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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on an assessment of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) Workload Adjuster conducted by an independent consulting firm. This assessment was conducted to fulfill FDA performance commitments made as part of the fifth authorization of PDUFA in section XV, ``Improving FDA Performance Management,'' subsection B, which was reauthorized by the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) of 2012. The assessment will be conducted by an independent consultant in two phases. This is the first assessment of two during PDUFA V to evaluate whether the adjustment reasonably represents actual changes in workload volume and complexity in the human drug review program and present options to di...
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An Englewood insurance adjuster has been indicted on charges that she stole more than $36,000 by billing for repairs that were never done.
Sheena Clarke, 59, submitted fraudulent claims to four insurance companies from July 2005 to August 2010, saying repairs were done on damaged properties in Paterson, Newark, Irvington and East Orange, although no repairs were actually done, the state Attorney General's Office said Tuesday in a press release.
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A judge has awarded nearly $1.4 million in damages to two couples who said they were ripped off by debt adjuster Debt Relief USA Inc.
The bench judgment breaks down as: $106,000 in actual damages, $56,875 in attorneys' fees for The Simon Law Firm and $1.2 million in punitive damages.
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Area residents looking for a job interview with Winchester can look to Workforce Development training at Northwest Mississippi Community College for help.
Northwest is offering the Adjuster Training Program for anyone looking for the basic skills needed to be successful in a high- performance manufacturing environment .
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A judge has awarded nearly $1.2 million in damages to two couples who said they were ripped off by debt adjuster Debt Relief USA Inc.
The bench verdict breaks down as: $106,000 in actual damages, $56,875 in attorneys' fees for The Simon Law Firm and $1 million in punitive damages.
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A debt adjuster could not enforce a binding arbitration clause in its service contract when sued by a customer for violating state consumer protection law, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
The plaintiff entered into a debt adjustment contract with the defendant. The plaintiff subsequently filed a class action, alleging that the defendant violated state consumer protection law by charging an excessive fee for its debt adjustment services.
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In brief - Reports prepared for dominant purpose of providing advice in relation to litigation
In the matter of Ensham Resources Limited v AIOI Insu...
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In a first-party recovery scheme for automobile property damage, the first-party insurer compensates not-at-fault vehicular damage. In this scheme, adjusters may not have the incentive to assign liability when the driver is, in fact, at fault for the accident. This is due to adjusters not having to coordinate with a third-party adjuster, and, for insureds that carry collision coverage, the assignment of fault does not appreciably affect the compensation paid out. This in turn reduces the effectiveness of the experience-rating component of the insurance premium. Empirical evidence that supports the presence of incorrect fault assignment is provided. A stochastic model of experience rating analyzing the impact of incorrect fault assignment on driving record classes confirms that low-risk ...
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Recently introduced legislation proposes to exempt "any employee employed in insurance claims adjusting" from the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's o...