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La. Auto Rates Rising

Citing increasing medical and repair costs, a weak stock market, and the effects of state laws enacted in 1998, Louisiana...

WC Guidelines Under Fire

The Texas Medical Association (TMA) and the Texas AFL-CIO have filed a lawsuit to prevent adoption of new workers’ compensation...

Oklahoma Agent Suspended

Wewoka, Okla.-based insurance agent, Julius Rice, had his license suspended following allegations that his agency did not forward insurance applications...

TX Court Limits Med-Mal Exposure

The Texas state Supreme Court placed limits on health care providers’ medical malpractice exposure under the Medical Liability and Insurance...

HOMEOWNERS’ RATES CLIMB UPWARD

An extraordinary number of catastrophes, the high cost of home repairs and excessive jury awards due to the emergence of...

TX Man Guilty in $3M Scheme

A federal bankruptcy court ruled that Dallas businessman Aharon Chen and A.C. Painting Inc., his now-bankrupt company, defrauded more than...

Homeowners Rates on Rise

Homeowners insurance rates have risen by average of 8 percent nationwide in 2002 due to an extraordinary number of catastrophes,...

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