LOS ANGELES, July 30, 2016/ PRNewswire-iReach/– Carinsurancequotesinfo.com has released a new blog post comparing online auto insurance quotes with calling an agen t. The article tries to determine which option is better when shopping for vehicle coverage. Since free auto insurance quotes have moved online, many consumers have started using them to compare…
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PORT LEYDEN– A federal judge ruled Friday that NASCAR driver Tony Stewart’s insurance carrier does not have to defend or indemnify him in a lawsuit brought by the family of Kevin A. Ward Jr., who died after being struck by Mr. Stewart’s car during an August 2014 race. U.S. District Court Judge David N. Hurd, Utica, ruled that Axis Insurance Co.’ s policy with Mr. Stewart “…
July 30– DECATUR– Another request to rezone property at Ash Avenue and U.S. Business 51 is set to come before the Decatur City Council. Petitioner Mark Ekiss owns the vacant 0.29- acre site at 4183 N. Water St. He is seeking to rezone it from a residential district to an office district, which could allow him to operate his American Family Insurance business on the site.
July 30– Colorado Springs often gets random hail storms that blow through in the middle of the summer, but Thursday night’s storm was a new beast for many people. Residents mainly living in northeast Colorado Springs, Security-Widefield and Fountain woke up Friday to find severe hail damage had pummeled their property. Colorado Springs Utilities said the…
The CEO of Bloomfield- based Cigna, David Cordani, told analysts during an earnings call Friday that it is “clearly our intent and commitment” to continue contributing significant time and resources to work on finalizing the $54 billion acquisition by Indianapolis- based Anthem. The U.S. Department of Justice and several state attorneys general filed a lawsuit…
July 29– For some Frederick County patients on Medicare, finding a doctor has become a challenge. About half of the county’s 103 health care providers at family medicine practices take new Medicare patients, according to Dr. The county health department and Frederick Memorial Hospital keep lists of local doctors who take new Medicare patients, but those lists…
WHAT: On August 17 th, Exer More Than Urgent Care will begin seeing patients at its new Sherman Oaks clinic located at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Fulton Ave. Exer is more than urgent care and each clinic is staffed with board-certified or board-eligible emergency medicine physicians, midlevel practitioners and registered nurses who provide…
July 29– BELLEVILLE– Allsup, a Belleville-based company that guides people through the maze of disability services, said Friday it plans to lay off about 5 percent of its workforce during the next six months. Company Director of Corporate Public Relations Rebecca Ray said in an email 29 employees, a majority of whom work in Claims and Information Technology, are…
A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- and the issuer credit ratings of“ a-” of the property/casualty subsidiaries and affiliated insurance companies of Kemper Corporation, collectively referred to as Kemper Property& Casualty Group. A.M. Best also has affirmed the FSR of A- and the ICRs of“ a-” of Kemper Corp.’ s life/health subsidiaries,…
A.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating of B, an issuer credit rating of“ bb” and a Mexico National Scale Rating of“ bbb-.MX” to Armour Secure Insurance S.A. de C.V.. Considerably offsetting these positive factors are the high financial leverage and low capitalization of its holding company, Armour Group Holdings Limited, based on BCAR, which could…
July 28– Tom Getchell was standing outside of his camper at Big Lake smoking a cigarette at 3 a.m. Thursday enjoying the quiet morning. Although Duluth and areas outside Carlton County were hit harder by the storm, one of the bigger pockets of storm damage locally seemed to be at the campground at Big Lake. This was the scene that greeted campers at dawn’s early light…
National independent insurance distribution company, Futurity First Financial Corporation, has acquired M3 Financial, a nationwide New York City- based annuity IMO. M3 Financial was founded in 2007 by Mike Bartolotta. Their New York City presence gives us a huge market advantage with registered reps, broker-dealers and RIAs who are increasingly using fixed…
In a report released on July 8, 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed 7,300 insurance jobs were created during the month of June, a near 84 percent increase in job growth over the 4,300 jobs gained in May 2016. According to the monthly Economic Situation Report, the insurance carriers and related activities subsector now sits at 2,604,700 employed…
A.M. Best has upgraded the financial strength rating to A from A- and the issuer credit rating to“ a” from“ a-” of Starr Property& Casualty Insurance Company, Limited. In addition, Starr China receives business and operational support from Starr International Company, Inc. and its insurance subsidiaries, and a capital commitment from Starr Insurance& Reinsurance…
A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ and the issuer credit ratings of“ aa-” of The Ohio National Life Insurance Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Ohio National Life Assurance Corporation. These companies are the principal insurance subsidiaries of Ohio National Financial Services, Inc., which is an intermediate holding company…
First American Financial Corporation, a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today released the First American Loan Application Defect Index for June 2016, which estimates the frequency of defects, fraudulence and misrepresentation in the information submitted in mortgage…
July 28– Wednesday night was calm in Greeley, but just a few miles north, hail as large as 2 1/ 2 inches in diameter pelted homes, crops and farm equipment. The Eaton gallery-owner wasn’t too worried about his home near Galeton or the others around it. Janine Freeman owns J9 Crop Insurance in Ault.
Does prescription drug advertising– allowed in the U.S. in ways that most countries restrict– help or hurt? Florida’s Medicaid system was telling her she had to get sicker– with liver scarring that could push her to the brink of a transplant– before it would approve prescription medicine with a 90 percent or better chance of curing hepatitis C, she said.
LOS ANGELES, July 29, 2016/ PRNewswire-iReach/– Lower-auto-insurance.com helps drivers shop for auto insurance in a simple and convenient way. Drivers can always check rates on the website and they will always get accurate prices. Many car owners have a hard time finding cheap auto insurance.
