The slayings last year of six law enforcement officers, as well as several workplace suicides, caused deaths due to workplace violence to spike upward in Washington State, the Department of Labor …
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Washington Workplace Violence-Related Deaths Climbed in 2009
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Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon has named Lori Joubert Cherry to serve as Deputy Commissioner of Public Affairs where she will manage the department’s public relations …
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Louisiana Insurance Department Appoints Cherry to Direct Public Affairs
The Kansas Insurance Department (KID) reported that a former Kansas City-area insurance agent has been convicted on federal charges of insurance and mortgage fraud, and
State regulators say there were 34 accidental workplace deaths in North Carolina last year.
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North Carolina Reported 34 Workplace Deaths in 2009
Emergency service volunteers that are injured while assisting with a state of emergency may be entitled to workers' compensation benefits, according to the state Department of Consumer and …
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Oregon Emergency Service Volunteers Entitled to Workers’ Comp Benefits
The Ohio Department of Insurance has hired Affordable Language Services to provide translation services, Director Mary Jo Hudson announced. The company will be able to answer questions from …
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Ohio Insurance Department Expands Language Interpretation Service
Although Oregon is among the states at highest risk for a major earthquake, only about 20 percent of Oregonians have earthquake insurance, according to a Department of Consumer and Business …
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Only 20% of Oregonians Insured for Earthquake Risks
The Department of Financial Services helped recover over $22 million for Florida’s insurance consumers in 2009, according to officials. The $22 million represents an increase from $14 …
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Florida CFO Helps Customers Recover $22 Million from Insurers
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Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson has suspended the business of Chesapeake Life Insurance Company (Chesapeake) in Ohio for failure to file premium rates and forms for open …
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Ohio Says Insurer Failed to Comply With New State Open Enrollment Law
The fight against fraud in the workers’ compensation system brought in $128 million to Washington last year, according to a new report from the state Department of Labor & Industries …
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Washington Saves $128 Million By Fighting Fraud
Washington's Department of Labor & Industries reminded employers that for the first time since voters passed an initiative 11 years ago indexing the minimum wage to the Consumer Price Index, …
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Washington Not Increasing Minimum Wage in 2010
Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that on average Ohioans paid slightly more for homeowners insurance in 2007 than in 2006, according to a report issued by the …
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Homeowners Average Insurance Premiums Up Slightly in Ohio
Property owners insured in the Mississippi wind pool may soon find some relief from rising premium costs with the transfer of $19 million from the Mississippi Insurance Department to the …
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Mississippi Stabilizes Wind Pool Insurance Premiums with $19 Million
The New York State Insurance Department has ordered insurers Homesite Insurance Co. and Security Mutual Insurance Co. to offer to reinstate at total of 260 homeowners' policies across the …
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New York Orders Two Insurers to Reinstate 260 Policies
Oregonians who have been laid off from their jobs can continue to receive help paying for health insurance into 2010. The Insurance Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services is …
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Oregon Announces Insurance Aid for Laid Off Workers
The Kansas Insurance Department (KID) reported Dec. 21 that Commissioner Sandy Praeger has levied a $5,000 fine against a Kansas-licensed insurance company and has ordered premium refunds for …
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Kansas Commissioner Fines John Henry Smith Direct, Calls for Premium Refunds
With a $2 billion state budget deficit looming, Arizona may become the first state in the country to abolish the anti-fraud unit of its Department of Insurance. Should Arizona do that, insurance …
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Arizona Mulls Shutting Insurance Fraud Unit
Rhode Island regulators have fined a major insurance company $5,000 for allegedly interfering with a driver's right to choose his own garage for repair work. The Department of Business Regulation …
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Rhode Island Fines Allstate Over Consumer Choice in Car Repair
Workers' compensation insurance rates in California will be relatively stable and increase by an average of only 4 percent in 2010, the Department of Insurance said. The Department's announcement …
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California Workers’ Comp Insurers Ask for Average 4 Percent
Workers' compensation insurance rates in California will be relatively stable and increase by an average of only 4 percent in 2010, the Department of Insurance said.
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California Workers’ Comp Insurers Ask for Average 4 Percent
The state Department of Consumer and Business Services recently fined Farmers Insurance Company of Oregon $10,000 for improperly using consumers
The Minnesota Department of Commerce has issued a $250,000 fine against Michael Antonello, an insurance agent the department previously accused of insurance fraud. It is the largest fine levied …
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Minnesota Fines Agent $250K
The Ohio Department of Insurance reports that auto insurance rates in that state have declined for the third consecutive year, according to the 2006/2007 Auto Insurance Database Report just …
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Auto Premiums in Ohio Decline for Third Consecutive Year
The New York State Insurance Department is proposing new regulations for no-fault auto insurance coverage in Empire State, in a move the state’s top regulator says will help reduce …
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New York Regulator Proposes Changes to No-Fault Insurance Coverage
Gov. Charlie Crist has urged Florida lawmakers to ban texting while driving. Crist this week asked Julie Jones, executive director of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, to …
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Gov. Crist Urges Florida Lawmakers to Ban Texting While Driving
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department said it will take legal action against Kingsway Financial Services Inc. over its attempt to divest Lincoln General Insurance Co
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Pennsylvania Regulator to Fight Kingsway over Share Donations
The former commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety on Monday entered a conditional guilty plea to two third-degree felony charges of falsely obtaining a prescription and to a …
California's Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner yesterday announced that the Department of Insurance (CDI) has recovered more than $27 million from insurance companies in the aftermath of the …
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California Recovers $27 Million for San Diegans
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