Regional news: 
Archive for August, 2011
Alfred W. Gross, the long-serving Virginia insurance commissioner who died just seven months after retiring, was an editor's dream, even though many of those agents and brokers he served wouldn't have known if they bumped into him. Read Story
A bill introduced in Pennsylvania would amend the state's dental laws to require dentists to purchase malpractice insurance. Read Story
Four Rhode Island people, including an unlicensed insurance adjuster, pleaded guilty to conspiring to collect an insurance claim on an uninsured home with flood damage. Read Story
The shift in voluntary sales from group to individual sales, which began in the last 10 years, continues, as group sales lagged behind individual sales by only $25 million last year. Read Story
Former Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario is leaving his job with the Obama Administration developing a key component included in the federal health reform law. Read Story
New Jersey insurance regulators want to overhaul the state's auto insurance rules to battle rising costs seen in the state's personal injury protection, or PIP, system. Read Story
A Miami, Fla.-area man pleaded guilty to participating in two separate fraud schemes that led to the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, according to federal prosecutors. Read Story
David Russell dreamed about a bigger and better job. There was a bigger house he could get and a better car. He said he didn’t focus on the present.
Read StoryA Bothell, Wash., insurance agent who used clients' identities to steal more than $200,000 from banks and credit card companies, was sentenced to three years in prison. Read Story
Pacific Life Insurance Co. acquired JPMorgan Chase's U.S. Pension Advisory Group, which it will rename Pacific Global Advisors. Read Story
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