Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has approved the annual loss cost filing of the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for a -12.2% reduction in workers’ compensation rates. The decrease, which takes effect May 1, 2023, continues the downward trend …
State officials warned residents Wednesday to prepare their homes and vehicles for the coming freeze while trying to reassure on-edge Texans that the electric grid will stay online. Temperatures are expected to plummet Thursday into single digits — with even …
A former bus driver for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) has been sentenced to five years of probation for fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation benefits by misrepresenting her injuries. She must also pay full restitution to the NFTA for money …
Proctor Financial, Inc., an insurance company based in Troy, Michigan that provides insurance products for residential and commercial properties, will pay $67,000 to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to the EEOC’s …
PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) _ The state of Michigan is accusing a former paper mill owner of sending contaminated waste to a composting site for decades in the Thumb region. The lawsuit seeks payments from Domtar Industries for identifying the …
Tennessee’s insurance commissioner has approved a 10.2% average decrease in workers’ compensation loss costs for the voluntary market, marking the 10th-straight reduction for the state. The Dec. 14 order from Commissioner Carter Lawrence approved a recommendation from the National Council …
Cadence Insurance, Inc. announced the acquisition of certain assets of Houston, Texas-based Warriner & Associates Insurance Services, Inc. and Warriner Solutions, LLC effective December 1, 2022. With roots tracing back to 1992, Warriner & Associates has specialized in insurance coverage …
He waited until the Florida Legislature had passed long-sought reforms but now Citizens Property Insurance Corp. CEO Barry Gilway is ready to retire after almost 11 years at the helm. Gilway announced at the Citizens Board of Governors meeting today, …
HOUSTON (AP) – Cases can move forward against Alex Jones regarding the nearly $1.5 billion he’s ordered to pay families of Sandy Hook victims over his conspiracy theories about the 2012 school massacre, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Monday, but …
Ohio Department of Insurance Office of Legal Services Restructured, Fitch Named Chief Legal Officer Ohio Department of Insurance has promoted several employees in the department’s Office of Legal Services, including naming Whitney Fitch as chief legal officer. Fitch, who joined …