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MAP Health Management, LLC, facilitator of the MAP Recovery Network, announced today that the recently opened Mending Fences has joined the Premier Outcomes-Driven Provider Network, to help improve its clients’ long-term recovery from addiction. By joining the MAP Recovery Network, Mending Fences will effectively navigate the changes to the evolving…

Former Fayetteville resident Jeremy Bruns and his wife, Jenny, are suing North Carolina because he thinks the drunken driver who took his legs and part of his hand did not spend enough time in prison. He’s also suing the driver, her husband, their son and their insurance company, USAA. “The intention is to get justice and to hold USAA accountable for their bad faith.

Anytime a beer commercial airs on February 7, 2016 between 6:00PM EST and 11:59 PM EST, viewers are encouraged to tweet their designated driver’s name with the hashtag# CompareDD. “Enjoy the game all you want knowing you have a solid and safe plan to get home at the end of the night,” compare.com CEO Andrew Rose said. Compare.com is the leading auto insurance…

Will Smith’s movie “Concussion” is sparking a lot of conversation about brain injury and the National Football League. Former fashion model and publicist Karen “Kay” Stephens has joined in the conversation to promote awareness of the silent epidemic of traumatic brain injury in a touching one-minute video released on her YouTube Channel Model Behavior with…

Settlers Life Insurance Company announced that, for the first time in company history, it has surpassed the annual sales goal for 2015, setting a new annual sales record. “The sales record we set in 2015 is the result of a number of significant changes introduced since mid-2013 to improve our service to policyholders and our agent partners,” explained Steve…

Jan. 26– MANCHESTER– American Legion Post 102 lost photographs, military memorabilia and records in a fierce fire Saturday, Fire Chief David Billings said. American Legion leaders, who could not be reached immediately, were waiting for a report from their insurance provider before deciding whether the building can be repaired, Billings said.

Alexian Brothers Health Systems in the northwest suburbs confirmed Monday that negotiations over a new contract with Land of Lincoln broke down at the end of last year over reimbursement rates. Alexian Brothers is at least the second Chicago- area health system to have a contract dispute with Land of Lincoln in recent weeks. Land of Lincoln customers who had…

Jan. 26– Two Palm Beach County brothers were sentenced Friday to nine years in federal prison for fraudulently billing insurance companies for about $3 million linked to staged accidents. Janio Vico, 32, and Jharildan Vico, 34, of West Palm Beach, were also ordered to pay $1.92 million in restitution and must forfeit $1.87 million worth of property and assets to…

While sitting down to a veggie and swiss omelet at the Hamburg Inn, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum compared Democrat Bernie Sanders’ health care proposal to being at a restaurant with only one choice on the menu.

Jan. 26– While the rest of North Texas sings the praises of May’s drought-relieving rains, about a dozen families in Wichita County and surrounding areas continue to fight the blessing’s curse. In the flood’s aftermath, Catholic Charities spearheaded an effort to get a list of flooded-out families from FEMA, and a renewed collaborative effort began.

Jan. 25– The owner of Rumbass nightclub and his brother have been sentenced to 9- year prison terms for their roles in what federal prosecutors described as a $3 million staged accident scheme that ripped off dozens of insurance companies. She also ordered Janio Vico, 32, who owns the dance club at Military Trail and Southern Boulevard, west of West Palm Beach, and…

Frank Laarits, 55, of Gun Barrel City, lost everything he owns in a house fire last week. “My parents built the house in 1966,” said Angie Land, Laarits’ sister. I have tried to call the Red Cross. “

RLI Corp.– RLI Corp. reported fourth quarter 2015 operating earnings of $24.6 million, compared to $31.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2014. Underwriting income of $22.5 million, resulting in a combined ratio of 87.4. 3% growth in gross premiums written and 5% growth in net premiums written. $7.7 million net increase in underwriting income resulting from…

Digital Producer– Birmingham Business Journal. Web Producer– The Desert Sun News Reporter and Feature Writer– The Jewish Star. Mobile Technology in the Auto Insurance Industry Tim Schneider President OnSource “The photo method of inspection, where estimates are written by staff appraisers based on policyholder mobile self-inspections, can reduce cycle…

BOSTON, Jan. 25, 2016/ PRNewswire-USNewswire/– Minuteman Health today announced that its enrollment has jumped by 70 percent thus far over 2015 totals, with most of the increase occurring during the open enrollment period that began November 1 and ends on January 31. As of January 22 Minuteman had 24,089 plan selected members in Massachusetts and New Hampshire,…

Payer Compass, LLC of Plano, TX, the leader in reference-based pricing solutions for self-insured employers, acquired St. Petersburg- based Innovative Medical Risk Management from IHC Health Holdings Corp. on December 31, 2015. “Payer Compass has partnered with IMRM for the last three years on reference-pricing solutions for self-insured employers, so this…

Jan. 25– Northern California’s twin wildfires last fall caused an estimated $1 billion in insurance losses, state regulators said Monday. The estimate by the state Department of Insurance makes clear that the Butte and Valley fires last September were among the costliest in California history. The department said the Valley fire, which destroyed 1,958 homes…