Unplanned readmissions are considered a huge driver of high health care costs, adding roughly $500 million to the amount spent by Medicare annually on hospital care in Pa. That figure doesn’t include money spent on readmissions by private insurers…
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July 17– Local homeowners and title insurance companies are being warned about possible mortgage fraud that involves bogus short sale approval letters from Bank of America. Attorneys’ Title Fund Services, one of the largest title insurance underwriters in Florida, sent an alert last week, saying scammers are mimicking the lending giant’s approval letters,…
Customer satisfaction with the auto claims experience has returned to levels similar to those in the second half of 2011, after a notable decrease in the first quarter of 2012, according to the J.D. Power…
BRYN MAWR, Pa. – June 27, 2012 – Eileen C. McDonnell, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Penn…
John Hancock swept the category of Customer Service Team of the Year, Financial Services, winning Gold, Silver and Bronze awards at the American Business Awards event held recently in New York City. John Hancock Annuities took the Gold for Best Customer Service Team, while John Hancock’s transfer agency, John Hancock Signature Services, won Silver for its…
ZUG, Switzerland, July 17, 2012/ PRNewswire/– Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced today that Allied World U.S. has appointed Kevin Maloney as Vice President, Excess Casualty. Prior to joining Allied World, Mr. Maloney was with the American International Group and Chartis for 14 years where he was most recently Executive Vice President, Excess…
Frazer will serve as Senior Account Executive out of HPIX’s Harrisburg, Pennsylvania location. In this role, he will be responsible for creating new business opportunities in Pennsylvania. Frazer will also be responsible for servicing clients, working with existing agents, building customer relations, and ensuring a personal consumer experience.
Mazie Hirono contends Hawaii voters want a U.S. senator who shares their values, who is tough enough for a fight but practical enough to collaborate. When the liberal congresswoman speaks about values, she does not mean the left or right politics of Washington, D.C., but the examples she learned from her mother, who fled an abusive husband in Japan to bring her…
Best’ s Review magazine is making its July 2012“ The Leaders” issue free for all visitors to www.bestreview.com/freeissue. The issue includes news on the top:. Founded in 1899, A.M. Best Company is the world’s oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source.
PARK CITY, Utah July 17, 2012. “Diabetes is an expensive disease and with AffordableDiabetes.com individuals who have bared the brunt of diabetes costs will now have a resource for self care,” said David Greenholtz, CEO of AffordableDiabetes.com. ” And, individuals will be able to choose from three different levels of testing needs:• Starter Plan- for $8.50 a month,…
RSA, The Security Division of EMC released key findings from the RSA Archer GRC Executive Forum it hosted recently, where governance, risk and compliance leaders from 34 leading corporations discussed enterprise risk management strategies and best practices. The findings affirm the results of the recently released Carnegie Mellon 2012 CyLab Governance…
Conning, a leading global provider of investment management services, risk and capital management solutions, and research to the insurance industry, today announced the release of its ADVISE ® 5.7 Advanced Stochastic Modeling and GEMS ® 5.7 Economic Scenario Generator Platform. Building on Conning’ s capital markets expertise, this latest version offers…
ikaSystems, a premier provider of enterprise, web-based core administrative solutions for the healthcare payer market, today announced that Lovelace Health Plan, a part of Lovelace Health System of Albuquerque, N.M., has selected ikaSystems to transform mission-critical business processes, including customer relationship management, campaign…
Ernst& Young UK, Ernst& Young Poland and Sollers Consulting to join the project team in Warsaw. WARSAW, Poland& SAN MATEO, Calif.—- PZU Insurance Group SA, Poland’ s largest insurer and Guidewire Software ®, Inc. a global provider of flexible core system software to general insurers, today announced that PZU has selected Guidewire PolicyCenter ® and Guidewire…
U.S. Attorney’s Office July 16, 2012. BATON ROUGE, LA– United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced that another public official has been convicted in Operation Blighted Officials. Sentencing is scheduled before Chief Judge Jackson at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 14, 2012.
NEW YORK, July 17, 2012– Hiscox, the specialist insurer, today announced that it has launched a new suite of technology products to address the growing technology, privacy and cyber risks facing businesses globally. A differentiator for Hiscox has always been the breadth of its coverage for breach of contract and intellectual property exposures, representing…
On Friday, Highmark filed an amended “Form A,” which is the name given to the transactional filing originally submitted by the Pittsburgh insurer in November related to its proposed affiliation with WPAHS…
Starr International Company, Inc., the global insurance organization, announces the appointment of Lord Peter Levene as a Director of the company and its Vice Chairman. Lord Peter Levene-Newly Appointed Director and Vice Chairman for Starr International Company, Inc.. He has held a number of high profile and distinguished public and private sector roles…
July 17– GULFPORT– Retired Brig. “He’s a good guy and he will make a good mayor,” said Spraggins, who retired from the Air National Guard and now works in business development in Gulfport. ” Billy has worked for South Mississippi in Jackson for over 20 years and will be a great asset to Gulfport as mayor… “
