South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley wants David Black, a former executive with Liberty Life Insurance Co., to be the state’s next insurance commissioner. Black served as president and CEO of Liberty Life Insurance Co. from 2004 to 2010. He served …
A coalition of Florida charitable and business groups is pressing the state to eliminate assessments charged all policyholders to subsidize the state-backed insurance provider and hurricane claims fund. In a letter to Gov. Rick Scott, the groups called on him …
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette wants the state’s highest court to reconsider several key decisions of late last year, including one involving insurance licensing. Schuette announced his office will file a motion for rehearing with the Michigan Supreme Court of …
Repealing the new healthcare law would be a setback for millions who have gained coverage and be bad for business, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday as the House of Representatives prepared to vote to do just that. “Repealing …
Congress should refuse to fund a study of insurance regulation that the new Federal Insurance Office is supposed to conduct, an insurance agents’ trade group said. The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) also wants Congress to repeal the …
There were 48 fatal workplace accidents in North Carolina in 2010, a tally that is up from 34 in the previous year but below the five-year average of 53.2. At the same time, the state’s overall injury and illness rate …
More than 1,000 federal workers aged 80 and older are receiving workers’ compensation benefits even though they likely have no intention of returning to work, according to a U.S. senator who wants to reduce the waste in the program that …
Two counties in the northeastern part of Mississippi are fighting flood zone designations on new maps that are part of a modernization program spearheaded by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Officials in Itawamba and Monroe counties say the flood zone …
The Mississippi Senate has unanimously passed a bill designed to improve safety on school buses and on campuses during pick-up and drop-off times. It says striking a child with a vehicle after passing a school bus would be felony with …
Workplace discrimination complaints against private sector firms hit an all time high in 2010. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported the filings with the federal agency nationwide totaled 99,922 during fiscal year 2010, which ended Sept. 30, 2010. …
