Bloomberg’s Evans on Denial of Life Benefits by Insurers: Audio
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Chartis Expands CrisisResponseXS to Excess EPL Insureds
Chartis has introduced the extension of CrisisResponse XS coverage to its catastrophic excess employment practices liability (EPL) clients. Developed by Chartis’ Cat Excess Liability Division, CrisisResponseXS allows companies to act swiftly to mitigate losses and prevent reputational damage in the … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal
Health Highlights: Feb. 28, 2011
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: View full post on Yahoo! Health News
Washington Fines Puyallup Firm $437,300 in Asbestos Cases
Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries has cited a Puyallup asbestos abatement company for several willful violations and fined the firm more than $400,000. The action deals with two abatement projects the company undertook last year at the former Lynnwood … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal
Clinical Trials Update: Feb. 28, 2011
(HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: View full post on Yahoo! Health News
New Mexico Senate Confirms Workers’ Comp Director
The New Mexico Senate on Wednesday confirmed Ned Fuller as director of the Workers’ Compensation Administration. Fuller was nominated by Gov. Susana Martinez and began work Jan. 24 as the director designee. Fuller, an attorney, worked for private law firms, … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal
Treat kids' discomfort, not fevers: Pediatricians
Don't immediately reach for the medicine cabinet when your little one's forehead feels warm, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) that says fevers alone are not a cause for intervention. View full post on Yahoo! Health News
New Mexico Rejects Bill to Ban Illegal Immigrant Drivers Licenses
New Mexico’s Senate has rejected Republican-backed proposals to stop the state from issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. Two measures failed on party-line votes, with 14 Republicans voting to end the state’s practice of granting licenses to illegal immigrants. Twenty-five … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal
Health officials track measles exposure at four U.S. airports
Health officials said on Monday they have launched a cross-country measles watch for anyone who might have been exposed to a contagious airline passenger who traveled through four major U.S. airports. View full post on Yahoo! Health News
Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Investigation on Behalf of Investors of Gerova Financial Group Ltd.
[Business Wire] – Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating potential claims on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Gerova Financial Group Ltd. between January 7, 2010 and February 23, 2011, concerning possible violations of federal securities laws. View full post on Yahoo! Finance: Life Insurance Industry News
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- Trucker’s Widow Settles Mississippi Wrongful Death Claim with Insurer
- The Hartford’s AARP Program Looking for Agents
- Midwest Farmers Urged to Buy Crop Insurance Due to Dry Weather
- Wisconsin Business Owner Accused of Arson, Murder-for-Hire
- West Virginia Seeks Input on Proposed Business Court
- U.S. Drops Major Anti-Bribery Prosecution
- U.S. Firms Seek Clarity on Anti-Bribery Law
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- Insurance Agents Charged In $100 Million Fraud SchemeThe Manhattan United States Attorney and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have charged three insurance agents with a $100 million fraud scheme involving stranger-owned life insurance or STOLI. Typically, people buying a life insurance policy have some relationship to the person being insured. In contrast, with STOLI arrangements, a ... […]
- Home Insurers Avoid Catastrophe Risk, Stockpile CashThe Consumer Federation of America is attacking home insurers for holding too much capital and avoiding business in risk-prone regions, charging that property-casualty companies have "hollowed out" catastrophe coverage. In response, the head of the major industry trade group charged that CFA is dead wrong and is ignorant of ... […]
- Insurance Coverage Might Steer Women To Costlier — But More Effective — Birth ControlIn the heated debate over to what extent religiously affiliated employers should be required to provide free contraception for workers, no one has talked much about what methods are available to women who want to prevent pregnancy and how their choices might change if cost were removed from the equation. ... […]
- Rising costs, health care reform law create more interest in self-fundingAs health care costs continue to climb, many midsize employers are turning to self-funding as a cost-effective way to provide health benefits to their employees. Fifty-eight percent of employers with 200 to 999 employees self-funded their health care programs in 2010, up from 44% in 1999, according to the ... […]
- States strike at ‘Obamacare,’ seek to exempt insurers, employers from birth-control coverageBOISE, Idaho — Republican lawmakers in a handful of states are opening another front in the war against President Obama’s health care overhaul, seizing on the hot-button issue of birth control with bills that would allow insurance companies to ignore new federal rules requiring them to cover contraception. Measures ... […]
- Insurance Agents Charged In $100 Million Fraud Scheme
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- Insurance Agents Charged In $100 Million Fraud Scheme
- Home Insurers Avoid Catastrophe Risk, Stockpile Cash
- Insurance Coverage Might Steer Women To Costlier — But More Effective — Birth Control
- Rising costs, health care reform law create more interest in self-funding
- States strike at ‘Obamacare,’ seek to exempt insurers, employers from birth-control coverage
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