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ALLSTATE PAYMENTS ON HOLD

Texas’ Third Court of Appeals in Travis County put on hold payments from Allstate Insurance Company to some victims of...

HAMPTON TAKES OVER:

Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams appointed Thomas Hampton as the Acting Commissioner of D.C.’s Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking,...

ATTORNEY GENERAL TARGETS SCAMS

The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office is beefing up its Fraud Division staff to reduce a backlog of cases and...

“KNIGHT” SUES DINNER THEATER:

A former employee performing as a jousting “knight” at a Medieval Times dinner theater in Illinois has filed a federal...

HURRICANE PLANS TWEAKED

Emergency workers along the South Carolina coast are tweaking hurricane preparedness plans in the wake of Gulf Coast storms Katrina...

2006 COMP RATES RELEASED

The Arkansas Workers’ Compens-ation Commission released its revised Advisory 2000-1, which describes the maximum and minimum rates to be paid...

HOUSE PASSES WHISTLEBLOWER ACT:

The Michigan House of Representatives passed H.B. 4577, the Medicaid Whistleblower Protection Statute, by a 106-2 vote. Rep. David Law...

LCPI TARGET OF COMPLAINTS

The Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corpora-tion, created in 2003 as a state-sanctioned “insurer of last resort” providing homeowners insurance to...

NW SMOKERS TO PAY A SURCHARGE:

Northwest Airlines plans to begin charging some of its workers who smoke an additional fee for health insurance, according to...

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