May 14, 2004
Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) this week argued that the threat of offshore outsourcing is not just about losing American manufacturing and low-end services jobs to overseas competitors, but about losing America’s ability to create new high-end services and research and …
May 14, 2004
The Rhode Island House of Representatives has passed legislation sponsored by House Majority Whip Rene R. Menard to require vehicle rental companies to clearly lay out the restrictions on the collision insurance they promote to customers. Automobile rental companies routinely …
May 14, 2004
As he promised he would do, Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland has vetoed legislation designed to address problems in the state’s medical malpractice market. Rowland, and many within the medical and insurance industries, opposed the measure because it lacked any …
May 13, 2004
To mark its 20th anniversary, the New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals’ Fun Run expects to raise $100,000 for Special Olympics New Jersey this year. Held as part of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. and the Professional Insurance …
May 13, 2004
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has yanked the licenses of 1,016 drivers who failed to verify they obtained their licenses legally from two clerks convicted in a license-selling scam. In December, the DMV sent letters to 2,837 drivers who …
May 13, 2004
New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Morris County chiropractor has pleaded guilty to theft for billing an insurance company for chiropractic treatments never performed. According to Vaughn McKoy, director, Division of Criminal Justice and Insurance Fraud Prosecutor …
May 13, 2004
New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced the arrest of a Schenevus woman for defrauding the Workers’ Compensation system out of more than $23,000. It is alleged that Marie Banks, 41, wrongfully collected benefits while she worked as a …
May 12, 2004
Today a class action lawsuit against various insurance companies was filed in United States District Court, Baltimore, Maryland alleging that the insurance companies failed to deliver the promised benefits to thousands of persons who held flood insurance policies and suffered …
May 12, 2004
The legislation promised by House and Senate leaders to address the management of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island and oversight of the insurance industry in the state has been introduced in both chambers. The legislatio is a …
May 12, 2004
A Republican long-shot for governor and a Democratic favorite for insurance commissioner kicked off their campaigns this week with traditional stops in all three counties in Delaware. Gov. Ruth Ann Minner and U.S. Sen. Thomas Carper spoke on behalf of …