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Claim denials were the number one complaint of Ohio insurance consumers in 2009, according to statistics released by the Ohio Department of Insurance. Nearly one-third of the 5,453 consumer … View full post on Insurance Journal

The annual premium for a family health plan sponsored by an employer cost about 54 percent more in 2009 than it did in 2000, $13,027 and $8,437 (adjusted for inflation) , respectively, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality… View full post on Health Insurance / Medical [...]

Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that the average rates for the state's top 10 private passenger auto insurers increased 2.8 percent in 2009. The average rates for … View full post on Insurance Journal

The number of people taking crucial AIDS drugs climbed by a record 1.2 million last year to 5.2 million overall, the World Health Organization said Monday — but Bill Clinton says that’s still not nearly enough. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

The number of home burglary claims for Allstate Insurance customers in Texas jumped 9 percent last year. With many Texans taking trips this summer, the insurer is encouraging people to keep their … View full post on Insurance Journal

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Help from the new health law may not come soon enough for many Americans, according to a report. The Chicago Tribune: “[T]he nation’s health system is continuing to fray, raising the prospect that the country could experience a crisis before the law establishes a health care safety net in 2014. … View full post on [...]

Is today the day you die at work? In 2007, according to the latest report from the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada, 1055 people lost their lives at work. That’s four people every work day. Dead because their workplace was not safe. Dead because they got injured. Dead because they got cancer. Dead [...]

There has been a drop in the filing of new workers compensation claims since the first of the year 2009. I don’t think that it is due to an accident free work environment, but the consensus of doctors and lawyers who work in the field, seems to be that folks are afraid they will be [...]

Is today the day you die at work? In 2007, according to the latest report from the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada, 1055 people lost their lives at work. That’s four people every work day. Dead because their workplace was not safe. Dead because they got injured. Dead because they got cancer. Dead [...]