$4.5 Million The Kansas Insurance Department’s Consumer Assistance Division recovered almost $4.5 million from insurance companies as a result of the resolution of disputed claims in September. The department said it was a record month for such recoveries. The amount …
2,803 The number of Georgia homes affected by recent flooding, according to the American Red Cross. The organization said an estimated 2,803 Georgia homes have been affected by the flooding. Of those homes, 745 are destroyed and 760 have major …
10 The number of states now reporting an international mail fraud scheme involving a bogus letter said to be from Nationwide Insurance. Residents in 10 states have received counterfeit checks bearing the Nationwide name. Each check has been issued in …
10 The number of states now reporting an international mail fraud scheme involving a bogus letter said to be from Nationwide Insurance. Residents in 10 states have received counterfeit checks bearing the Nationwide name. Each check has been issued in …
15 A Waterloo, Iowa, insurance agent convicted of fraud has been handed a 15-year prison sentence for bilking elderly clients out of at least $1 million. In sentencing Jack Straw on Sept. 22, U.S. District Judge Linda Reade opted to …
$135.4 Million Texas plans to spend an estimated $135.4 million to mitigate beach erosion along the Texas Gulf Coast from South Padre Island to McFaddin Beach. According to Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, who announced the project, funding for the …
$4 Million The estimated cost to build a tsunami evacuation building, or TEB, on the Oregon coast. It would sit about 15 feet above the water on pilings, allowing water to flow under it. Proponents says such a building would …
$1,784 billion, trillion The amount being sought from Bank of America in a lawsuit brought by Dalton Chiscolm, who is very displeased with the customer service he has received. He also demanded an additional $200,164,000, court papers filed in Manhattan …
97 Former Maineville, Ohio, insurance agent William R. Appleton, II, was sentenced Sept. 1 in a U.S. District Court to 97 months imprisonment for one count of mail fraud and 60 months imprisonment, to be served concurrently, for one count …
9.6% The proposed average voluntary market decrease in workers’ compensation rates in North Carolina. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has also received a filing requesting a a 1.3 percent increase in the assigned risk market. If approved, these loss cost rate …
