A Florida jury says the parents of a premature baby who died at Tampa General Hospital should be awarded $12 million dollars. Allyson Parham and Robert Gardner contended their child died because Tampa General didn’t have the appropriate specialists on …
A judge dismissed most of a lawsuit in which an indicted insurance executive accused Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and others of conspiring to drive him out of the insurance business. Montgomery Circuit Judge Truman Hobbs Jr. rejected John Goff’s claims …
A Culpeper, Va., preacher reportedly pleaded guilty to fraudulent workers’ compensation claims and Virginia state income tax evasion. The Virginia State Police (VSP) said its insurance fraud program received information that Charles V. Shifflett received workers’ compensation benefits while he …
York Insurance Services Group Inc., a national provider of claims-handling, specialized loss adjusting and other insurance services acquired Southfield, Mich.-based American Risk Pooling Consultants (ARPCO) and its affiliates. ARPCO was a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Mercury Financial Corp. The terms …
All of West Virginia employers, other than governmental entities, can for the first time, shop their workers’ compensation coverage among carriers in a competitive market. Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline said all indications are that the privatization of the workers’ …
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has launched a new stand-alone Web site, www.saferplacetowork.com, which provides centralized safety information for both employers and employees. The company said the “microsite” makes available 39 separate safety documents in a free, downloadable PDF format. …
As gas prices soar, the costs of running a volunteer fire department are rising. Now West Virginia legislature and the counties are debating over who will pay the rising costs of the state’s 424 volunteer departments. Volunteer departments are pressing …
The U.S. Small Business Administration said homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profits in Hinds County have one month left to submit disaster loan applications for damage caused by the severe storms and tornadoes of April 4. The deadline to file is …
A man who siad his association with the failed First National Bank of Keystone, W.V. cost him his banking career should be stripped of a $2.4 million damage award, a federal appeals court has ruled. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court …
The attorney for a woman convicted of causing a car crash that killed three Mississippi College students will argue before the state appeals court that she was not impaired while she was driving, but instead took drugs after the crash …