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Elsewhere in the insurance industry, USAA earned NPS of 74 percent for auto insurance, while StateFarm led major life insurance companies with a 28 percent rating. In the last six months, insureon added more than 7,000 customers and consistently earned ratings of“ excellent” or“ good” from those customers.“ Every business says it, but independent measures like this…

But he remembered that he didn’t initially know about obtaining insurance until discussing it with teammate Brad Sellers, whom the Chicago Bulls selected in the first round of the 1986 NBA draft. “You hear your name, and the NBA general managers start talking about you,” said Hopson, a Bowsher graduate who is an assistant coach with the Bowling Green State…

MCKINNEY, Texas, Jan. 28, 2013/ PRNewswire/– Torchmark Corporation will release Fourth Quarter 2012 earnings after the market closes on Monday, February 4, 2013. In conjunction with Torchmark’ s Fourth Quarter 2012 Earnings Release, you are invited to listen to a conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at 11:00 am…

The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that a community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Flood Insurance Program. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis Rodriguez, Chief,…

The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that a community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Flood Insurance Program. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis Rodriguez, Chief,…

CFR Part: “20 CFR Parts 404 and 416”. This change would reflect the widespread adoption of the term “intellectual disability” by Congress, government agencies, and various public and private organizations. DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive them no later than February 27, 2013.

Since 1998, Staff One has partnered with Liberty Mutual Insurance, the nation’ s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance, to provide coverage for its HR clients. Liberty Mutual is the third-largest property and casualty insurer in the U.S. based on 2011 direct premium written, and carries an“ A” rating from A.M. Best Company. Staff One has continuously…

A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with negative implications the financial strength rating of A and issuer credit rating of “a” of both Pacific Specialty Insurance Company and its subsidiary, Pacific Specialty Property and Casualty Company. The under review status reflects A.M. Best’s uncertainty of Pacific Specialty’s control and future strategic…

A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A- and issuer credit rating of “a-” to Caregivers United Liability Insurance Company, A Risk Retention Group. The ratings reflect CULIC’s excellent risk-adjusted capitalization, profitable underwriting and overall operating results in recent years as well as its niche expertise as a provider of…

Hylant, a privately owned insurance brokerage firm, announced that industry veteran William D. Irle has joined the company as captive risk practice leader. He brings these skills and experiences to Hylant where he will drive the Captive Risk Practice Group’s strategic and operational initiatives as well as provide high-level support to the company’s 14…

He comes to the company from the Chubb Group, where he served as Vice President of Chubb’s Life, Health& Accident division in Brazil. SCOR is committed to the life-health reinsurance market in Brazil. Maurice Piault, Managing Director of SCOR’s Life operations in Latin America, said, “We look forward to utilizing Francisco’s great wealth of industry knowledge and…

Jan. 27– LOGANSPORT– City employees are taking steps towards becoming healthier with the city’s new health insurance plan. He said he chose Consolidated Union because of the expected savings as well as their health plan. The plan still includes major medical, dental, vision and supplemental coverage, as well as health screenings, according to Michael Bowditch…

Jan. 27– Richmond Councilman Jim Rogers had it exactly right when he said neither money nor bullies should dictate how the council fills its unfortunate vacancy. The outcome could produce a third vote for Richmond Progressive Alliance allies Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and Councilwoman Jovanka Beckles. Or this individual could side with the unapologetically…

Jan. 27– Medicaid pays for about seven in 10 of all births in New Mexico. “Being born on Medicaid is related to poverty,” said Peter Winograd, director of the Center for Education Policy Research at the University of New Mexico. And the large number of Medicaid births reflects a stew of problems in New Mexico, such as high rates of unemployment, drug use, school dropout and…

The Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Stanislaus County, of which Turlock is a part and where the 49 ers’ Colin Kaepernick went to high school. So we can claim a tie for first with Audubon, N.J., hometown of the Baltimore Ravens’ Joe Flacco. OK, Modesto is at the top of that one, too, with Beyer High grad and former Modesto Junior College “Wizard of Oz”…

“In every sense of the word, we feel married,” Kim Roe said of her relationship with Jeannie Mann. That means Roe, a 27- year employee of the Roanoke- based health care system, and Mann, a receptionist at a local car dealership, can consolidate their insurance costs and health care under a single plan. The move by Carilion, the region’s largest private employer, is…