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‘CONCERNS’ REMAIN IN WORK COMP SYSTEM

The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute reported that Ar-kansas’ workers’ compensation system has experienced a period of stability after extensive reforms...

THE HARTFORD SUBPOENAED AGAIN:

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has received another subpoena from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer about variable annuity...

ASSISTANCE FOR DISPLACED PRODUCERS

State Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced the Arkansas Insurance Department’s efforts to provide assistance to producers, consultants and business...

AG ASKED TO PROBE FORRESTER:

A state election panel has forwarded a top Democratic lawmaker’s request for a probe into campaign contributions made by GOP...

GOV. EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY

Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco extended Louisiana’s State of Emergency until Oct. 25, effectively extending the emergency insurance rules implemented by...

WADDELL & REED REACHES SETTLEMENT:

State Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken has reached a settlement that requires the brokerage firm Waddell & Reed to pay $11...

EVACUEES URGED TO FILE ADDRESS CHANGE

The Louisiana Department of Labor is urging Hurricane Katrina evacuees from Louisiana who filed for Unemployment Insurance and Disaster Unemployment...

IND. TARGETS UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM:

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (IDWD) has taken another step toward modernizing its unemployment insurance system by contracting with...

MAN ACCUSED OF FAKING SURETY BOND

Oklahoma Insu-rance Commissioner Kim Holland issued a Cease and Desist Order to a Seminole businessman suspected of writing his own...

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