June 18– DOVER– Legend has it a guest at the Hyder Family Hospice House had a request to see the ocean one last time. It is requests like these that Elaine Case hopes the Friends of the Hyder Family Hospice House can help fulfill when the Strafford County hospice reopens on July 1. Friends of Hyder is a non-profit organization Case help co-found and currently chairs…
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June 19– A fire that started on a stove damaged a Lebanon apartment building Thursday evening and displaced a family. Julissa Perez, who rents the second-floor apartment at 332 N. Seventh St., said she left french fries in oil on the stove unattended for a minute, and in that time, the fire erupted. City fire crews were dispatched at 6 p.m. Fire Commissioner Duane…
June 18– Two women who worked at a Vernon counseling service are accused of bilking the state by improperly billing for Medicaid reimbursement. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, DeCillis was authorized to bill Medicaid for counseling she provided as a licensed professional counselor. The two women agreed to bill Medicaid for counseling provided by…
Several officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the city of San Marcos, the U.S. Small Business Administration and other organizations answered numerous questions from a crowd of more than 100 people about relief funds and other aid available after the Memorial Day weekend flood. How do I contact FEMA? There are also two hotlines at…
Guidewire Software, Inc. a provider of software products to Property/Casualty insurers, today announced that Peter Gassner has been elected as a member of Guidewire Software's Board of Directors. “We are pleased to welcome Peter Gassner to our Board of Directors,” said Marcus Ryu, chief executive officer, Guidewire Software.“ As an enterprise software veteran…
Nationally recognized experts and practitioners gathered in Washington, DC, at the Retirement Security Summit hosted last week by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence. The event was moderated by Peter Harkness, founder and publisher emeritus of Governing magazine, with keynote speaker Dallas Salisbury, President and CEO of Employee…
Fitch Expects to Rate Catastrophe Bond Acorn Re Ltd. Ser 2015-1 Class A notes ‘BBsf’; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings expects to rate the principal at-risk variable rate notes issued by Acorn Re Ltd., an exempted special purpose insurer in Bermuda, as follows:. The notes are exposed to Earthquakes for an area that includes the States of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Arizona of the United States, the Province of British Columbia province of…
The former owners– Eklis Almanza and husband Juan E. Diaz Gonzalez– pocketed $4.8 million from the taxpayer-funded Medicare program by submitting bogus claims for prescription drugs that none of their customers ever needed or received, according to a federal indictment. In Little Havana, Enemisis Torres is accused of selling forged and altered…
The former owners– Eklis Almanza and husband Juan E. Diaz Gonzalez– pocketed $4.8 million from the taxpayer-funded Medicare program by submitting bogus claims for prescription drugs that none of their customers ever needed or received, according to a federal indictment. In Little Havana, Enemisis Torres is accused of selling forged and altered…
June 18– Two women who worked at a Vernon counseling service are accused of bilking the state by improperly billing for Medicaid reimbursement. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, DeCillis was authorized to bill Medicaid for counseling she provided as a licensed professional counselor. The two women agreed to bill Medicaid for counseling provided by…
–Lockton, the world's largest privately held independent insurance broker, has selected Peter Caine as the new Chief Operating Officer of its St. Louis operation. Lockton's St. Louis operation opened in 1984 and now includes teams in Memphis and Nashville as well. “Peter is an experienced and innovative leader skilled in building stellar teams, achieving…
A U.S. district court judge denied the SEC's request for a preliminary injunction that would have prevented Pacific West from offering life insurance investment products to qualified California investors. The court ruled that the SEC had not established the threshold issue of whether Pacific West's life settlement arrangement constitutes a security…
June 18– Fast-growing Patriot National Inc., a Fort Lauderdale- based national provider of outsourcing services to the insurance industry, announced another acquisition: InsureLinx of Sarasota. Patriot National is headquartered at the Bank of America Plaza at Las Olas City Centre and operates seven regional offices around the U.S. The company has acquired…
Researchmoz.us added new research report on “Market Attractiveness and Future Prospects of the Sudanese Takaful Insurance Industry” to it's huge collection.Albany, NY—- 06/18/2015– Market Attractiveness and Future Prospects of the Sudanese Takaful Insurance Industry' report provides in-depth industry analysis, information and insights into the…
June 18– Yadkin County Fire Marshal Eddie Weatherman will be retiring this month after serving the county for 29 years. Weatherman began his career in the fire service as a volunteer firefighter with the Arlington Fire Department, where he also served as assistant chief. In May of 1986, he took on the role of county fire marshal.
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics& Government Week– A patent application by the inventor Parikh, Aniket, filed on November 14, 2013, was made available online on June 11, 2015, according to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews correspondents. This patent application has not been assigned to a company or institution.
June 18– CLINTON– The AC Root Agency will retain its position as the Insurance Company and Agent of Record for the Clinton Community School District until June 30, 2018. The decision came Wednesday when the Clinton School Board voted, during a special meeting, in favor of AC Root 4-3, despite the scoring results of a request for proposal in favor of competing…
June 18– Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh is seeking to shut down a prominent Towson financial-advice business, charging that it has fraudulently misrepresented the risks of its investment strategy. Frosh also announced Thursday that his office wants to permanently prohibit Phillippe Rousseaux, owner of Everest Wealth Management and Everest…
June 18– GRAND ISLAND– The Columbus Cornerstone Insurance Group Seniors American Legion baseball team dropped both games of a doubleheader 6-1 and 7-5 against Grand Island Wednesday on the road. The Seniors had trouble generating offense against Grand Island starter Lane Uhing in Game 1.. Tyler Morton went 2 for 3 in Game 1. Blake Bubak, Spencer Humphrey and…
