Six regulatory compliance and risk management professionals have joined Treliant Risk Advisors, as the firm continues to expand its advisory capacity in response to growing demand in the financial services industry. Having served for 20 years in leadership roles in management consulting, such as Senior Manager in Ernst& Young’s Center of Excellence for…
Jan. 18– TOPEKA– If Kansas opts to expand Medicaid under President Obama’ s health-care law, 122,000 low-income adults probably would enroll and get taxpayer-backed health coverage. And about more 118,000 kids probably would get Medicaid coverage, including 29,500 who are now uninsured. Lawmakers heard the estimates as part of a hearing Thursday that sought to…
PPF, financial group, will strengthen its position in energy sector and consumer finance services after leaving insurance holding Generali PPF Holding. HC, providing consumer finance services in eight countries in Europe and Asia, wants to continue in expansion. The whole HC group made a profit EUR 231, CEK 5.78 bil in 2011. Home Credit Russia, which provided…
Jan. 18– GREENSBORO– Mortgage insurance company United Guaranty Corp. has laid off some local employees. On Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2013, we underwent a reduction in force of a small percentage of our employee population in the Piedmont area, “a company spokesman said in a statement to The Business Journal, which reported the layoffs on its website.
Susan Bysiewicz, former Secretary of the State of Connecticut, announced that she would join the newly founded Pastore Shofi& Dailey, a law firm with offices in Stamford and New York City. Prior to her public service, Bysiewicz practiced corporate law at White and Case in New York City, Robinson and Cole in Hartford, and the Aetna Life Insurance Company.
Trupanion, the leading provider of pet insurance in North America, is pleased to announce that BluePearl Veterinary Partners has chosen Trupanion as its 2013 Pet Insurance Partner in Education Sponsor. “The management team at BluePearl recognized through their continuous interactions with numerous pet insurance companies that Trupanion clearly…
Jan. 17– EAST HARTFORD– The town has agreed to pay a $1.5 million settlement to the family of a teenager who drowned in the high school pool last January. The town’s insurer, Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency, will pay $1 million, and the town will pay a $500,000 deductible, Kehoe said. Marcum Asiamah, 15, drowned in the pool at East Hartford High School on…
Targeted News Service Targeted News Service. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17– The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Illinois. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17– Allstate Insurance, Northbrook, Ill., has been assigned a patent developed by Matthew S. Easley, Arlington Heights, Ill., for “mortality progression methods and systems.”
Targeted News Service Targeted News Service. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17– The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17– Hartford Fire Insurance, Hartford, Conn., has been assigned a patent developed by Sankar Virdhagriswaran, Boxborough, Mass., for “systems and methods for prospecting business insurance customers.”
Jan. 17– Santa Fe County Commissioner Danny Mayfield testified Wednesday that when he was the state Public Regulation Commission’s chief of staff, he fired Aaron Feliciano because Feliciano was the root of problems between the insurance and legal divisions. Feliciano, a former chief examiner and compliance director for the Insurance Division, is suing the…
NEW YORK, NY, Jan. 17, 2013– The Navigators Group, Inc. today announced that it has appointed Christopher F. Finneran as U.S. The Navigators Group, Inc. is an international specialty insurance holding company with insurance company operations, underwriting management companies, and operations at Lloyd’s. Headquartered in New York, Navigators has offices in…
Joseph’s University Inga Beale, Group CEO, Canopius Holdings, UK Limited Clem Booth, Member of the Board Management, Allianz Global& Corporate Specialty Jeffery Dailey, CEO, Farmers Insurance Susan Fleming, Professor, Cornell University Lori Fouche, President& CEO, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company Anthony Kuczinski, President& CEO, Munich Reinsurance America…
Jan. 17– MONTGOMERY– A state panel voted Wednesday to recommend converting the state’s Medicaid system to a community-based managed-care network– rejecting an effort to hand the program over to commercial managed-care companies. If adopted by the governor and the Legislature, the switch to managed care would slow, but not halt or reverse, the growth of the…
More than $2.8 million in insurance refunds have gone back to Massachusetts motorcycle owners, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced…
Jan. 17– A lawyer representing the estate of Stephen Bennett– the rider killed when his motorcycle slammed into a package delivery truck crossing to the westbound lane of Essex Avenue from Fernwood Lake Avenue last May– has filed a lawsuit against the driver and insurance company of another truck that was in front of the cycle, and is alleged to have blocked the…
Governor Jan Brewer today was joined at Maricopa Medical Center by a coalition of Arizona’s premier business leaders and health care advocates as they voiced support for the expansion of the State’s Medicaid program. On Monday, Governor Brewer announced her decision to expand Medicaid in accordance with the Affordable Care Act. By slightly expanding…
Great American Insurance Company, a member of Great American Insurance Group and ThinkRisk Underwriting Agency, part of Ryan Specialty Group, have mutually agreed that due to increasing channel conflicts, ThinkRisk will pursue a change in carrier relationships for its Converging Risk program. Great American’s Executive Liability Division has been…
Best’s Review magazine’s January 2013 “Innovators Showcase” issue focuses on 10 companies whose successful innovations measurably improved business performance and, in some cases, favorably impacted the insurance industry. -Accident Fund Holdings: Care Analytics– Early Detector. -Ace Private Risk Services: Home Contents Valuation Service.
Nationwide Financial said it continues to enhance its suite of products and features to help advisors provide retirement security for both spouses. “Too many couples make the mistake of inadequately planning for the Income Replacement needs of surviving spouses,” said Eric Henderson, senior vice president of Life Insurance and Annuities for Nationwide…
