At its meeting Thursday, council introduced a measure to transfer funds to pay a $940,000 SPA debt, but with a caveat from Councilman Jack Loscombe: Mr. Doherty, SPA Executive Director Robert Scopelliti, city Business Administrator Ryan McGowan, the SPA’s board, and representatives of the bond company and the bond insurer must appear at a public caucus Thursday…
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“We were involved with similar bridge contracts such as the Bay Bridge,” said Bruce Petersen, senior vice president of commercial insurance products for Novato- based Fireman’s Fund. ” The company paid claims to victims after major fires in Chicago and Boston in the 1870 s, and in 1927 it insured construction of the Spirit of St. Louis, the plane Charles Lindbergh flew…
May 27– Within two years, Pennsylvania should have in place a first-generation, Internet-based communications network that allows for the exchange of patient health data among doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, insurers and, eventually, the federal government. Pennsylvania has been staked to about $17 million in federal stimulus money to help build its…
Excessive speeding, driving under the influence and inattention are dangerous behaviors that can lead to accidents, and ultimately drive up your auto insurance rates…
The two lawsuits, filed by Morgan& Morgan against State Farm auto policies, are each in evidence-gathering phases and months away from possible trials. But they became superheated last fall when a former paralegal at the law firm turned whistle-blower, providing State Farm with ammunition to probe Deukmedjian’s billing practices with Morgan& Morgan from…
The city has to budget $7 million next fiscal year for city employee health insurance coverage, an increase of more than $1 million over current budget. Mike Epperson, city manager, said during the current fiscal year he estimated they would spend $6.4 million in health care costs. The city budgeted for $5.9 million, a gap of about $500,000, he said.
Aaron Crews has joined the staff at The Little Gym as gym director. Aaron Crews is a Columbia native and graduated from the University of Missouri College of Business in 2003. Before joining The Little Gym, he was purchasing director at Cartridge World in St. Louis while also working on a master’s degree in theological studies at Covenant Theological Seminary.
Los Angeles, CA May 27, 2012. Online Insurance Marketplace, a portal for individuals that want to buy life insurance quotes, has announced that they wrote a blog, titled, “Term Life Insurance Quotes– Importance of Making the Right Choices.” The online blog states that people need to be pragmatic enough to face unforeseen financial difficulties.
May 27– State police said the operator of a now-defunct bus company wasn’t insured when it transported hundreds of Chartiers Valley School District students over the last several months. According to a news release, Michael N. Krawec, 25, of Pittsburgh faces 161 counts of required financial responsibility, along with false application for title, tampering…
One of Central Florida’s best-known law firms and a prominent Brevard County surgeon may have had an “across-the-board agreement” in recent years to inflate by millions of dollars the charges for spinal surgeries in auto-accident claims…
May 27– How Ronald Spann contracted hepatitis C may always be a mystery. Greg Whitley, 41, of Virginia Beach was diagnosed more than a decade after Spann, but, unlike him, it was before he noticed any symptoms. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention proposed earlier this month that all baby boomers be tested.
May 27– Eighteen years ago, John Campbell bought a $100,000 life insurance policy. Since then, he’s paid an annual premium of $2,600. Now, at age 85, he’s paid $47,000 into it.
Aiman Al-Qady and his property management group, Angels LLC, are suing Aspen Insurance, UK, Ltd., over coverage for the apartment building at 605 Bluff St. A fire at the building in the summer of 2010 killed one man and resulted in significant damage to the structure. The lawsuit, filed earlier this month in Dubuque County District Court, alleges that Aspen broke its…
The Hawaii Medical Service Association will raise rates by 2.6 percent for roughly 9,500 small businesses on July 1, the Insurance Division said Wednesday. The Insurance Division estimates that reducing the rate increase to 2.6 percent from 3.9 percent will save small businesses at least $6.6 million this year. It’s coming out of our bottom line, “said Mike…
The South Carolina workers’ compensation and Social Security disability benefits attorneys of Land, Parker& Welch, P.A., have launched a new website to serve residents of Manning and surrounding areas. “Filing for workers’ compensation and Social Security benefits can be very stressful and confusing, especially when you don’ t know how to get the process started,”…
The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs issued the following news release:. The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation has ordered Southfield title insurance company, G.I.A.F., Inc., its vice president Charles Brian Lovejoy and several other company officers to cease and desist from the sale, solicitation, or negotiation of any…
May 26– SELAH, Wash.– Members of the Selah school board have voted unanimously on a contract officially hiring Shane Backlund as the district’s new superintendent. He’ll earn salary and benefits worth between $141,000 to $144,000, depending on health insurance options. His selection and hiring was on a relatively fast track that began May 10, when…
Park City, UT May 26, 2012. Zane Benefits, which provides comprehensive and flexible small business health insurance alternatives, today published information on list-billing with HRAs. Many Health Reimbursement Arrangement providers do not allow the use of List-Bill arrangements with HRAs because list-billing creates potential HIPAA/ERISA…
May 25– MADISON– The family of a Janesville man who died while skydiving in 2008 is suing his insurance company for $400,000. Doherty was skydiving with the Sky Knights Sport Parachute Club, which is adjacent to the East Troy Municipal Airport in far northeastern Walworth County. Doherty died in a residential neighborhood about a mile west of the airport,…
