A.M. Best will be a sponsor of the State of the Florida Insurance Market Summit, to take place January 14-16 at the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, FL. A.M. Best provides financial strength ratings, issuer credit ratings and debt ratings to insurers worldwide. A.M. Best Company is the world’s oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source.
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Home Care Assistance, a leading provider of in-home care for seniors, is proud to be a premier sponsor of the Tri-Valley Estate Planning Council’s Annual Joint Council Event, which will be held this Thursday, January 8th, at the Crow Canyon Country Club located at 711 Silver Lake Drive in Danville, CA. The event will kick off with a cocktail hour from 5:30 pm to…
Rise Health, the premier provider of fully integrated population health management solutions, has been selected to provide the data-sharing online tool for seven Colorado health plans coming together to enhance and improve the delivery of care for Colorado residents. Rise Health, working with CO CPC members, is developing a single source for patient-level…
The plans offered through HomeServe provide homeowners affordable protection against these unexpected expenses and the hassle of emergency repairs not covered by basic homeowners insurance or their local municipality. “Last winter we had several water line issues occur throughout the borough that caught homeowners by surprise, so we are pleased to have…
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance today announced that it is expanding its U.S. casualty underwriting capabilities to include pollution exposures and has named Chuck Hasselback to head its environmental group. Chuck is based in BHSI’s Boston office. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance provides commercial property, casualty, healthcare…
–Bloomberg BNA announced today that its BNA Income Tax Planner software has been updated to comply with the recently passed Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, which extends numerous expiring tax provisions. “We continually monitor Capitol Hill to be first to market with changes in tax legislation that will affect our clients’ customers,” said Glenn Reemes,…
Jan. 06– CEDAR RAPIDS– You won’t find fire poles in most new fire stations. Yet just inside the front door of the Cedar Rapids Fire Department’s Central Station is a bright, brass fire pole. “We don’t want to lose that history,” said Lyle Theisen, a retired Cedar Rapids firefighter.
P&C Insurance Systems, Inc., a proven and trusted provider of policy administration and claims solutions, today announced that the County of Los Angeles is implementing PCIS’ ClaimsVISION ® to manage claims for the County’ s Chief Executive Office Risk Management Branch. The Risk Management Branch manages and oversees workers’ compensation claims for all…
ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — For years, Harvard's experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how…
Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions as well as individual investors, today announced an update to the portfolio management teams for the following Nuveen closed-end funds. Thomas J. Ray, who has joined NWQ Investment Management Company as its new Head of Fixed Income, joins the funds’ current co-portfolio…
On Friday, January 9, 2015, Waldorf Risk Solutions, in collaboration with Biedermann-Hoenig-Semprevivo Law Firm, will host a summit at Molloy College in Rockville Centre to discuss Risk Management and the legal challenges facing non-profit employers and educators. Speakers include: Bill and Stephen Waldorf of Waldorf Risk Solutions; Philip Semprevivo Jr.,…
–Care merge LLC, a revolutionary communication and care coordination platform for the senior care industry, announced today a $4 million first institutional financing round led by Cambia Health Solutions, and included additional investments from Generator Ventures, GE Ventures, Arsenal Venture Partners and Ziegler-LinkAge Longevity Fund.
Situs, the premier global provider of commercial real estate advisory services and related integrated process and technology solutions, today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC, a leading private equity firm focused on investing in the global financial services industry. With operations in North America,…
The Actuarial Practice of Oliver Wyman welcomes Scott D. Houghton, FSA, MAAA as a Principal in our Hartford office. Scott joins Oliver Wyman with over 25 years of actuarial experience, including 20 years of consulting for insurers, reinsurers, and financial institutions. Prior to joining Oliver Wyman, Scott was a consulting actuary with KPMG and Valani…
Some types of insurance are must-haves, not just to cover the expenses of unforeseen circumstances but also to comply with the law. Most states require motorists to have liability coverage, and Americans have been alerted the past two years via the Affordable Care Act to obtain health care insurance or face consequences. But other types of insurance are more…
DATES: These rules are effective February 5, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Ice, Office of Income Security Programs, Social Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, 966-3233. For information on eligibility or filing for benefits, call our national toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213 or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or…
–Surveyed chief financial officers recorded an eighth straight quarter of optimism regarding their organization’s prospects, continuing to forecast growth in earnings, sales and hiring for the year ahead, according to Deloitte’s fourth quarter CFO Signals™ survey. However, CFOs remain cautious of external risks that are causing uncertainty for the year…
–The in vitro diagnostics industry and healthcare provider organizations are trying to function collaboratively to manifest a paradigm shift from routine disease management to prevention and wellness. Expectedly, enabling easy access to healthcare by offering advanced technologies at a lower cost is high on industry participants’ agenda.
Jan. 06– GULFPORT– Faced with escalating costs for its employee pension plan, Memorial Hospital at Gulfport stopped offering the defined-benefit pension to new hires in 2012. It is making additional cuts for 2015.. Unlike Ocean Springs’ beleaguered Singing River Health System, Memorial doesn’t require a contribution from its employees.
