Archive for April 2016

A pain clinic doctor in Beckley, West Virginia, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for illegally prescribing a controlled substance and submitting false health care claims. Dr. Jose Gordinho was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Beckley. … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

A pair of California trucking company owners were arrested for cheating their worker’s compensation insurer out of millions of dollars. Alvin Shin Chen, 54, and Fiona Xilin Chen, 46, both of La Cañada Flintridge, Calif., were arrested this week at … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

The property/casualty insurance advisory organization AAIS has unveiled its first standardized personal auto insurance program for use by insurers that it says is the first new auto program available to the industry in decades. The American Association of Insurance Services … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

The National Council on Compensation Insurance says it is seeing generally stable trends in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont — five New England states where NCCI serves as a licensed rating and statistical organization. “Overall, the NCCI … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Beecher Carlson Insurance Services, a specialized large account risk management broker and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has hired Megan Miller as managing director. She will be responsible for developing and managing large risk management accounts, with … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

A group of residents is prepared to take Honolulu, Hawaii officials to court over the city’s multibillion-dollar rail project because of concerns that the rail could be vulnerable to flood damage. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported the “Do Rail Right” group … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Denise Johnson Older drivers with a history of falling have a 40 percent higher risk of being involved in motor vehicle crashes. But despite this increased risk, drivers ages 40 – 80 still have a lower risk of being involved in a … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Wells Fargo will pay $8 million to West Virginia as part of a settlement of a decade-long dispute involving marketing practices. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Monday that Wells Fargo will pay the money to the Office of the Attorney … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Authorities say about 15 people were standing on a balcony that collapsed at a house near South Carolina’s Clemson University, injuring several of them. The Greenville News reports that four people were taken to a hospital after the collapse April … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal