As part of its ongoing statewide educational program on workers’ compensation fraud, State Compensation Insurance Fund held a seminar on May 20, for San Bernardino County employers. State Fund was joined by the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office to …
The chief argument for legislation to limit the legal rights of patients injured by a physician – that the number of medical malpractice claims and the cost of those claims have been skyrocketing – is a fabrication, according to data …
NASA has launched an Internet resource page highlighting the agency’s hurricane research. The site opens just in time for the 2005 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, which officially runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. The information is available on the …
Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced that Jimmy Ray Osborn, 56, of Accokeek, Maryland was sentenced in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County following his conviction last month for felony insurance fraud. The Honorable Ronald Schiff sentenced …
LSI Flood Services, a division of Fidelity National Financial Inc. and a provider of flood determination services for the real estate and lending industries, announced the launch of Web Maps, its comprehensive online flood map solution. To provide maximum detail …
Colonel Paul McClellan, superintendent of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, announced that troopers will operate two checkpoints to deter and intercept impaired drivers this weekend. The locations of the upcoming checkpoints will not be revealed until later in the week. …
It is reportedly only fitting that recent hearings on HB #148 requiring statewide registration of home improvement contractors be heard in the month of May since it is National Home Improvement Month. On May 17, members of the Professional Remodelers …
Upfront work by a homeowner can help protect against a contractor who takes one’s money and runs, or does a poor job and won’t come back to fix the problem. “It takes a fair amount of work to find a …
The Florida Insurance Council has unveiled its new Hurricane Central Web site (www.flains.org) as the go-to site for consumers for reliable information related to hurricanes. The new site is part of the industry’s response to legislation passed this session mandating …
After years of political wrangling, the Illinois General Assembly passed a controversial bill late to address the state’s medical malpractice crisis. The American Insurance Association (AIA) said the measure sends an anti-competitive message to insurers in spite of the inclusion …