Insurance fraud office needs to tighten belt
Agency is far from perfect, but it’s doing an important job. Five years ago, it seemed like a can’t-miss prospect –...
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Garamendi over-enthused
INSURANCE Commissioner John Garamendi’s latest pronouncement that workers’ compensation costs are on the decline is laughable. True, carriers have offered average...
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Insurance fraud doubles
LAFAYETTE — Insurance fraud claims in Louisiana more than doubled during the past two years, costing insurance companies millions of dollars,...
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State fights auto insurance fraud
The state is cranking up its war on car insurance fraud. “We are aggressively going after each case of fraud to...
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Crackdown on N.Y. No-Fault Fraud Reportedly Begins to Pay Dividends as Costs Show Slight Decline
The vigorous crackdown on insurance fraud and abuse spearheaded by New York’s insurance companies, law enforcement agencies and prosecutors, and supported...
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Companies Denying WV Homeowners
Shopping around for insurance policies is common practice, but in West Virginia, it’s getting harder, and if you own a home...
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France Reaches Deal in Insurance Scandal
PARIS -France announced a $770 million deal to settle charges by U.S. prosecutors of an illegal takeover of a California insurance...
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Grand jury indicts Hamilton police sergeant on bribery charges
EUREKA — A man who allegedly lied to a number of physicians to receive nearly $9,000 in worker’s compensation benefits he...
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Fla. tops at nabbing insurance fraud
Florida leads the nation in the number of insurance fraud convictions and cases presented for prosecution, a study by the Coalition...
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Report: New Jersey leads nation in insurance fraud actions
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey far outpaced the rest of the nation in insurance fraud cases opened last year and accounted...
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