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-Professor Heiko Balzter, University of Leicester. Cities and tourist areas such as Catalonia, Madrid and Valencia are among those most at risk of catastrophic damage from wildfires in Europe, according to research led by the University of Leicester. An international research team has put together a map using satellite data that details the countries in…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Standard Insurance Company announced that Rob Stackhouse has been promoted to assistant vice president and assistant controller. He held a leadership role at Deloitte and Touche LLP before joining The Standard in 2008. He is a certified public accountant and an active member of the American…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– iPipeline ®- a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions for the life insurance industry- announced Principal ® has selected iGO ® Drop Ticket to provide a faster solution for the selling of Principal term life products. Making the selling and buying process easy and actually…

Findings from N. Hermanowicz and Colleagues Provides New Insights into Parkinson’s Disease. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– New research on Parkinson’s disease is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Los Angeles, California, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, “Parkinson’s disease…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– While it’s never easy to tell customers they can’t afford something, it can be downright heartbreaking for professionals working in the funeral industry. That’s because two of the country’s leading providers of payment plans for the funeral industry, CareCap and At Need Credit, announced a…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a trademark application has been made for “ROBOTICS SHIELD” by Elizabeth Pearce, representing American International Group. The owner/registrar information for this application is: Elizabeth Pearce,…

Citigroup announced today that a subsidiary of Swiss Re Life& Health America Inc., replaced Prime Reinsurance Company, Inc. as Primerica Life Insurance Company’ s reinsurer on a coinsurance agreement covering a block of term life insurance policies that were in force on December 18, 2009. Prime Re, a subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., is reported by Citigroup as a…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd.: was posted on March 16, 2016. The SEC file number is 0001385613-16-000137.. A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing is…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. was posted on March 22, 2016. A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing is a formal document or financial statement…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a trademark application has been made for “AILIFE” by Elizabeth Pearce, representing American International Group. The owner/registrar information for this application is: Elizabeth Pearce, American…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by American International Group Inc. was posted on March 18, 2016. The SEC file number is 0001193125-16-510295.. A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…

New Health and Society Data Have Been Reported by S. Schillo and Co-Authors. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health& Medicine Week– Current study results on Health and Medicine have been published. According to news reporting out of Essen, Germany, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Competitive social health insurance systems in Western Europe have…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by John Hancock Life Insurance Co was posted on March 21, 2016. The SEC file number is 0001193125-16-511769.. A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– CNA announced the appointment of David Lim as Assistant Vice President, Management Liability Zone Leader for the Northern Zone. In this role, David is responsible for providing overall underwriting expertise for the Public and Private Company management liability book of business in the…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest– United Insurance Group Agency, Inc. announced that Michael Harris has joined the company as Vice President- Brokerage. Prior to joining UIG, Harris was Director of the Southeast Region for Ritter Insurance Marketing LLC, and prior to that Harris was FMO Agency Manager for United HealthCare…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Cigna’s new group hospital indemnity insurance policy, called Cigna Hospital Care, provides individuals and families additional financial protection when an unexpected covered hospitalization occurs. Available starting in April 2016, the new plan is part of Cigna’s complete suite of…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest– Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas ranked highest in member satisfaction among commercial health plans in the Texas region for the second consecutive year, according to the 2016 J.D. Power Member Health Plan Study surveyed a random sampling of 31,867 commercial health plan members across…

Mary Schmitt’s husband, Doug Trucks, was a 28- year Disney employee who worked in facilities project management for its hotels. Schmitt argued Disney and its contractors should have pointed it out verbally or more prominently online. Disney said in a letter rejecting her appeal its pension subcommittee determined “the terms of the Plan and its summary plan…

The cause of a Thursday morning fire that destroyed a long-time Jacksonville business remains under investigation. Firefighters spent about four hours pumping over 3,000 gallons of water per minute onto the fire, Jacksonville Fire Marshal John Reed said. Foam was flying through the air next to the shop as firemen sat on the end of the Jacksonville Fire…