U.S. Insurance Firm Neglects Survivors of Iraqi Translators, May Face Criminal Charges

by T. Christian Miller
ProPublica, May 23, 2011, 9:19 a.m.

Chicago-based CNA Financial Corp. faces possible investigation after failing to pay death benefits to survivors of Iraqi translators working to help the U.S. mission in Iraq.

Pentagon Study Proposes Overhaul of Defense Base Act to Cover Care for Injured Contractors

by T. Christian Miller
ProPublica, Sept. 15, 2009, 6:52 p.m.

Congress could save as much as $250 million a year through a sweeping overhaul of the controversial U.S. system to care for civilian contractors injured in war zones, according to a new Pentagon study.

Foreign Workers for U.S. Are Casualties Twice Over

by T. Christian Miller
ProPublica, June 19, 2009, 7 p.m.

Contract employees injured in the conflict zones of Iraq and Afghanistan and families of those killed there are covered by American taxpayer-funded insurance, but it often fails to deliver.

Congressional Hearing: Officials Admit Major Flaws in Program to Aid Wounded War-Zone Workers

by T. Christian Miller
ProPublica, June 19, 2009, 7:56 a.m.

Lawmakers criticized a federal program that relies on private insurance companies to provide medical care and benefits to civilians injured while working in Iraq and Afghanistan as injured war contractors confronted the executives of the companies they have been fighting for care.

AIG, KBR and CNA Face New Questions About Insurance for Injured Civilian Contractors

by T. Christian Miller
ProPublica, June 18, 2009, 9:26 a.m.

Despite his company spending more than $300,000 this year on lobbying, a Chicago-based carrier CNA executive will testify alongside AIG executives at a hearing on insurance for civilian contractors injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.