Ninth Circuit revives lawsuit over AmeriBen disclosure of health data
INSURANCENEWSNET MAGAZINE
In this issue...
- Risk-control index innovation grows as regulators scrutinize complexity
- Keeping it simple — With Tom Bumbolow
- Nationwide marks 100 years as a modern mutual
- A Partner on Life’s Financial Journey with Leah West
- Harnessing, cultivating and profiting from centers of influence
- A perfect storm demands better planning
SPECIAL FEATURE
Death and taxes: How the right analysis for life insurance changes the picture
The question is not whether your client should own life insurance. The question is whether their family wealth can survive... Read More
From The Field
Could a narrower focus help grow your practice?
A strong niche brings together the right audience and opportunity with your expertise and experience.
What 70% doesn’t tell you
Is the long-term care statistic real?
Rethinking the status quo can lead to long-term savings on healthcare
Benefit enrollment season is an ideal time to overcome this bias by systematically evaluating healthcare benefits to reduce costs and make long-term financial plans more efficient.
ADVISOR NEWS
U.S. debt hits $40 trillion: how to support concerned clients
Now that U.S. debt has reached $40 trillion, some clients may be concerned about its impact on their retirement portfolios.
- Flourish brings private-bank-like cash solution to MassMutual’s network
- Majority of Americans concerned recent market highs are unsustainable
- GLP-1 users choose between medication and retirement saving
- Gen X and millennials seek new retirement model
- Are families ready for the costs of aging at home?
NEWSWIRES
How an Injury Firm Serves Families Across Multiple Nearby Regions
Warwick sits at the center of Rhode Island's interconnected communities, where people often commute, seek medical care, visit relatives, and manage family responsibilities across neighboring cities and towns. Someone hurt in Warwick might receive treatment elsewhere, rely on relatives from another community for daily support, or face work and insurance…
- Sen. Farry's EMS Transport Bill Advances Past Senate Committee
- Candidates for California's 46th Congressional District weigh in on healthcare, data centers and immigration
- Reports Outline Robotics Study Results from Medical Research Institute (Current status and 10-year trends of reimbursed robot-assisted surgery in Japan: a nationwide claims-based study using the NDB Open Data): Robotics
- Findings from Boston University Advance Knowledge in Risk Management (Do Reinforcement Learning Agents Improve Commodity Sector Rotation? Walk-Forward Evidence from Expert Selection, Strong Benchmarks, and a Frozen-Policy Temporal Extension): Insurance – Risk Management
- WEDNESDAY EDIT: Medicare enrollment too important to ignore
Annuity News
Insurer proposes $1.1M deal to resolve CA teachers’ annuity fee lawsuit
California public-school employees are accepting a $1.1 million settlement over what they claim are improper annuity rider fees. Read More
Life Insurance News
BILTIR conference draws more than 750 insurance leaders to Bermuda
Industry leaders and regulators discussed retirement security, emerging technologies and the evolving relationship between U.S.... Read More
Death and taxes: How the right analysis for life insurance changes the picture
The question is not whether your client should own life insurance. The question is whether their family wealth can survive with... Read More
Life insurance applications rise 15.2% in September, MIB reports
Q3 application activity was up 15.9%, with growth strongest among older applicants Read More
Health/Employee Benefits News
Queen’s shuns HMSA’s new Medicare HMO plan
The Hawaii Medical Service Association’ s new Select Plus HMO plan, for Oahu members only, is part of a revamp of its Akamai Ad... Read More
State Health Plan moves some Atrium sites out of network after court setback
A judge ruled Tuesday against the State Health Plan’ s request to pause an Atrium Health program meant to lower out-of-pocket c... Read More
HHS moves to end subsidies for 189,000 improper ACA enrollments
–The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has moved to terminate subsidies for an additional 189,000 Affordable Care Ac... Read More
Property and Casualty News
Hit by an uninsured driver? What to know
When you get behind the wheel, you feel more secure strapping on your seatbelt and knowing that you have a car insurance policy... Read More
Longview Country Club sues insurer over $500K in fire-damaged golf carts
However, the club's insurer, American Fire and Casualty Company, capped the payout for the carts at $110,000. American Fir... Read More
AM Best Revises Outlooks to Positive for AmTrust Group’s Members
AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- and the Long-Term Iss... Read More
Insurtech News
Customers say Old National Bank failed to protect from fraud
A second Minnesota business owner in five weeks has sued Old National Bank, saying it should have but failed to halt an advance... Read More
What AI transformation really means for insurance jobs and skills
As advances in artificial intelligence create new roles in the insurance industry and transform more traditional ones, industry... Read More
Experts say data is golden, but only if insurers know how to leverage it
When it comes to competing in the insurance market in an age of AI, data may be “golden” but the action insurers take with that... Read More
