Grand Jury Indicts Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Oxendine on Fraud Charges May 23, 2022 By Kate Brumback A former Georgia insurance commissioner has been indicted on federal charges related to an alleged health care scheme. A federal...
Florida DFS Posts Autopsy Reports on 18 Insolvent Insurers, 2012-2017 May 23, 2022 A week after a Florida news report pointed out that few people seem to know that post-insolvency autopsies are required...
Florida Insurance Groups Divided on Proposed Special Session Bill May 22, 2022 By William Rabb Florida’s insurance community appears to be split, at least to some degree, on the impact that two draft bills will...
Two of Central Kentucky’s Oldest Agencies Merge May 20, 2022 Two of the oldest insurance agencies in Central Kentucky have merged. Rightmyer Insurance Agency in Danville, founded in the 1930s,...
Pharmacy Owners Sentenced in ‘Astonishing’ $174M Cream Scheme May 20, 2022 A federal judge in Tennessee has sentenced two Florida men to prison after they were found guilty of an extensive...
Florida Appeals Court Slashes $600,000 Attorney Fee on $52,000 Claim May 20, 2022 By William Rabb Florida may have one of the most generous attorney-fee mechanisms in the country, sometimes resulting in plaintiff’s fees that are...
North Carolina Judge Orders Lindberg to Give Up Control of Firms to Repay Insurers May 19, 2022 A North Carolina court has ordered jailed insurance and business entrepreneur Greg Lindberg to relinquish control of hundreds of his...
Policies’ Arbitration, AOB Endorsements are Unconstitutional, Florida Lawsuit Claims May 19, 2022 By William Rabb Recent moves by two Florida insurers to limit litigation and restoration expenses – and regulators’ approval of those policy endorsements...
People Moves: Longtime Alabama Agency Adds New Shareholder-Owners May 18, 2022 Byars/Wright Insurance, an independent agency with six offices in Alabama, has named four new shareholders, officially giving the agency six...
Kentucky Coal Mine Cited for Tree Fall That Killed Worker in January May 18, 2022 The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration has cited the owners of an eastern Kentucky surface mine where a worker...