In fact, September is not only the peak of hurricane season, September 30 is National PrepareAthon! Today, National Hurricane Center Director Dr. Rick Knabb joined forces with Federal Alliance for Safe Homes President and CEO Leslie Chapman-Henderson during a national satellite media tour to raise awareness about flood and hurricane safety, prevention and…
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Washington, DC– At a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing this morning, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson endorsed bipartisan legislation introduced by Senator Rob Portman that is designed to help make Federal Emergency Management Agency more efficient and effective, saying “I hope it passes.” FEMA wants us very much to codify…
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, sent a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers demanding answers on why they have neglected to complete flood mitigation projects in the Cedar Rapids region and have put the public’s safety at risk. The Senators also called attention to the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, which…
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, sent a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers demanding answers on why they have neglected to complete flood mitigation projects in the Cedar Rapids region and have put the public’s safety at risk. The Senators also called attention to the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, which…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding Americans facing sticker shock from the cost of their Obamacare plans. “The Senate minority leader, Senator Reid, came to the floor a couple of days ago, and talked about health care. “I would like to point out to Senator Reid that there have been headlines…
WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Bob Corker today released the following statement after reports that BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will no longer sell insurance plans in the individual marketplace in the Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville regions beginning next year. “This is unwelcome news for more than 131,000 hardworking Tennesseans that will no longer be…
Over the weekend, Sen. Grassley received numerous updates and talked with Iowans in several cities in Eastern Iowa preparing for floods. Senator Chuck Grassley Flood Speech. Iowa is once again faced with severe flooding throughout Eastern Iowa.
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Adrian Smith’s bill, the Co-Op Consumer Protection Act, to provide relief from Obamacare penalties to taxpayers who lost their insurance coverage due to the failures of the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans created under the President’s health care law. More than $2 billion, largely in the form of…
Washington, D.C.- Congressman Steve King released the following statement in response to the serious flooding in Iowa:. “Iowans have been impacted by severe flooding, in some areas above 2008 levels,” said King. I have been reviewing flood damage in the communities impacted including Clarksville, Shell Rock, Greene and Charles City today and hearing from those…
Contact: Carly Atchison 202.225. 2301. Washington, D.C.- In his continued effort to protect individuals from the failures of the Affordable Care Act, today Congressman Tim Murphy supported, and the House of Representatives passed H.R. 954, the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan Consumer Protection Act. H.R. 954 delivers these families much-needed relief, “said…
HealthEdge ®, provider of the only integrated financial, administrative and clinical platform for health insurers, today announced findings from a survey of 2,500 consumers from across the United States that explored their satisfaction with their health insurers. Visit www.healthedge.com/survey to view the first in a series of infographics derived…
According to the National Safe Workplace Institute, workplace violence costs U.S. businesses approximately $4.2 billion annually in missed days of work, legal costs, increased insurance premiums, medical benefits payouts, and bad publicity. And according the to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the last 15 years, homicides resulting from workplace…
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Sept. 28– It’s like a ghost town in the Connellsville neighborhood where Chad Burnsworth lives. From his front door in Dutch Bottom, Burnsworth points out a few homes across the street that are tagged for demolition. In the month since flood waters damaged 165 homes– at least 14 were destroyed in Connellsville alone– and affected the lives of more than 400 people in…
Sept. 28– SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS– Hundreds of firefighters endured sweltering heat and shifty winds to keep the fierce-burning Loma Fire from crossing too far into the Santa Clara- Santa Cruz county line Tuesday. Cal Fire described the fire as 10 percent contained at 7 p.m.. “In the first 24 to 48, even in the first 72 hours you’re going to see a huge influx of resources…
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The IHC Group today announced a strategic distribution alliance with INSXCloud, making IHC’s ancillary products available on the INSXCloud Broker Platform, a Web Based Entity enrollment site. Based in Akron, Ohio, INSXCloud allows insurance producers and brokers to easily quote, and enroll clients directly onto healthcare.gov and track their…
