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The House passed a $1.1 trillion spending measure that includes a change to the Affordable Care Act and keeps the government running through September 2016.

Next month in London, Big Data IQ is holding the annual Big Data and Analytics for Insurance summit from the 26th– 28th of January. •Barry Hawkins, Head of Dynamic Underwriting and Pricing at AXA• Kirill Pankratov, Head of Business Analytics and Market Research at Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.• Daniel Ryan, Head of R&D- Life&Health& Big Data at Swiss Re• Colin…

Dec. 18– EFFINGHAM– Blue Cross-Blue Shield notified Effingham County shortly before Thursday's meeting that it would not be submitting a bid for employee health insurance. That left the board no choice but to renew with Health Alliance– the current provider– and absorb a whopping 28.08 percent increase over last year. The board unanimously approved the Health…

Dec. 17– COLUMBIA, S.C.– South Carolina's $17 billion- a-year economy is going into 2016 strong– likely to continue producing good-paying jobs and a growing labor force, some of the state's foremost economists said Thursday. “The rebuilding effort is going to create a temporary stimulus for South Carolina's economy in 2016,” said Joey Von Nessen, research economist…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at China Weekly News– W. R. Berkley Corporation announced that W. R. Berkley Syndicate 1967 has established an underwriting division at Lloyd's Insurance Company Limited to begin underwriting business on the Lloyd's China platform beginning 1st January, 2016. William R. Berkley, executive chairman of W. R. Berkley Corporation,…

–Centene Corporation today announced the appointments of Brandy Burkhalter, Cary Hobbs and Holly Benson to the position of Executive Vice President, effective immediately. Ms. Burkhalter joined Centene in 2006 and oversees the audit and risk management functions for Centene, including enterprise risk management, internal audit, claims audit, compliance…

Retrospective analysis of a deidentified private insurance database from 2007 through 2013, and multivariate regression analysis comparing outcomes for the 12 months before and after APCD purchase, adjusting for baseline patient characteristics. ” Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Vanderbilt University, “Patients with…

–AK Steel today provided guidance for its fourth quarter 2015 financial results. AK Steel said that it expects to report a net loss of $0.33 to $0.38 per diluted share of common stock for the fourth quarter of 2015, including approximately $0.42 per diluted share for charges related to the previously announced temporary idling of the blast furnace and related…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Week– Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced results of Health Economics and Outcomes Research analyses from two Phase 3 Aptiom ® monotherapy clinical trials; and a claims analysis of a large database of patients with epilepsy. The results were presented during the 69th American Epilepsy Society Annual…

Following years of independent research and development, Allstate has been working with EagleView Technologies to test drone flights that could soon deliver an innovative solution to the claims process. “Drones are such an innovative technology and Allstate is out in front,” says Allstate Claims Strategy and Innovation Vice President Shawn Broadfield.

–TeamHealth Holdings Inc., a leading physician services organization, announced the acquisition of Houston, Texas- based Everest Inpatient Physicians and Jackson, Tennessee- based Geriatric Essentials. These acquisitions mark the organization's first in the acute and post-acute care space following TeamHealth's merger with IPC Healthcare on November…

Bad Faith Claims Protect Victims of Medical Malpractice from Unfair Treatment by Insurance CompaniesWichita, KS—- 12/17/2015– In Chicago, Illinois, a Cook County jury awarded Alizabeth and Elvin Hana $1.35 million in compensatory damages and $13 million in punitive damages. The $14.3 million judgment comes against ISMIE Mutual Insurance, the largest…

–CNA today announced it will relocate its Los Angeles Branch to 1000 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, January 11, 2016. CNA opened the current Los Angeles Branch in 2010 to serve the greater Los Angeles area– the third largest metropolitan economy in the world– with an eye to future growth. “The Los Angeles Branch has exceeded projections and…

To help schools, municipalities and other public entities better manage risk, Liberty Mutual Insurance has created a practice dedicated to these markets, and has appointed Susan L. Kostro, chief underwriting officer, Public Entity. Before joining Liberty Mutual, Kostro was a senior vice president in Ironshore’ s Public Entity Division and held a number of…

The Kentucky Health Gaps Report from County Health Rankings& Roadmaps explores how wide health gaps are in Kentucky and what is driving those disparities between counties. Madison ranks 16th out of 120 counties in Kentucky, according to the report, in health outcomes– length of life and quality of life. Jessamine, Garrard, Clark, Rockcastle and Estill fell in…

Dec. 17– BANGOR, Maine– A fundraiser music show to benefit a Carmel woman badly injured last month in a car crash in Mattawamkeag will be held Friday evening, Dec. 18, at the Union Street Brick Church in Bangor. Hannah Somers-Jones, a flute player and member of the local band Mudseason, suffered significant facial injuries in the Nov. 22 crash, in which the car she was…

Dec. 17– The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has given Michigan a waiver for its Healthy Michigan plan, allowing nearly 600,000 low-income residents to continue with health care coverage. “We are pleased that we have an agreement with Michigan that will allow nearly 600,000 low-income citizens to continue to have access to quality health services.