Cigna’s Return and Receive program and creation of the Disability Management Pharmacist role earned the highest honors in the categories of Disability and Rehabilitation Case Management Programs at the Fourth Annual Case in Point Platinum Awards, created by publisher Dorland Health. In addition, Cigna case manager Jennifer Maxeiner won the individual…
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TigerRisk Partners, a broking and risk/capital management firm, announced that James F. Dowd, one of the founders of Odyssey Re, will lead TigerRisk’s expansion into international markets. Dowd began his insurance industry career in 1971 as general counsel at Skandia America Group where he ultimately became CEO in 1984. From 1993 to 1995 he was Chairman and…
Adrian Rand Robison of Rigby, Idaho, pleaded guilty to mail fraud. Rand Robison was the founder and chairman of the board of The Legacy Network, an insurance brokerage agency in Rexburg, Idaho…
Experian has launched the No Claims Discount database, a centralised database of records associated with the no claims discounts of individual members of the public. Brokers and insurers can use Experian’s NCD database to replace the expensive and labour-intensive manual process they currently use to collect data, minimising risk and providing a better…
June 21– COLUMBUS– Nate Ek went deep twice in the winning effort. The Columbus Cornerstone Insurance Group Seniors American Legion baseball team defeated Fremont First State Bank 12-8 in the scheduled nine inning game Thursday at Pawnee Park Field. “Nate is a kid that is playing a determined style of baseball,” Seniors head coach Nick Handley said.
Judge Steven Wilson granted American Zurich Insurance Company’ s motion for summary judgment in a class action lawsuit alleging that Zurich improperly classified Claims Adjusters as exempt from California overtime law. The San Diego employment lawyers at Blumenthal Nordrehaug and Bhowmik originally filed the purported class action complaint on…
On May 7, 2013, the Court of Civil Appeals of the State of Oklahoma upheld the punitive damages award in an insurance bad faith case, OPITZ Inc., d/b/a 5 STAR STORAGE, an Oklahoma Corporation vs. Le Mars Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation, Case number 109,456. The amount of the punitive damages for insurance bad faith was affirmed, and was upheld by the judge in…
June 21– GREENSBORO– A local man has been charged with insurance fraud over altered dates and forged doctor signatures, according to the N.C. Department of Insurance. The department said Poole submitted fraudulent disability claims with forged doctors’ signatures to Cuna Mutual Insurance Company to stretch compensation from a 2010 work injury claim into…
June 21– COLUMBUS– Nate Ek went deep twice in the winning effort. The Columbus Cornerstone Insurance Group Seniors American Legion baseball team defeated Fremont First State Bank 12-8 in the scheduled nine inning game Thursday at Pawnee Park Field. “Nate is a kid that is playing a determined style of baseball,” Seniors head coach Nick Handley said.
Allstate is seeking to recover $6.6 million in treble damages against 80 New York and Florida area defendants in its fourth insurance fraud lawsuit of 2013…
A FRIEND has an adult child with cancer, a young man just old enough to be beyond the age of coverage under his parents’ health care plan. After nearly killing him, the dreaded Hodgkin lymphoma is in remission. But he’s still a pariah in the eyes of the insurance industry, which can deny him a policy that might save his life.
June 21– Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center said it has failed to reach a payment agreement with Hawaii Medical Service Association for roughly 7,500 members of Quest, the government health insurance program for low-income residents. “What it means for the patients is that we do not have the kind of partnership with HMSA that will allow us to work…
For more than a year, SEIU has been trying to organize UPMC’s nonclinical staff, primarily focusing on Pittsburgh, while openly questioning the Pittsburgh- based health giant’s tax-exempt status. A big concern among those urging caution is that the ongoing dispute between UPMC and its Pittsburgh rival, insurer Highmark, will spill over to Blair County.
June 21– A dozen miles north of the TPC River Highlands golf course, the MetLife blimp’s pilot, Charlie Smith, requests permission for his crew to pull the 128- foot-long airship to a grassy runway at Hartford-Brainard Airport. “Snoopy One, proceed on course. It’s one of two blimps that the nation’s largest life insurer operates for aerial video during live…
Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth voted against the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013. The legislation would make drastic cuts of $20.5 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program over 10 years. Congresswoman Duckworth supports a bipartisan farm bill in the Senate that reforms farm programs, provides…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, June 20- The government of New Zealand issued the following news release:. EQC’s level of insurance expertise is also being bolstered with the appointment of former Vero chief executive Roger Bell of Auckland, and Dr Alison O’Connell, an actuary as well a former insurance company executive and a public policy specialist.
June 21– Kaleida Health and its three major unions announced a tentative contract agreement Thursday after the parties settled two key issues– health insurance and wages. Kaleida Health includes Buffalo General, Women& Children’s, Millard Fillmore Suburban and DeGraff Memorial hospitals. A previous agreement between the unions and Kaleida Health expired…
Trupanion, a leading pet insurance provider in the United States and Canada, today announced that it will launch its Pet-Friendly Workplace Seal of Approval contest in conjunction with national Take Your Dog to Work Day, June 21, 2013. A recent survey by the American Pet Products Association offered that 73 percent of pet-friendly businesses said pets…
Aaron Schock, R- Ill., issued the following news release:. During debate on the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, the House approved Congressman Aaron Schock’s amendment to make the emerging crop, pennycress, one of the highest research and development priorities for the United States Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency.
