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Texas Woman Pleads Guilty in Crash Staging Case
Sep 8 2014 // A 32-year-old Port Arthur, Texas, woman entered a guilty plea in a case involving staged auto crashes and fraudulent insurance claims, according to U.S. Attorney John M. Bales for the Eastern District of Texas. Shawnta...
MAPFRE Enters Mass. Life Insurance Market
Sep 8 2014 // MAPFRE U.S.A. has begun selling a term life insurance product in Massachusetts, where MAPFRE’s subsidiary, Commerce Insurance, is the largest auto and home insurance carrier. MAPFRE said it is seeking to leverage its...
BP Gross Negligence Ruling a Warning to Big Oil and Partners
Sep 5 2014 // A U.S. judge’s watershed ruling means the final cost to BP Plc for the 2010 Gulf oil spill may eclipse $50 billion, wiping out years of profits and highlighting the risks of drilling as the industry pushes into more...
Hackers Get to HealthCare.gov But U.S. Says No Personal Data Stolen
Sep 5 2014 // The HealthCare.gov website that had an error-plagued debut last year was hacked in July, although no personal data appear to have been taken, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The attack,...
Usage-Based Insurance Overcoming Privacy Concerns, Gaining Traction
Sep 5 2014 // Consumers as well as commercial fleet managers are becoming more accepting of usage-based insurance (UBI) in which a telematics device is used to track driving behavior as safety and savings benefits appear to be trumping...
No Such Thing As Free Lunch? IRS Eyes High-Tech Perk
Sep 5 2014 // Be careful when you grab that office bagel. The Internal Revenue Service may be watching. The U.S. tax agency is taking a closer look at a popular tax-exempt perk offered by companies such as Google Inc.: free...
U.S. Risk Opens New Office in Fort Worth, Texas
Sep 5 2014 // Dallas-based managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler, U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc., has opened a new office in Fort Worth, Texas. The new office is initially staffed with underwriters from the energy and...
Though Productive and More Educated, Ohio Workers Earning Less
Sep 5 2014 // Ohio workers are more productive and better educated these days, yet they aren’t necessarily making more money as a result, according to a new report. Ohio productivity grew by nearly 67 percent between 1979 and...
Paleo Mega-Drought Bleeds All Over Western U.S.
Sep 4 2014 // A blood-red blotch that stains California kind of looks like its own nation slowly overgrowing the Western region of the U.S. map. Despite the gore, the latest version of the U.S. Drought Monitor map just out today...
Full Appeals Court to Hear Obamacare Tax Subsidy Case
Sep 4 2014 // The full U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington will rehear a case on Obamacare tax subsidies, granting a government request in a move that may reduce chances of a new Supreme Court showdown over a central element of the...
Two Plead Guilty in Iowa to Defrauding AIG, Face Decades in Prison
Sep 4 2014 // Former Iowa resident Christina M. Pender and California resident Robert K. Taylor have pled guilty to defrauding insurance company AIG out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the...
House Republicans Eye Short-Term Renewal of Export-Import Bank
Sep 4 2014 // House Republican leaders are considering a short-term extension of the 80-year-old U.S. Export-Import Bank that is set to expire this month, a party aide said. An extension of several months is being discussed, said the...
Court Frees Goldman from Paying Ex-VP’s Legal Fees
Sep 3 2014 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc. should not have been ordered to pay former programmer Sergey Aleynikov’s legal fees to defend against criminal charges that he stole secret code from the bank’s computers, a divided...
Study: Conn. Occupational Illness Rates Higher Than U.S. Average
Sep 3 2014 // Occupational illness rates are higher for Connecticut workers than the national average, though the rate has declined, a study by a University of Connecticut health expert says. The overall illness rate in 2012 was 21.9...
Insurance Noodle Launches Integrated Facility for Allied Health Services
Sep 3 2014 // Insurance Noodle has launched an integrated facility for allied health services across the United States, bringing together several leading markets via a single online access point. By accessing Insurance Noodle’s...
Focus Shifts to BP Following Halliburton Oil Spill Settlement
Sep 3 2014 // Halliburton Co.’s agreement to settle most of the lawsuits stemming from its role in the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history refocuses attention on the still-awaited court ruling that will decide the extent of...
JLT Group Expands U.S. Specialty Reach, Merges JLT Specialty, Lloyd & Partners
Sep 2 2014 // Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT) a global providers of insurance, reinsurance and employee benefits related advice, brokerage and associated services, has expanded its U.S. specialty capabilities and merged JLT...
Syncora’s Strategy in Detroit Bankruptcy Proceedings Backfires
Sep 2 2014 // Syncora Guarantee Inc., an opponent of Detroit’s municipal debt-adjustment plan, saw a legal strategy backfire when a judge ruled that the company made “scandalous and defamatory” allegations about the...
Halliburton Agrees to $1.1 Billion Gulf Oil Claims Settlement
Sep 2 2014 // Halliburton Co. agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle a majority of lawsuits brought over its role in the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The agreement is subject to court approval and includes legal fees, the...
No ‘Significant’ Cyber Attacks on Banks, Says Bank Group
Sep 2 2014 // An influential U.S. financial services industry group that shares information about cyber threats has said it is unaware of any “significant” cyber attacks, downplaying concerns about possible breaches at...
