ATLANTA& NASHVILLE—- Windsor Health Group SM today announced that Wendy Richey joins the company as the Chief Compliance Officer. She managed relationships with Congress through the passage of the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and became a resource for members and her peers in the…
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The Promise: “If you like your plan, you can keep it”- President Obama. Furthermore, according to the latest Congressional Budget Office projections, 20 million Americans could lose their employer-provided coverage. (CBO and JCT’s Estimates of the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on the Number of People Obtaining Employment-Based Health Insurance, March 2012).
INDIANAPOLIS, March 22, 2012– Brightpoint, Inc., a global leader in providing device lifecycle services to the wireless industry, today announced that its subsidiary Brightpoint North America L.P. has entered into an agreement with Service Net Warranty, LLC., a subsidiary of Chartis. “This agreement demonstrates BrightPoint’s commitment to extending its…
A recent LIMRA survey of insurance leaders in Canada found that 74 percent believed that increased consumer demand or awareness of their need for protection products would positively impact the Canadian life insurance market in 2012…
ISTANBUL– FIFA President Sepp Blatter promised on Thursday that football’s world governing body will pay to insure players on international duty, in a move expected to satisfy Europe’s top clubs. “This is an insurance coverage for the players, for the clubs and the associations” for all matches on FIFA’s international calendar, Blatter told officials from…
JEFFERSON CITY– Shelter Insurance Cos. is suing investment banker Morgan Keegan& Co. for $390 million, charging that the Memphis firm failed in its legal duty to protect investors when it sold bonds issued for the failed Mamtek project in Moberly. Morgan Keegan earned $411,000 as underwriter for the bonds, issued by Moberly with a promise that the city would use…
March 22– A jailed Isle of Palms man sentenced this week for embezzling about $1 million in health insurance payments from church workers hoped to be sprung from jail to be treated for skin cancer. Senior District Judge Henry Herlong Jr. refused Worthy’s request and sentenced him to seven years and three months in a federal prison Tuesday. At the sentencing…
Additionally, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that in 2011 the average healthcare premium climbed from $13,770 to $15,073, which amounts to a 9 percent increase. A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit research group that tracks employer-sponsored health insurance on a yearly basis, shows that the average annual premium for family…
Additionally, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that in 2011 the average healthcare premium climbed from $13,770 to $15,073, which amounts to a 9 percent increase. A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit research group that tracks employer-sponsored health insurance on a yearly basis, shows that the average annual premium for family…
Additionally, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that in 2011 the average healthcare premium climbed from $13,770 to $15,073, which amounts to a 9 percent increase. A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit research group that tracks employer-sponsored health insurance on a yearly basis, shows that the average annual premium for family…
Additionally, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that in 2011 the average healthcare premium climbed from $13,770 to $15,073, which amounts to a 9 percent increase. A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit research group that tracks employer-sponsored health insurance on a yearly basis, shows that the average annual premium for family…
Police Chief Lorenzo Veal II resigned Wednesday without giving a reason, Mayor DeAndre Windom said. Last week, the city’s deputy police chief also resigned unexpectedly, said former Mayor Hubert Yopp, a retired Highland Park police officer. Wayne County is offering identity theft insurance to more than 1,200 union employees whose personal information–…
Houston, TX March 22, 2012. After 35 years in the home medical equipment rental and sales industry in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisana and California Positive Air, Inc. had seen enough of Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance plans not providing insured members with the finest sleep therapy and oxygen therapy equipment and supplies. In December 2008…
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. March 22, 2012. Identity Theft 911, the nation’ s premier identity management and data risk management services provider, today announced that Client Relations Manager, Gina King, was elected president of the Arizona chapter of the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators. The win recognizes King’s 12 years of active…
HONG KONG, March 22, 2012/ PRNewswire-Asia/–. Note: The Group disposed of its entire shareholdings in Sino- Ocean Land Holdings Limited in December 2010. Profit before income tax from coatings, marine equipment and spare parts, and insurance brokerage business segments increased by 58%, 36% and 6% respectively. Due to the Group’s disposal of its entire…
Drewberry Insurance launches a new income protection comparison tool to help consumers make a more informed decision when taking out this type of insurance. Tom Conner, head of protection at Drewberry Income Protection, says, “Unfortunately, many people are taking out policies with weaker occupation definitions without actually knowing what they are…
MagnaCare, a health plan management company, announced the appointment of Tom Considine, former commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, as Chief Operating Officer. In terms of Considine’s positive impact on the insurance industry, 60 new insurers came into New Jersey, and 64 others expanded their business authority, during his…
Executives from ProAssurance Corporation will be presenting at the New York Society of Security Analysts Insurance Conference on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Our presentation will now begin at 9:50 am ET. We will file our presentation materials on Form 8 K prior to the start of the presentation and we hope you will obtain that filing from our website, or from the…
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced a tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 7.50% Series B Preferred Shares, par value $0.0125 per share and liquidation preference $100.00 per share. The tender offer will expire at 12:01 A.M., New York City time, on April 10, 2012, unless the tender offer is extended or earlier terminated by AXIS Capital.
