Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced it awarded the Texas Oil and Gas Association (TxOGA) workers’ compensation purchasing group with $245,320.11 of group dividends. Texas Mutual group dividends are separate from the $50 million of general and special dividends that Texas …
This week, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) its new national marketing campaing, FloodSmart, which is designed to educate consumers about the risks of flooding and the benefits of flood insurance, as well as to provide WYO companies with marketing …
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman has named three Wyoming counties contiguous drought disaster areas, making them eligible for federal assistance, according to U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. The designation offers assistance with problems resulting from severe drought. Forecasters at …
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide the state of New Mexico with federal assistance for costs associated with fighting the Bernardo Fire in Socorro County. The fire started on June 18, …
American Safety Products, a division of California-based American Fire Retardant Corp. (www.americanfireretardant.com), has signed an agreement with Samaritan Healthcare Systems Inc. to introduce the GLOVEBOX to the U.S. healthcare community. Samaritan Healthcare Systems was founded in 1990 by a group …
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher commended state policymakers this week for passing important legislation during the 2004 Session aimed at helping insurance consumers. After hearing from thousands of consumers reportedly frustrated over cancellations, denials of coverage and the lack …
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has signed legislation that will reportedly enhance the state’s authority to combat Medicaid fraud. Senate Bill 1064 gives the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) more authority to contest fraud and abuse in the Medicaid program …
North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven has issued a statewide agricultural emergency declaration in response to drought conditions in the southwest and excessive precipitation in the northeast and north central, which have seriously affected the agricultural industry and its related service …
The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net income after taxes rose to $13.3 billion in first-quarter 2004 from $6.5 billion in first-quarter 2003 as insurers posted an underwriting profit for only the second time since the start of quarterly data going back …
More than 245,000 injuries and illnesses were reported by Florida employers in 2002, according to a joint federal and state survey released this month. In Florida, more than 10,000 employers participated in the joint survey. Industries involving wholesale, retail trade …