05/18/12 - AUSTIN - Commissioner of Workers' Compensation Rod Bordelon recently announced final disciplinary actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (TDI-DWC).

05/15/12 - AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Insurance announced the assignment of a fraud prosecutor and a fraud investigator to work exclusively with criminal prosecutors in Harris County to combat insurance fraud.

05/1/12 - AUSTIN, TX – Two Texas companies received peer review safety program awards at the Texas Safety Summit's 16th Annual Safety and Health Conference in Austin April 12 for exemplary occupational safety and health programs.

04/25/12 - AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Insurance today announced enforcement actions that became final during February 2012.

04/24/12 - AUSTIN, TX - The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation has approved seven renewals of the Certificates of Authority for companies to self-insure their workers’ compensation claims.

The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) has submitted to the Department of Financial Services on Thursday a loss-cost filing for an overall average loss cost change of +11.5 percent. The change in loss cost represents the anticipated cost …

A court has ruled that the head of a Bossier City, La., taxi cab business cannot be held personally liable in a lawsuit over the death of a 12-year-old boy. The victim in the case was Justin Bloxom, whose body …

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has appointed Eric C. Dean, Jerome S. Hanner and Cara Richardson as corporate vice presidents. Dean joined the company in 2012 and has more than 30 years of business experience in various key technology functions. …

The tornado that swept through Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011, has generated $2.16 billion in insurance claims payouts to Missouri policyholders, according to an Insurance Information Institute analysis of data from ISO’s Property Claims Service (PCS) and other sources. …

South Dakota has been awarded a $5.9 million federal grant to continue research into the possibility of a state-run health insurance exchange. But Gov. Dennis Daugaard says the state will continue to wait for the outcome of the lawsuit challenging …

A family is suing a mortuary over a body switch that resulted in a grandmother being buried in another woman’s clothes in a California cemetery instead of an above-ground crypt in Nicaragua. The lawsuit filed Wednesday by the 88-year-old woman’s …

North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm announced he has served a cease and desist order against Tim Everett, a Grand Forks area insurance agent who is alleged to have created fictitious insurance policy applications and to have been paid commissions …

San Joaquin Valley’s crop damage estimate from a hail storm last month has reached more than $79 million. The Fresno Bee reports that Kings County, among the hardest hit areas of the region, recently increased its damage estimate from $20 …

Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has gotten permission to secure a $75 million cash line of credit in case a hurricane damages the state. The Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has enough money set aside to cover a $110 …

Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurtisMonroe named Shawn Kraatz as executive vice president in its Irvine office. His primary responsibilities at SCM will include commercial sales management and marketplace leadership. Kraatz joins SCM from Alliant, where he was first vice president. He has …