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New Health and Medicine Findings from University of Malaya Reported. This study examines factors affecting healthcare service utilisation among Japanese retirees in Malaysia. ” The healthcare service utilisation among Japanese retirees in Malaysia could be partially explained by the Andersen Healthcare Utilisation Model, together with some factors…

July 28– Modesto has agreed to pay $850,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed against the city that claimed one of its officers used excessive force and was negligent when he shot a distraught, suicidal man armed with a pocketknife in 2010.. But Lindgren said Modesto is not admitting wrongdoing in settling the case. ” The settlement comes after the case went to…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Bankers Life and Casualty Company, a national life and health insurer, announced a new addition to its portfolio of annuity products, Guaranteed Lifetime Income Annuity. “With the increase in average life expectancy, our customers’ concerns about outliving their income are very real,” said Scott…

July 29– Erskine Fire victims won’t receive full FEMA aid. But some of those displaced by the deadly fire may get a FEMA- owned mobile housing units that were brought to California for last year’s Valley and Butte fires, according to the California Office of Emergency Services. FEMA left them in California in case flooding in the Valley and Butte fire burn areas…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– American Integrity Insurance has recently hired industry expert Gloria Hendrickson as Senior Vice President of Risk Management. Gloria has over two decades of insurance experience, including leading both insurance and reinsurance pricing and accumulation as Assistant Director of…

New Medicare and Medicaid Findings from J.T. Ta and Colleagues Discussed. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Investigators publish new report on Medicare and Medicaid. Our news editors obtained a quote from the research, “This was a cross-sectional analysis using the CMS 2015 star ratings report for Medicare contracts.

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Kaycie Berley, Southwest Director of Production for NSM Insurance Group, was recently recognized in Insurance Business America’s Elite Women edition. She was selected alongside 143 other women who have helped shatter the industry’s glass ceiling and hold high level positions across the…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Prudential Financial Inc. was posted on July 19, 2016. The SEC file number is 0001193125-16-651206.. A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing is a…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company, the largest underwriter of medical professional liability insurance in New York, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement, pending regulatory and policyholder approval, to be acquired by National Indemnity Company, following the…

According to news reporting originating in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, “Total joint arthroplasty is a large and growing part of the U.S. Medicare budget, drawing attention to how much providers are paid for their services.” Multivariable regression was performed to identify variables that correlate with…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Real Estate Weekly News– Property owners in the Manhattan borough of New York have the highest average property tax bills in the country, according to recent data from LERETA, a leading national real estate tax and flood service provider. “Tax bill averages and other measures give lenders insight into how their portfolio…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Gregory Gedovin, who is 70, suffered a series of falls and seizures that resulted in multiple hospitalizations. Gedovin, the more serious issue wasn’t his health, it was his wife Joyce. When Michelle Cooper, a registered nurse from WellCare of Texas, his Medicare Advantage health plan, rang his…

—The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $216 million. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 77 cents per share. The Hartford shares have risen 1 percent since the beginning of the year, while the Standard& Poor’s 500 index has climbed 6 percent.

July 28– Duke Energy again ranks at the bottom among large electric utilities in the South in residential customer satisfaction ratings, the consumer data company J.D. Power says. Duke utilities took three of the four bottom spots among 13 utilities rated: Duke Energy Progress, which serves the eastern Carolinas; Duke Energy Carolinas for Charlotte and the…