Iowa Man Sentenced for Disaster-Related Insurance Fraud January 18, 2024 An Iowa man was sentence last week to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to crimes of insurance fraud....
Kansas Insurance Department Recovers $16M in 2023 January 17, 2024 Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced the Kansas Insurance Department recovered more than $16 million for Kansans in 2023, the...
People Moves: Skyward Specialty Forms Media Liability Team January 17, 2024 Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, made two new hires as it expands into the media liability...
Michigan to Pay $1.75M to Man Wrongly Convicted for 35 Years in Sexual Assault Case January 17, 2024 By Ed White The state of Michigan has agreed to pay $1.75 million to an innocent man who spent 35 years in prison...
Nebraska Jury Awards $335K to Deaf Truck Driver in Disability Discrimination Case January 16, 2024 Trucking companies Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Drivers Management, LLC must pay $335,682 to a deaf truck driver months after an...
Easland Appointed as Wisconsin Deputy Commissioner January 16, 2024 The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) announced the appointment of Rebecca Easland to serve as Deputy Commissioner....
Judge Dismisses Notre Dame Professor’s Defamation Suit Against Student Newspaper January 16, 2024 SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A judge last week dismissed a University of Notre Dame’s professor’s defamation lawsuit against a...
Indiana Bill Would Allow Employees to Select Physician in Workers’ Comp Cases January 12, 2024 By Ezra Amacher An Indiana lawmaker has proposed a bill that would allow employees to choose their attending physician in workers’ compensation cases....
Omaha Beef Processing Plant Faces $274K in Fines Following Worker’s Amputation January 12, 2024 A federal investigation into how an employee suffered a serious hand injury at an Omaha, Nebraska beef processing plant in...
People Moves: Allstate Names Fiato EVP and Chief Claims Officer; TNEDICCA Names Progressive’s Pratt to Board January 12, 2024 Allstate, headquartered in Northbrook, Ill., named Mike Fiato as executive vice president and chief claims officer, effective Jan. 22. Fiato...