It is the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office’s latest effort to boost employees’ health. Hoping to improve his staff’s fitness, Sheriff Ed McMahon awards deputies a $1,000 bonus for completing an obstacle course famous among law enforcement as a punishing test of strength and endurance. “The vast majority of employers are really eager to encourage wellness…
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“The sad truth today is that less than half of all medical care in the United States is supported by good evidence that it works, according to estimates cited by the Congressional Budget Office.”…
Sherman Kay bought a $2- million life insurance policy in 2001 because he wanted to provide for his aging wife and his blind and disabled adult son…
And for 20 years, such a variety of edibles from a wide array of producers could be found at the Greeley Farmers Market following harvests. Effective this weekend, the city of Greeley, which operates the local farmers market, will require vendors to carry a minimum of $600,000 in general liability and product liability insurance– a decision that comes less than a…
Kobie West created a fake invoice of $2,141,523 for worker’s compensation coverage, then included a commission of $181,202 for the money he stole…
Camargo Insurance Agency has partnered with Astonish Results, LLC– a digital marketing and insurance sales training company that specializes in modernizing the way by which the independent insurance industry does business– to create an innovative new online marketing strategy. The priority at Camargo Insurance Agency is to match clients with the most…
Melbourne/ Victoria May 19, 2012. Narre South Lions player, 8 year old Dylan Burdett, has scored a new sponsor– Bingle, after contacting the online comprehensive car insurance company directly and explaining he’ d like the same sponsor as his hero Richmond’ s, Jack Riewoldt. We’ re looking forward to hearing about the Narre South Lions wins over the season, and Dylan’ s…
Representatives of Highmark’s Freedom Blue plan informed Patel that the insurer would not pay for the full radiation treatment plan recommended by his oncologist. Instead of three phases of radiation, Highmark would pay for only two. He wanted to be treated the way his doctor wanted, not the Highmark way.
This summer, students in grades nine through 12 from across the Commonwealth can write their way to Fenway Park through The Massachusetts Teachers’ Association’s Most Valuable Educator program, presented by The Hanover Insurance Group Foundation. Winning educators are selected from all nominations and are invited to participate in a pre-game…
Folks at the Jack Martin& Associates insurance agency in Annapolis donned life vests at work Friday all in the name of boating safety. In our industry, we see the best of it and the worst of it, “said Kelly Sullivan, the boat and yacht manager at Jack Martin’s Annapolis office. But the Annapolis team focuses mainly on marine insurance.
May 18– DURHAM– Locally-based N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Company has hired Michael Lawrence as its chief financial officer and treasurer. According to the release, Lawrence was previously employed for more than eight years as the CFO and COO at NCM Capital in Durham. N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Company, the nation’s oldest and largest insurance company with roots…
May 16– A formal complaint filed by the mayor of Elida against the actions of a Roosevelt County Sheriff’s chief deputy will be turned over to the County Risk Management Division for investigation, according to county manager Charlene Webb. During Tuesday’s county commission meeting, Elida Mayor Durward Dixon accused Chief Deputy Malin Parker of verbal…
On May 17, 2012, Nichols Kaster, PLLP filed a class action lawsuit in the Northern District of New York on behalf of Plaintiff Gordon Casey and other borrowers with mortgages serviced by Citibank or Midland Mortgage. The Complaint alleges that Citibank and Midland Mortgage routinely force-place excessive amounts of flood insurance on borrowers, and…
May 18– Nearly three weeks after baseball-sized hail pelted St. Louis neighborhoods, smashing windshields and puncturing roofs, residents have filed tens of thousands of claims. The area’s two largest insurers alone– together controlling 33 percent of the auto insurance market and 42 percent of the homeowner’s market– have fielded about 60,000 claims,…
“We all agree that controlling health care costs is critical, but this flawed measure will do nothing to address the underlying costs driving health care premiums and will ultimately limit patients’ access to care,” said Don Crane, President and CEO, California Association of Physician Groups. ” said Allan Zaremberg, President, California Chamber of Commerce.
May 18– PROVIDENCE, R.I.– A broker offered Blue Cross& Blue Shield of Rhode Island an opportunity to buy tax credits from Curt Schilling’s struggling 38 Studios video-game company, the non-profit health insurer said Friday. But Blue Cross said it turned the offer down. She did not immediately respond to inquiries about who approached the company, or why the offer…
WASHINGTON– Shares of medical test maker Sequenom fell Friday, a day after the company announced that insurer Coventry Health Care Inc. would no longer pay for the company’s Down syndrome test for pregnant women. Sequenom had previously gained coverage for the test through one of Coventry’s regional offices in California. However, on May 14 Coventry sent a…
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ and issuer credit rating of“ bbb” of Consumer Insurance Services Limited. For fiscal year 2012, CISL reported earnings after taxes of NZD 3.2 million, a 9.67% uplift from the previous fiscal year’ s results. According to unaudited accounts, the dividend payout ratio is anticipated to have averaged 143%…
American Share Insurance, a private deposit insurer, has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Las Vegas claiming CUMIS Insurance Society Inc. is bound by a $685,000 bond claim for the failure of Cumorah Credit Union. In June 2004, Cumorah approved MVM Leasing LLC’s request for a $1.5 million business line of credit. Nevada regulators seized Cumorah on Oct. 23, 2009,…
