North Dakota Lawmaker Questions Reserves in Workers’ Comp Opt-Out Plans August 11, 2016 By Stephanie K. Jones A state representative from North Dakota, who serves on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Committee at the National Conference of Insurance...
Climate Change And Gisele, The Law of the Land August 11, 2016 By Don Jergler When the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Rio highlighted climate change, it wasn’t hard to imagine the buzz –...
Louisiana Woman Gets 5 Years in Prison for $1M-Plus Medicaid Fraud Scheme August 11, 2016 A Baker woman accused of defrauding Louisiana to the tune of $1 million-plus in a Medicaid fraud scheme has been...
Louisiana Receives $19.5M Federal Disaster Recovery Grant August 11, 2016 State health officials say Louisiana has received a $19.5 million federal grant to help communities that are still recovering from...
Missouri Man: Tesla Autopilot Helped Him Get to Hospital August 11, 2016 A Missouri man says his Tesla Model X’s autopilot mode helped him get to a hospital when he suffered a...
Complaints Surface After Boy Dies on Kansas Waterslide August 11, 2016 By Maria Sudekum At least two people who rode in the last year on the same Kansas waterslide where a 10-year-old boy was...
North Dakota Business Owner, Employee Accused of Arson for Insurance August 11, 2016 Authorities have charged the owner of a Watford City, N.D., restaurant and an employee with torching the business to collect...
Missouri-Based Agency and Agency Alliance Add Pidgeon as COO August 11, 2016 Missouri-based POWERS Insurance and Benefits and Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA) named Brien Pidgeon as chief operating officer. Pidgeon is...
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Oklahoma August 11, 2016 The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake that rattled central Oklahoma on Aug. 10 had a preliminary magnitude of 4.0....
Wells Media Group Names Blosfield Insurance Journal East Editor August 11, 2016 Wells Media Group Inc. recently hired Elizabeth Blosfield as editor for Insurance Journal’s East region. Blosfield has a background in...