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Feb. 08– FARMINGTON– Several million dollars appear to be missing from title and escrow accounts at New Mexico Title Co., a police detective said Tuesday, as the investigation widens into possible wrongdoing at the Farmington business. The New Mexico Division of Insurance is auditing the business with the help of the title company’s insurance underwriter,…

Feb. 08– If Michigan State University freshmen don’t prove they have health insurance by the end of the month, the university will automatically enroll them in a plan and tack the cost onto their tuition bills. The state’s second-largest public university is the first in Michigan to make such a move– and it isn’t going over well with Republicans in the Legislature.

Office Address: National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Johnson Space Center; Office of Procurement; NASA/ Lyndon B. Houston Texas, 77058-3696, Mail Code: BJ. Description: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The potential contract will require the review of work performed by othercontractors, International Space Station Program,…

District Judge William M. Nickerson sentenced Stephen J. Troese, Sr., age 72, of Davidsonville, Maryland, today to a year and a day in prison followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud arising from a scheme to defraud lenders and a title insurance company of $2,838,231. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of…

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Autonet Insurance, the 2010 Insurance Times– Personal Lines Broker of the Year is proud to announce that they have appointed a new SEO firm to assist them in their online marketing campaign following a string of award wins by the insurance broker. Ian Donaldson, Managing Director of Autonet Insurance commented:“ We are pleased at the prospect of working with such…

Symetra Financial Corp. has reported fourth quarter 2011 net income of $74.2 million, or $0.54 per diluted share. In a release on February 1, the Company noted that this compares with $62.2 million, or $0.45 per diluted share, in fourth quarter 2010. For full-year 2011, Symetra produced net income of $199.6 million, or $1.45 per diluted share, compared with $200.9…

North Coast Life Insurance Company announced today that it has reached an oral agreement in principle with Government Personnel Mutual Life Insurance Company pursuant to which:. GPM Life will purchase 763,017 authorized but unissued shares of common stock of North Coast Life, at the price of $7.66 per share, and a surplus debenture in the principal amount of…

Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. today clarified that all Transatlantic stockholders, including those who were not record holders on the January 4, 2012 record date for yesterday’ s special meeting of Transatlantic stockholders and consequently have not received election forms with respect to the proposed merger with Alleghany Corporation, may request…

ERISAclaim.com offers new Executive Webinars to examine Aetna’s“ $66,100 Bunion Surgery” lawsuit against seven California surgery centers, filed on 02/02/2012 in the state court, seeking to stop the alleged UCR billing without collecting full deductible and coinsurance from all patients. This new Aetna lawsuit is filed in California after Aetna’ s other…

On February 1, 2012, Life of the South Insurance Company, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortegra Financial Corporation, and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, entered into Amendment Four to the Administrative Services Agreement, as amended. Amendment Four, which is effective as of January 31, 2012, provides for revised service…

More people than ever appealed their denied Social Security Disability Insurance claims to the hearing level last year, illustrating the need for representation with disability appeals, according to Allsup, a nationwide provider of Social Security disability representation and Medicare plan selection services. “Most people are denied Social Security…

The Hartford reported net income of $127 million, or $0.24 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2011 compared with $619 million, or $1.24 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2010. Core earnings in the fourth quarter of 2011 were $339 million, or $0.69 per diluted share, compared with $529 million, or $1.06 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of…

Search committee co-chairs are Tom Giller, KCSC Governing Board chair and community bank president of Commerce Bank, Manhattan, Kan.; and Allen Fee, president of Fee Insurance Group and past president, KCSC Governing Board, Hutchinson. The search committee includes Aubrey Abbott Patterson, Leann Cox, John Doswell, Alan Feldkamp, Bobby Gandu, Sarah Liebl, John…

Feb. 07– A Nicholasville senator has filed a bill in Frankfort that would guarantee Lexington police and fire retirees full funding of health care insurance for life, a change that would cost “tens of millions of dollars” during the next 20 to 30 years, a Lexington city official said. Tom Buford, R- Nicholasville, said the purpose of Senate Bill 130 is to restore what…

Feb. 07– In the lopsided battle to preserve an ever-shrinking budget, the Alum Rock Union School District is making a foray on a new front: community health care. Now, through a partnership with its health insurance broker, Keenan& Associates, Alum Rock has become a conduit for offering discounts on prescription drugs not only to employees, but also to residents in…