The death of Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., early Monday has raised the possibility that Democrats might have difficulty in getting the financial services reform legislation through the Senate before the Independence Day recess.
A federal judge is encouraging defendants currently outside the scope of a recently announced $712.5 million World Trade Center settlement to join the settlement, calling it fair and reasonable for injured plaintiffs.
NU Editor Sam Friedman's recent editorial columns on Eliot Spitzer and Maurice Greenberg are up for an award. See Sam's blog at www.NUSamSoapBox.com for details.
New York Governor David Paterson has introduced a program bill that would, except under limited circumstances, close all private group self-insured trusts in the state, tracking recommendations made by a task force earlier this month.
On June 11, 2010, Geico filed a $1.8 million lawsuit in which it accuses a Queens, New York radiology center of a no-fault auto insurance fraud scheme that involved thousands of suspect claims for service.
Ten cities will receive financial aid to continue 4th of July festivities courtesy of Liberty Mutual Group as the Boston-based insurer announced the winners of its "Bring Back The 4th" contest.
The good news is a fraud task force set up by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) in South Florida in 2002 seems to have had an effect on automobile insurance fraud.