The following information was released by the office of the Governor of Oregon:. Salem, OR Today, Governor Tina Kotek directed the Division of Financial Regulation at the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services to immediately prohibit insurance carriers from canceling or nonrenewing homeowners insurance policies for people affected by…
CHARLOTTESVILLE- A whistleblower lawsuit accusing Norfolk- based Sentara Health of exploiting its monopoly to saddle Charlottesville with the nation's highest Affordable Care Act premiums was dismissed Friday as a federal judge ruled that courts cannot second- guess insurance rates approved by state regulators. It drew an all-star legal team led by Rick…
Property owners all over the United States of America are feeling the pain of the extremely high cost of insurance, but what is astonishing is that the pain is not equally distributed. In a nation where we print on our currency "In God We Trust," The "We" in the phrase cannot trust the insurance companies in a supposedly Godly Nation. Even when factoring environmental…
However, data center construction is helping keep the region's economy afloat, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The district includes the eastern half of Missouri, southern Illinois, all of Arkansas and parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee. Charles Gascon, economist and assistant vice president at the Federal…
One of the biggest stigmas surrounding the insurance industry is the idea that once a sale is made, the agent disappears. But for Justin "JJ" Kurtz and his team at NRG Financial, the signature on the dotted line is just the beginning of a lifelong partnership. For nine years, Kurtz has been building an agency in Grand Rapids centered around a simple, powerful…
For farm families, finding healthcare coverage is an important but challenging task. University of Missouri Extension Ag Business Specialist Amie Breshears said health coverage is a crucial topic for farm families. There are income-based options such as the Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
