Target’s Cyber Insurance Softens Blow of Massive Credit Breach February 26, 2014 By Dhanya Skariachan and Jim Finkle Target Corp. shares made strong gains after it reassured investors that customers were beginning to return to its U.S. stores,...
Effort to Put House in Order Paying Off: Meadowbrook Insurance CEO February 26, 2014 By Stephanie K. Jones Meadowbrook Insurance Group, based in Southfield, Mich., has struggled with many challenges during the past couple of years but the...
AssuredPartners Acquires Bateman Agency in N.J. February 26, 2014 Lake Mary, Fla.-based AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary Donald F. LaPenna Associates Inc. in Clark, N.J., has acquired Bateman Agency...
CWCI and WCIRB: SB 863 Lowered Surgical Center Payments in California February 26, 2014 Average facility fee payments to ambulatory surgery centers fell 26 percent per episode and 28 percent per procedure since fee...
N.J. Insurance Adjuster Charged With Defrauding N.J. Turnpike Authority February 26, 2014 Authorities announced the owner of a New Jersey-based insurance adjusting company was arrested Tuesday for allegedly defrauding the N.J. Turnpike...
N.Y. Orthopedist Sentenced to 8 Years in LIRR Fraud Case February 26, 2014 An orthopedist has been sentenced to eight years in prison for scheming to help New York’s Long Island Rail Road...
MarketScout Adds 3 to Fine Arts Underwriting Team in Illinois February 26, 2014 Dallas-based electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA, MarketScout, has expanded its national fine art and collectibles program with three new...
N.J. Official: Sandy Contractor Ousted Over Performance February 26, 2014 By Geoff Mulvihill A member of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s cabinet acknowledged for the first time Monday that performance problems are the...
Court to Hear Iowa Workers’ Comp Commissioner’s Defamation Lawsuit February 26, 2014 The Iowa Supreme Court has set a date to hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by the state’s workers’ compensation...
Iowa Insurance Agent Charged with Creating Bogus Policies February 26, 2014 A 46-year-old insurance agent in northeast Iowa has been accused of creating fake life insurance policies so she could make...