Archive for January 2017

A University of Oregon student seeks $3 million in a lawsuit against medical providers who she says failed to properly diagnose her with meningococcal disease in 2015. The Register-Guard reported that Christina Jenkins’ lawsuit is the second from the disease … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

The California Department of Insurance has issued a noncompliance to State Farm General Insurance Co. for refusing to reduce policyholders’ rates as mandated by an order from Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in December 2016. Jones’ order directed State Farm to … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Commercial truck drivers with three or more medical conditions double to quadruple their chance for being in a crash than healthier drivers, reports a study led by investigators at the University of Utah School of Medicine. The findings suggest that … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Wilmington officials say they’ll have to pay $9 million or more to cover the health care costs for four firefighters injured in a blaze that killed three of their colleagues last year. Mayor Mike Purzycki tells The News Journal of … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump aims to replace Obamacare with a plan that would envisage “insurance for everybody,” he said in an interview with the Washington Post published on Sunday night. Trump did not give the newspaper specifics about his proposals … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Deborah A. Whitcomb, a workers’ compensation administrative law judge in Stockton, Calif., has been appointed to serve on the Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee. Whitcomb was appointed by George Parisotto, acting administrative director of the California Division of Workers’ Compensation. … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrea Wells Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire West Point, Ga.-based J. Smith Lanier & Co., one of the nation’s largest, privately held insurance brokerage firms. Terms of … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrea Wells Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire West Point, Ga.-based J. Smith Lanier & Co., one of the nation’s largest, privately held insurance brokerage firms. Terms of … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Amy O’ Connor Maritime Program Group, Inc. of Westbrook, Conn., has expanded their ocean marine programs to include a new underwriting facility targeting commercial shipyards, terminal operators, ship repairers, stevedores, port authorities and wharfingers. Marine coverages can be offered stand-alone or packaged with … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal