California City and Assured Guaranty Reach Bankruptcy Exit Deal October 4, 2013 By Jim Christie Stockton, Calif. and Assured Guaranty have reached an agreement to restructure more than $150 million of outstanding debt to help...
Former Ohio Resident Owes $40K to Work Comp Bureau October 4, 2013 An Ohio man owes the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $40,000 after he was discovered working while...
Fatal Deer-Vehicle Crashes on Pace to Set Record in Minnesota October 4, 2013 Minnesota Department of Public Safety is reminding motorists and motorcyclists to be especially cautious of deer in coming months, as...
Illinois State Police Catch Shaving, Texting Drivers October 4, 2013 Illinois State Police say a man who was shaving was one of dozens of people stopped by officers patrolling a...
Medical Group Earns Nearly $1M Texas Mutual Dividend October 4, 2013 Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced the Texas Medical Group (TMG) has earned a $972,604 workers’ compensation dividend. The dividend is...
Donation Money Finally Going to Texas Fertilizer Blast Victims October 4, 2013 Officials in the central Texas town devastated by a fertilizer plant explosion earlier this year finally are moving forward with...
Confie Seguros Acquires Family Insurance in Texas October 4, 2013 Confie Seguros, a national provider of personal lines insurance based in Huntington Beach, Calif., announced it has acquired Family Insurance...
Half of Mine Inspectors Furloughed Due to Federal Government Shutdown October 4, 2013 Fewer than half of the inspectors with the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration are working during the continuing federal...
2 from Kentucky, 1 from West Virginia Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud October 4, 2013 A West Virginia man and two Kentucky residents have been sentenced for their roles in a workers’ compensation scheme. The...
Insurers Respond to Risk Managers at FERMA Forum – Part 2 October 4, 2013 By Charles E. Boyle After the risk managers expressed their views on how re/insurance carriers were handling such matters as innovation, new policies and...