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Six Southeast States Team Up to Combat Driving Under the Influence

Sep 1 2015 // Law enforcement officials in six states are launching their 24th annual “Hands Across the Border” campaign aimed at catching motorists driving under the influence.The five-day campaign kicked off August 31...

Two-Year Florida Insurance Fraud Investigation Leads to Multiple Arrests

Aug 26 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) has made multiple arrests related to a large-scale personal injury protection (PIP) fraud scheme spanning across Central Florida. Five...

One Month Left to Register for Arkansas Disaster Aid: FEMA

Jul 27 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says residents of nine Arkansas counties have just one month left to register for disaster assistance for damage from severe storms in May and June. FEMA said Friday Arkansans who...

Three Steps Towards Getting Your Portfolio Ready for Hurricane Season

Jul 6 2015 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Insuring property along our nation’s coastlines can be either extremely lucrative or laden with risk. Many coastal residents are underinsured—which puts...

Two Uber Executives Detained by French Police Pending Investigation

Jun 30 2015 // French police have detained two executives from Uber for questioning as a government clampdown intensifies on the U.S.-based taxi and ride-sharing service.Thibaud Simphal, manager of Uber France, and Pierre-Dimitri...

Two Self-Driving Cars Avoid Collision, Says Passenger

Jun 26 2015 // Two self-driving prototype cars, one operated by Google Inc. and the other by Delphi Automotive Plc, had a close call on a Silicon Valley street earlier this week, a Delphi executive told Reuters on Thursday.It was...

One Dead as Tropical Depression Bill Batters Texas

Jun 17 2015 // Though Tropical Storm Bill has been downgraded to a tropical depression, as it moves across Texas its heavy rains are flooding streets and have left at least one person dead in the state where severe weather killed about...

One in Six Atlanta Pool Inspections Result in Closure

Jun 11 2015 // About one in six inspections of swimming pools and spas in metro Atlanta resulted in a closure for health or safety reasons, according to an analysis by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.The violators have ranged from...

Twelve Capital Hires 3 Insurance Specialists for London Office

Jun 5 2015 // Twelve Capital, an independent investment manager specializing in insurance-related investments, with offices in Zurich and London, announced that Marcus Rivaldi, William Hardcastle and Ulrich Beck have joined the...

Two-Thirds of UK SMEs Not Aware of D&O Insurance: Allianz Research

May 19 2015 // Two-thirds of small and medium business leaders in the United Kingdom are not aware of what directors & officers insurance is, according to new research by Allianz Insurance, one of the largest general insurers in the...

Eight Florida Residents Arrested for Involvement in PIP Fraud Scam

May 14 2015 // Eight Broward County, Fla., residents have been arrested for PIP (personal injury protection) fraud after an investigation by the Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud revealed the individuals...

Four Arrested for Involvement in Florida PIP Fraud Scam

Apr 8 2015 // Four individuals have been arrested in Broward County, Fla. for their involvement in a PIP (personal injury protection) scam, according to a statement by the Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of...

One Killed by Falling Beams After 18-Wheeler Hits Texas Bridge

Mar 27 2015 // One man was reported killed and three injured on March 26 after a tractor trailer truck hit the FM 2484 overpass bridge on Interstate 35 in Central Texas, causing beams to fall on the traffic below.The bridge near the town...

Two California Insurers Agree to Change Use of Death Master File

Mar 24 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced multi-million dollar settlement agreements with Guardian Life and Pacific Life related to their use of the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File...

Four Health Insurers Fined $280K in Maryland

Mar 23 2015 // Four health insurance companies paid a combined $280,000 in fines to the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) for selling unapproved health insurance plans to college students in Maryland, regulators announced on March...

One-Quarter of British SMEs Fail to Read Their Full Insurance Policy: Research

Mar 3 2015 // Research conducted for the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) found that leaders of British small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) do not always read their insurance documents, with over one quarter (29...

Three Arrested in Florida in Unlicensed Clinic PIP Fraud Scam

Feb 25 2015 // Three Central Florida arrests were made by the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud for the operation of an unlicensed clinic in Orlando that was used as part of a personal injury protection (PIP) fraud scheme, according to...

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Dec 18 2014 // When news broke that the Utah Department of Insurance found that popular new benefits company Zenefits was not in compliance with state insurance law, and would have to alter its operation or cease transacting business,...

Five Arrested in Alleged Staged Accident Scam in North Carolina

Nov 30 2014 // North Carolina insurance officials reported the arrests of five people from Fayetville in an alleged insurance fraud scheme involving a staged auto accident in Cumberland County.Department of Insurance criminal...

Two Arizona Counties Get Disaster Declaration

Nov 7 2014 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says President Barak Obama has approved her major disaster declaration request for federal assistance for Maricopa and La Paz counties following the severe flooding on Sept. 8. Federal aid will take...