2019 APR 26– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Justin Riccio has joined Alliant, adding a diverse skill set, regional expertise, and a strong track record of results to the company’ s growing Northeast team. “Justin will play a key role in expanding our reach and capabilities both within the state of New York and throughout the Northeast…
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2019 APR 26– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– According to news reporting originating from Alexandria, Virginia, by NewsRx journalists, a patent by the inventor Howard, Christopher, filed on July 13, 2016, was published online on April 29, 2019. The assignee for this patent, patent number 10,262,375, is United Services Automobile…
Coeus Healthcare, the first value-based data aggregator and financial service company, offers pharmaceutical, biotech and gene therapy manufacturers the ability to offer a unified value-based care and financial reimbursement model to health plans and providers while offering patient mobility between insurers. “Until now, there has been a significant…
Mere minutes after raising my glass in celebration of my dear friend’s new job, I was on the verge of ordering another round to drown my dismay. He had just made a $713,000 mistake, and had no idea. And believe it or not, the beverages he was offered both came in the form of a $150,000 base salary.
April 25– Apr. 25– In order to legally drive a car or truck in Washington state a person must have liability insurance. It’s a reasonable mandate that protects us all in the event of an unfortunate traffic accident. Jay Inslee recently signed into law legislation sponsored by Rep.
April 25– Apr. 25– CALLAWAY– Before Hurricane Michael, Callaway officials already had a project in mind to beautify the Tyndall Parkway median. During a Tuesday meeting, city commissioners approved a bid from local company Lawnscapes Inc. for the project. “It will start at the Callaway city limits on the Springfield side and go through to Cherry Street.
April 25– Apr. 25– Julie and Phil Henneman, who lost their son Keith to suicide in 2006, when he was 29, talk about the experience outside the old farmhouse in Boscobel, Wisconsin. In the weeks after flooding drowned the livelihoods of families who’ve farmed along the Missouri River for generations, rural advocates in the Midwest began gearing up for another…
April 25– Apr. 25– FREEPORT– Freeport leaders are looking at ways to move forward with flood-mitigation plans after an error by the state potentially cost the city millions of dollars in federal aid. Illinois missed the deadline for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Pre-Disaster Mitigation program, which could have awarded the city up to $5.6 million…
Today the Export-Import Bank of the United States announced that the agency is extending provisions to assist U.S. exporters and financial institutions located in areas of Ohio that may be declared federal disaster areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency due to the effects of flooding in the Midwest. “We want our customers and their lenders in the…
Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following remarks by Administrator Seema Verma at the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations Spring 2019 conference:. “I want to start by thanking Clif Gaus for inviting me to be here- and for his partnership. By 2027, American businesses, families,…
Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis sent a letter to Congressional leadership today requesting immediate action on the passage of a Hurricane Michael relief bill to aid in the recovery efforts for the Florida Panhandle. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody. Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis is a statewide elected…
The debt collection agency, Medical Recovery Services, or MRS, of Idaho Falls, has charged debtors excessive supplemental attorneys’ fees, which it says are necessary to discourage people from evading collection, according to a report published this week by East Idaho News, which was funded originally by Frank VanderSloot. Bryan Zollinger, an Idaho Falls…
At a press conference today, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis and other elected officials urged Congress to step up and take immediate action on the passage of a Hurricane Michael relief bill to aid in recovery efforts for the Florida Panhandle. CFO Jimmy Patronis said, “It has been over six months since Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida…
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, McGregor W. Scott, issued the following news release:. A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment on April 11 against Orlando Gillam, 45, of Fresno, charging him with mail fraud for a scheme that defrauded insurance carriers, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Assistant U.S. Attorney…
More than 10 months later, the ongoing insurance investigation, the need for improvements to the center’s two 15- year-old pools and required work to bring the facility up to ADA standards have kept it closed. A Yosemite Community College District official who visited the Dave Ashleigh Aquatics Center on the Modesto Junior College East Campus on Wednesday…
In a bill recently passed out of a California Senate committee, the state detailed a plan to pay $5.6 million for 45 claims against the government and $20.1 million to 38 insurance companies that sought compensation from the state for its role in the fire. An investigation by the Kern County Fire Department determined that the Erskine Fire started when a…
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says in a new report that safer restraint systems are needed for the backseats of cars. The study finds that rear-seat safety has not kept pace with front-seat safety.
April 25– Apr. 25– Several investigations, reviews and searches have begun or been requested in the weeks since The Baltimore Sun revealed hundreds of thousands of University of Maryland Medical System deals with nine of its volunteer board members, including Mayor Catherine Pugh. Agents from the Baltimore FBI office and the Washington IRS office executed…
April 25– Apr. 25– COLUMBIA, S.C.– Many in South Carolina say they would support a government-administered alternative to private health insurance, as long as they also have the option to keep the insurance plan they have now, a new poll has found. A poll conducted by Winthrop University found that a majority of South Carolinians support a national health plan “…
