have been indicted on fraud charges involving workers’ compensation insurance. Attorney General Kelly Ayotte says indictments were returned against Phillip Rice, 52, of Derry and Dorothy...
Two N.Y. Firms Shut Down for Failure to Buy Workers’ Comp
Jul 31 2007 // The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board reports it has ordered two businesses to close immediately for failing to comply with workers’ compensation laws. This is the second set of closures ordered under...
One-Third on Coast Will Resist Evacuation, Says Harvard Survey
Jul 26 2007 // According to a new survey of people in high-risk hurricane areas, one-third (31 percent) of residents said if government officials said they had to evacuate due to a major hurricane this season, they would not leave. This...
Two Arrested for Vehicle Arson, Fraud
Jul 20 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that CDI Urban Auto Theft Task Force investigators arrested two suspects on charges of arson of property, falsely reporting a crime and filing fraudulent insurance...
Four in La. Accused of Torching Apartment for Insurance
Jul 19 2007 // A 26-year-old woman has been accused of hiring men to set fire to her public housing apartment in Reserve, La., for $20,000 in insurance. After the men allegedly torched two other apartments by mistake, the renter hired...
Six R.I. State Departments Lose Electricity
Jul 11 2007 // Rhode Island crews were working Monday evening to restore electricity to six state departments that lost power earlier in the day because of an underground electrical fire, officials said. The outages at the Pastore Campus...
Five Uninsured, Unlicensed Contractors Arrested in South Lake Tahoe
Jul 6 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced the results of the first undercover operation stemming from the Angora Fire in South Lake Tahoe. The operation took place at a residence in the disaster area that...
Two houses lay destroyed and toppled outside New Orleans after
Jun 18 2007 // Hurricane Katrina.
Two Sentenced in Los Angeles for Capping, Fraud
May 23 2007 // A California medical clinic administrator and law office administator have been sentenced for insurance fraud. According to the California Department of Insurance, Magdalena Zanoletti, 54, a medical clinic administrator,...
Three Calif. Doctors Arrested in Outpatient Surgery Center Scam
May 17 2007 // The California Department of Insurance and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office have arrested three doctors for medical fraud. The doctors are the latest charged defendants in what’s being dubbed the...
Eleven West Virginia Counties Added to Federal Disaster List
May 14 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has added 11 West Virginia counties to an earlier disaster declaration by President Bush stemming from last month’s flooding. The additional counties that can seek federal...
Three in Mass. Plead Guilty in $30 Million Unreported Payroll Scheme
May 3 2007 // Three Quincy, Mass. residents pleaded guilty on Tuesday as their federal trial was to begin on charges they failed to pay required taxes and insurance for hundreds of temporary workers over a decade. Prosecutors said the...
Three More Charged in Probe of Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau
Apr 19 2007 // Three former employees of the state’s insurance fund for injured workers were charged with accepting golf outings, meals and other items from investment firms seeking to do business with the state, authorities said...
