Aug. 16– Steven Steiner, a one-time senior executive for a Fort Lauderdale insurance brokerage business that fleeced hundreds of millions of dollars from investors, will learn Friday whether he will spend the rest of his life in federal prison. Steiner, 61, was convicted earlier this year of conspiring to launder millions swindled from thousands of investors…
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS’ intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed…
Conversations on improving the value of health care often focus on clinical performance improvement efforts. Yet during Phase 2 of H FM A’s Value Project research, CFOs time and again identified the revenue cycle as the place where their hospital’s performance improvement efforts have begun. The connection between value and the revenue cycle may not be…
Office Address: Department of Agriculture; Natural Resources Conservation Service; Georgia State Office; Federal Building, Box 13355 E. Hancock Avenue Athens GA 30601-2769. Contact: Jeff Worthley, Contracting Officer, Phone 7065462118, Email [email protected] Sharon Holbrooks, WRP Specialist- COTR, Phone 706-546-2203, Email…
To help them better understand how to assemble the pieces, Aflac, the No. 1 provider of voluntary and guaranteed renewable insurance in the U.S. 1, has enhanced its health care reform website with materials that explain the legislation in clear, easy-to-understand language. “Business leaders are confused about health care reform and for good reason– it is complex…
Aug. 16– Question: Can you warn people about a scam involving a bicyclist? At about 9 a.m. July 25, my daughter was leaving Kam Shopping Center when a man riding a bicycle appeared in front of her car and “acted” by falling off his bike, then ranted that she had hit him. He then told her she would be wise to simply pay him $500 so her insurance premiums wouldn’t skyrocket and her…
Aug. 16– Hawaii Medical Service Association lost $2.3 million in the second quarter, reversing a $9.4 million profit in the year-earlier period. The health plan collected $674.2 million in premiums and paid $634.2 million for medical benefits and $61 million for administrative expenses, up 16.5 percent from the year-ago quarter. Investment income of $15.4…
About 80 people attended the afternoon open house hosted by Federal Emergency Management Agency and town officials at Nauset Regional High School. “Everybody’s home is a bit different,” Tom Young, a manager in New England for the National Flood Insurance Program, part of FEMA, said during a question-and-answer period. The new maps are digitized, which will make…
Aug. 16– GREENSBORO– Fifty years ago, tiny First Mortgage Insurance quietly set its sights on becoming one of the city’s corporate giants. Such homegrown companies as Dillard Paper, Boren Brick, Carolina Steel, Pilot Life, Jefferson Standard, Cone Mills, Guilford Mills and Burlington Industries– the world’s biggest textile company– made Greensboro the envy of the…
Rancho Mirage, CA, Aug. 16, 2013– New Life Agency’s Fertility Pharmacy Care Card ® made waves in the assisted reproduction community when it was introduced in 2010, providing deep discounts on medications to IVF patients. Today the world’s leading IVF insurance solutions provider announces the expansion of the program to include the New Life Preferred…
Hub International Limited, a leading global insurance brokerage, will be hosting a complimentary, educational webinar through the Hub International Risk Services division discussing how to reduce the costs and liabilities associated with slip, trip and fall incidents. This webinar will be presented by Guy Gioino, Vice President/Senior Risk Consultant of…
This new plan offers an expanded, nationwide network for Brevard and Indian River Counties. Hospitals include Health First Cape Canaveral Hospital, Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center, Health First Palm Bay Hospital, Health First Viera Hospital, Indian River Medical Center, Parrish Medical Center and Sebastian River Medical Center.• Extensive…
The United Mine Workers of America issued the following news release:. Nearly 2,000 active and retired members of the United Mine Workers of America gathered here and in Evansville, Ind., to hear the details of the settlement the union reached last Friday with Patriot Coal. International President Cecil E. Roberts made the presentation in Charleston, and…
Aug. 15– The Miller Group, which describes itself as one of Kansas City’s largest locally owned full-service insurance and employee benefit firms, is crossing the border to Overland Park with the help of Kansas incentives. The Miller Group is leasing 18,000 square feet in its new space, about double its current quarters. The Miller Group has been offered…
This week, Telematics Update has opened press registration for the Insurance Telematics USA Conference. The event itself is already close to capacity with 700+ attendees registered including a senior executive delegation from companies such as AAA Insurance, Liberty Mutual, Progressive Insurance, The Hartford, USAA and United Insurance Company.
Aug. 15– A Wells Fargo executive who worked in uptown Charlotte died unexpectedly Wednesday in Minnesota, the bank has announced. Anne Doss, who headed Wells Fargo’s personal and small-business insurance division, was 56.. “It is with great sadness that Wells Fargo confirms that Anne Doss, head of our personal and small-business insurance division, has passed…
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It’ s almost time for students to leave home for college, so Amica Insurance is reminding parents to check their auto and homeowners insurance policies to confirm that children are covered while they’ re away at school. “Expensive electronics– like laptops and tablets– are staples of the college experience,” said Gregory Smolan, an assistant vice president in sales…
On August 15, 2013, The Phoenix Companies, Inc. issued a news release providing highlights from the filing of the Phoenix Life Insurance Company’s unaudited statutory financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 and certain second quarter 2013 estimated operating metrics. By order dated July 12, 2013, two separate classes were certified in an…
