Oct. 30– FIELDON– A benefit for lifelong Jersey County resident and motorcycle crash survivor Charles Werner will be held in his hometown at the Pour House. Due to the financial costs of hospital bills, medical-related expenses and his current inability to work, Werner’s friends and family have put together a benefit starting at 2 p.m. Saturday Nov. 8, at the Pour…
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Oct. 30– Attorneys, chiropractors and clinic employees in Palm Beach, Martin and Miami-Dade counties were led off in handcuffs Thursday in what state officials said was an organized car insurance fraud ring busted by a year-long undercover operation. “Today’s arrests are the culmination of more than a year of extensive and often dangerous undercover work that…
–According to an analysis of GlidePath, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s private health insurance exchange, employers and employees are benefitting from use of the private exchange by empowering employees as informed consumers of health care coverage. The analysis showed Glidepath increased employee cost awareness, encouraged employees to make…
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30, 2014/ PRNewswire-USNewswire/– Every day until 2029, about 10,000 baby boomers will turn 65. Most are unprepared for the consequence of aging. “Americans are living longer and we all want to age with dignity, independence and choice but that requires planning that few undertake,” declares Jesse Slome, director of the American Association for…
The Heffner Agency, a multigenerational family-owned insurance company, will soon relocate to 40 Wall Street, a.k.a. the Trump Building, in a transaction brokered by global commercial real estate services firm Savills Studley. According to Savills Studley’s Executive Managing Director Marc R. Shapses, the agency was seeking turnkey space with “great value”…
Wilmington Trust hired David J. Bloom, J.D., CFP ® as managing director and senior private client advisor in the firm’s Wealth Advisory division to serve its growing base of high-net-worth clients in the Greater Philadelphia region. Prior to joining Wilmington Trust, Bloom worked with J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank. “We’re very happy to have David join our Wealth…
Paramount Rx, a full-service prescription benefits manager focused on consumer-driven health care, is increasing efforts to help people save money through its innovative discount card program. A recent report from Adam Fein of Pembroke Consulting found that half of all generics sold through retailers became more expensive over the past 12 months.
In July 2013, Dr. Vreeke was on duty, working as an anesthesiologist. The Medical Board eventually opened an investigation and Dr. Vreeke told them that she had stolen controlled narcotics for her own use. Despite Dr. Vreeke’s history of dishonesty and pattern of being impaired at work, the restrictions imposed by the Medical Board were extremely minimal: they did…
The International Risk Management Institute issued the following news release:. International Risk Management Institute, Inc., proudly announces the publication of 50 Reinsurance Cases Every Risk Professional Should Know, a free e-book. IRMI asked the insurance practice of Squire Patton Boggs law firm to compile the list of cases and prepare an analysis of…
The office of the Boston Mayor issued the following news release:. Today, on the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the City of Boston will be convening a regional summit to better prepare Greater Boston for the impacts of climate change. The Metro Mayor’s Coalition includes Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Melrose,…
Highmark, the state’s largest health insurer, which operates a national chain of vision stores, said it will open a REMWorks Sleep Store in the Waterfront shopping center in Homestead in December. While the $17 billion health system is planning only a single store as a pilot project, the company could expand the concept outside of Pittsburgh, giving it a foothold…
A new analysis by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer revealed that the assessed value of properties that lie within newly proposed 100- year floodplain maps is $129 billion, more than double the value under previous flood plain maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. We need FEMA to be responsive to regional investments in the…
Targeted News Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 — The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers issued the following news release: The…
Robert Weisman, Globe Staff Alere Health, a unit of Waltham-based Alere Inc. that provides well-being services in areas like tobacco…
By ALAN FEUER “All of this was hit pretty hard,” said Kai-Uwe Bergmann, sweeping his arm from the East River…
CONRAD DE AENLLE We are living longer, but the life expectancy of our money may have trouble keeping pace. The…
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America reported that the Essential Income 7SM Annuity is now available on the Wells…
–Two decades ago, seven insurance producer organizations recognized that more needed to be done to educate the public about the importance of insurance planning and the value of working with a professional insurance agent. Since its inception in October 1994, when it was called the LIFE Foundation, Life Happens has been responsible for creating and…
–National Underwriter today announced that it will be publishing the popular series of insurance resources known as the Zalma Insurance Claims Library. As a result of changes in strategic focus at the previous publisher, Specialty Technical Publishers, as well as the increasingly greater need for expert, analytic content within the community of claims…
