American International Group has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action suit in Ohio regarding allegations of “wide-ranging fraud” involving public pension funds, according to Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray.

A former insurance agent from Hagerstown, Md., was convicted of taking part in a scheme to generate commissions and boost his salary by falsifying policy information.

A Queens, N.Y., contractor was charged with grand larceny and workers’ compensation fraud after allegedly defrauding the New York State Insurance Fund of more than $150,000 in uncollected premium.

A New Jersey woman was sentenced to three years in prison for selling fertility drugs that were funded by her health insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

A Washington State woman lost her insurance license and promised not to work in the industry again after Oregon regulators determined she collected $135,225 worth of business insurance premium payments for policies she never wrote.

A Brooklyn, N.Y., business owner pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud and has repaid the New York State Insurance Fund $100,000 in outstanding premium, authorities said.

The New York State Insurance Fund reported in its new annual report workers’ compensation premium of $1.31 billion and disability benefits premium of $16.6 million.

A Chester County, Pa., couple faces insurance fraud charges after reporting the loss of a 1.2 carat engagement ring, valued at $8,000, that they allegedly replaced with a fake diamond.

A life insurance agent has lost his license after using his mother’s name and address on a client’s application for an annuity, then tious annuity application has had his insurance license revoked.

A Lynnwood, Wash., man faces charges of insurance fraud for allegedly claiming car thieves stole the same $33,000 collection of silk ties — not once, not twice, but three times in nine years, according to state insurance regulators.