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–A majority of America's small business owners believe that a personal long-term disability will lead to the likely bankruptcy of their business. InsureWell, the leading online disability insurance marketplace for small businesses and professionals, polled over a hundred small businesses nationally, finding that 19% of small business owners believe…

Today the nonprofit Alliance for Aging Research released a white paper, Our Best Shot: Expanding Prevention through Vaccination in Older Adults, that provides a comprehensive overview of the factors that drive vaccination underutilization in seniors and offers recommendations on how industry, government, and health care experts can improve patient…

–ClearView Risk Holdings, LLC, the holding company of Southwest Risk, LP, is pleased to announce a new division within our organization, Southwest Risk Agency Services. This new division will be led by Joy Keller. Joy Keller is a seasoned insurance professional who has built deep relationships with carriers, trade organizations and other wholesale…

–Ostrow Reisin Berk& Abrams, Ltd., one of Chicago's largest public accounting firms, is proud to announce that Renee Andrews-Tushinski, CPA has been elected a Director effective July 1. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Illinois CPA Society and the Wisconsin CPA Society. Ostrow Reisin Berk& Abrams, Ltd. is a full-service…

July 29– For the first time since 2012, Mitch's Bail Bonds will play for the Fayette County Baseball League championship. For Mitch's, the top four batters, Louden Conte, Adam Jacko, Jason Greene and Joe Monica, combined to go 8 for 12 with seven runs scored and five RBIs. In the bottom of the sixth, Zach Skatell got things started with a double that glanced off the glove…

US stocks move higher in early trading; investors wait for Fed decision. Signed contracts to buy US homes tumbled 1.8 pct. in June, as limited supplies weigh on market IMF's Lagarde: World economy is recovering but fragile; Europe improving, China resilient Insurer Anthem raises 2015 forecast again after 2 Q net income rises more than 17 percent Old and reliable:…

Office Address: Department of Homeland Security; Federal Emergency Management Agency; Mitigation Branch; 500 C Street SWPatriots Plaza– 5th Floor Washington DC 20472. Federal Mitigation and Insurance Administration, Risk Analysis Division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is an Agency of the Department of Homeland Security.

A.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating of A- and an issuer credit rating of“ a-” to Claverack Cooperative Insurance Company, following the state approval of a 100% quota share agreement between Claverack and Mid-Hudson Co-Operative Insurance Company. Concurrently, A.M. Best has affirmed the FSR of A- and the ICR of“ a-” of Mid-Hudson. This press release…

Gulfstream Property and Casualty Insurance Company, a regional property carrier providing homeowners, condominium, renters, dwelling fire and flood coverage with operations in five states, has announced the appointment of David N. Block as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Block joined Gulfstream after an eight-year stint at QBE Insurance where he…

Arch Insurance Group, a member of Arch Capital Group Ltd., announces the following:. Arch Insurance Group announced that Shane McCaffrey has been named Senior Vice President and will now head the development of Arch’ s Defense Base Act and Foreign Casualty insurance for U.S. based multinationals. Mr. McCaffrey will be based at Arch’ s New York City office and will…

July 29– The investment community will be introduced to new Toys “R” Us Chief Executive Officer David Brandon on Thursday, and his first order of business will be to reassure any investors nervous about a news report that said two credit insurers were eliminating some coverage for the Wayne- based retailer. Bloomberg News reported Monday that credit insurers…

Senator Kelly Ayotte joined Senators Amy Klobuchar, Shelley Moore Capito, and Tammy Baldwin this week to introduce the bipartisan Anna Westin Act to help combat eating disorders. The bill also clarifies the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act to require that health insurance companies cover residential…

Chairman Sensenbrenner, Ranking Member Jackson Lee, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to address the public health issues surrounding heroin in the United States and the Federal response. As you know, the Office of National Drug Control Policy was established in 1988 by Congress with the principal purpose of reducing illicit…

A new report released today from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid on national health expenditures spells out an alarming trend: health spending is now outpacing the growth of the economy and expected to reach unprecedented levels over the next 10 years. *Premiums Rose because of Obamacare: “The implementation of the PPACA's…

EMPLOYERS ®, America's small business insurance specialist ®, has introduced a new version of its E ACCESS ® portal that allows policyholders to perform many self-service tasks for the first time. “There is no 9- to-5 when it comes to running a small business,” said Aaron Mikulsky, senior vice president, business process and policyholder services, EMPLOYERS.“ We…

In addition to millennials, the survey, conducted by the Indexed Annuity Leadership Council, found that people of all age groups are interested in annuities because of the retirement nest egg they can help grow and the long-term financial security they provide. “It’ s no surprise that millennials, who entered the workforce after the tumultuous 2008 economic…