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Utah studies link between cancer, public safety

Jun 19 2006 // The Utah Labor Commission has taken a step toward finding out if firefighters and police officers with cancer and other ailments developed the diseases because of hazards associated with their jobs.The commission is using...

Utah Studies Link Between Cancer, Public Safety Workers

Jun 9 2006 // The Utah Labor Commission has taken a step toward finding out if firefighters and police officers with cancer and other ailments developed the diseases because of hazards associated with their jobs.The commission is using...

Back-Over Injuries to Children Greater with Trucks, Minivans

Jun 6 2006 // Every year children are seriously injured and killed when they’re hit by a vehicle backing out of a driveway. But a child is up to 2 1/2 times more likely to be backed over by a minivan or truck than by a car,...

Closer Look: Insurance Associations

Apr 17 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on Western insurance associations. Part I of this article appeared in the April 3, 2006, western region publication beginning on page 47.As people migrate to the...

Utah names directors, adds market conduct division

Apr 3 2006 // Utah Insurance Commissioner Kent Michie has appointed two new directors, created a new division and combined two other divisions. “The main thrust of these changes has been to create a new Market Conduct...

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Apr 3 2006 // Utah names directors, adds market conduct divisionUtah Insurance Commissioner Kent Michie has appointed two new directors, created a new division and combined two other divisions. “The main thrust of these changes...

City in Utah Expects $2.5 Million Fire Insurance Settlement

Mar 30 2006 // Ogden, Utah, officials are expecting a $2.5 million insurance settlement for a fire that destroyed a building the city had offered for sale at a fraction of that amount.The cause of the March 11 fire that destroyed the...

Utah Appoints New Directors, Creates Market Conduct Division

Mar 24 2006 // Utah Insurance Commissioner Kent Michie has appointed two new directors, created a new division and combined two other divisions.“The main thrust of these changes has been to create a new Market Conduct...

PRIVACY, WORKERS’ COMP DOMINATE UTAH’S LEGISLATIVE SESSION

Mar 20 2006 // Utah insurers faced a busy and difficult year during the Utah 2006 legislative session, according to the American Insurance Association.“Insurers had to play a lot of defense this year,” said Steve Suchil, AIA...

The Hartford Lowers Utah Auto Rates

Mar 17 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Hartford, Conn., is lowering prices for many Utah drivers under its Dimensions personal auto insurance program, which is available through the company’s network of...

Insurers Happy with Utah Privacy Bills

Mar 13 2006 // In its just-concluded session, the Utah Legislature passed legislation to protect consumers from unauthorized access to their credit-related information, while preserving insurers’ access to credit data, Property...

Privacy, Workers’ Compensation Dominate Utah’s Legislative Session

Mar 9 2006 // Utah insurers faced a busy and difficult year throughout the Utah 2006 legislative session, the American Insurance Association (AIA) said.“Insurers had to play a lot of defense this year,” said Steve Suchil,...

Utah’s GBS Benefits Affiliates with the Leavitt Group

Mar 3 2006 // GBS Benefits, a Utah employee benefits brokers and consultant, became part of the Leavitt Group effective Jan. 1. The Leavitt Group is the largest Utah-based insurance brokerage and the 20th largest insurance sales...

Utah Man Who Faked Death on Mountain Pleads Guilty

Jan 2 2006 // A St. George, Utah, man who faked his death on Pine Valley Mountain last summer and then fled to Australia pleaded guilty to one count of conducting a false or fraudulent scheme to obtain fees or services, a second-degree...

Utah Man Who Faked Death on Mountain Pleads Guilty

Jan 1 2006 // A St. George, Utah, man who faked his death on Pine Valley Mountain last summer and then fled to Australia pleaded guilty to one count of conducting a false or fraudulent scheme to obtain fees or services, a second-degree...

Truck Driver Killed in Utah Train-Trash Truck Collision

Dec 16 2005 // An Amtrak train collided with a semitrailer in southeastern Utah, killing the truck driver, injuring several Amtrak passengers and derailing the front wheel on the train’s lead engine, authorities said.The California...

Utah Man who Fakes Death on Mountain Pleads Guilty

Dec 12 2005 // A St. George, Utah, man who faked his death on Pine Valley Mountain this summer and then fled to Australia pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of conducting a false or fraudulent scheme to obtain fees or services, a...

Utah Pharmacy Owner Arrested on Suspicion of Fraudulent Billing

Dec 5 2005 // The owner of the Park City Pharmacy at The Clinic in Utah has been arrested on suspicion of fraudulently billing an insurance company for drugs that never were prescribed.Thomas Evan Strebel, 60, was arrested for...

San Diego Contractor Ordered to Pay $37,669 in Restitution to State Fund

Dec 4 2005 // A San Diego County Superior Court has sentenced Valley Center, Calif., businessman John Presley to three years formal probation and ordered him to pay $37,669 in restitution to California’s State Compensation...

Scruggs, Bailey to Debate Coverage in the Aftermath of Hurricanes at UT Insurance Law Institute

Dec 1 2005 // The Continuing Legal Education division of the School of Law at the University of Texas at Austin announced that its 10th Annual Insurance Law Institute, to be held Dec. 7 – 9 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin,...