February 22, 2009
America First Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company based in Richardson, Texas, appointed Stephen Stricklen assistant vice president, Specialty Products. In this position Stricklen will manage the company’s new Farm & Ranch Division, as well as its rural …
February 9, 2009
Property-casualty insurance company Zenith National Insurance Corp. said that board member Leon Panetta has resigned to become director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. President Barack Obama chose Panetta, a former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and a …
December 9, 2008
Recession and the change of U.S. administration make it unlikely the world will meet a 2009 deadline for agreeing a full new pact to fight global warming, delegates at UN climate talks say. A year ago, 190 nations signed up …
September 28, 2008
At the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting last week in New York City, former President Bill Clinton announced the launch of LeapFrog Investments, the world’s first investment firm to focus on the insurance needs of low-income people. Its founders say …
September 22, 2008
Astute observers of recent political history may recall the story of Harry and Louise — the fictional couple created by a health insurance industry lobbying group in 1994. In political television ads at the time, the couple railed against then-President …
August 18, 2008
Top doctors who run one of the most influential U.S. medical journals are giving the U.S. Supreme Court some unsolicited legal advice about a major case. Lawsuits can serve as “a vital deterrent” and protect consumers if drug companies do …
August 4, 2008
Not so long ago, former Mississippi-based Richard “Dickie” Scruggs was one of the most powerful civil lawsuit attorneys in the country. In prison, he will be inmate No. 12734-042. Scruggs, 62, must report to a federal prison in Kentucky by …
May 5, 2008
A coalition of U.S. insurers is calling on lawmakers to close a tax loophole that helps foreign insurers, and although it has won the support of presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, it faces a harder task convincing others. The coalition, led …
April 7, 2008
Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler announced Friday an agreement with four wireless phone providers on disclosure of the costs of cell phone insurance. Gansler said he wants to be sure consumers know what they are getting. “While prior company materials …
December 23, 2007
Scruggs has ties to Republican Sen. Trent Lott and Democrats Hood and Clinton Mississippi Lawyer Timothy Balducci pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe a judge and is assisting federal prosecutors in a case involving one of the nation’s wealthiest trial …