“When you look around, there’s not a lot of high-end rental space on U.S. 27,” Jensen said. “I’m getting more calls from good businesses that need space that I ever have before,” said Tim Blackman, who owns three buildings along U.S. 27. Highlands County boomed in the mid-2000s and overbuilt in the commercial sector, said Pete McDevitt, a broker at Coldwell Banker.
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With only 10 days left to enroll for health insurance coverage in 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that about 8.8 million consumers have signed-up for health coverage through one of the health care exchange plans, including 245,566 in Tennessee. HHS said 36,984 persons in Chattanooga had selected a health echange plan.
It is a scary time for people with money in the market. It is also a good time, one advisor said, to get in the market if you have money to invest.
Jan. 20– Florida’s state-run insurer reached a milestone, officials said Wednesday– fewer than 500,000 policies for the first time since its 2002 creation. Eleven of 29 companies that took policies out of Citizens became insolvent, were ordered to stop writing business, or were taken over by other companies between 2003 and 2009, noted Michael Carlson,…
Guided by Param Pujya Naypadmasagarji Maharaj Saheb’s vision to provide better and affordable healthcare facilities to the Jain population in India, Jain International Organization has introduced’ Shravak Arogyam- Phase 3′ program that is specially designed to provide social security and healthcare services to all Jains with benefits unparalleled by…
Case in point, State Farm is introducing a new coverage endorsement in California to help fill insurance gaps for its policyholders who use their personal cars to provide rides for this type of Transportation Network Company, State Farm officials said. State Farm has created a product that closes the gap in insurance coverage and helps protect drivers,…
Jan. 20– Law enforcement officials haven’t charged anyone in connection with an arson fire that destroyed the iconic Idaho City boardwalk last June. “When we were in the middle of it, it felt like it was never going to happen,” said Toni Barrett, co-owner of the property with her husband, Randy. That’s a feeling that Lori Porreca and Miguel Gaddi know too well.
A California fire that killed two dogs and severely damaged a home is the 40th reported fire in 19 states sparked by a so-called hoverboard in a year, according to the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission…
Steve White, Milliman CEO and president, says, “The opening of the Kuala Lumpur office continues Milliman’s expansion into South East Asia. Richard Holloway, Milliman managing director, South East Asia& India, Life Insurance, says, “Our third office in South East Asia will complement our other locations in the region. We continue to help our clients in Malaysia adapt…
Jan. 20– Members of the Cherokee County Flood Board convened on Tuesday morning for their first meeting since the Christmas weekend flooding in the Illinois River watershed. “We had several homes that were completely flooded along the Illinois River,” said District 1 Commissioner Doug Hubbard. Rollins said Oklahoma Emergency Management, the Small Business…
Childs Point tragedy: One year later. Sher Grogg couldn’t sleep past 3 a.m. without waking up and thinking about the Annapolis area fire that killed her family. Grogg’s younger brother Don Pyle, sister-in-law Sandra Pyle and the four grandchildren were killed Jan. 19, 2015, in the fire on Childs Point Road.
Jan. 20– Despite record flooding in parts of Missouri last month, levees along the Mississippi River, and the Carlyle Lake reservoir, performed as designed, resulting in significantly less damage in Illinois, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said. There was an initial estimate of $8 million in damage to public infrastructure in Madison County, mostly in Granite…
—Utah officials say a man accused of getting himself into almost two dozen car crashes to collect insurance money has been charged with fraud. Navid Monjazeb was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with 12 counts of insurance fraud. Armand Glick with the Utah Insurance Department’s fraud division says those charges came in cases where investigators…
–Immunotherapies are some of the most promising new weapons in the fight against cancer. But are they promising enough to justify their sky-high prices? This 111- page report gives you an in-depth account of how 12 leading payers in the US and Europe see the cancer immunotherapy landscape. You’ll discover payers’ top concerns, find out how they assess the value of…
Jan. 20– Fresno firefighters who responded to a house blaze where Capt. Pete Dern fell through a roof and was severely burned failed to properly assess the fire’s dangers, reflecting a Fire Department in which personnel are “picking and choosing” which procedures to follow, an investigative report says. The 274- page investigative report on the March 29, 2015 fire…
A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- and the issuer credit rating of“ a-” of ERGO Insurance Pte. Ltd.. Over the medium term, its acquisition by ERGO International AG could support ERGO Insurance’ s market position and provide growth opportunities. At present, ERGO Insurance relies significantly on agents to generate business.
–Data breach and privacy litigation is a hot-button and ever-evolving issue for corporations right now, but changes in technology, public policy and law have triggered several other concerns for companies and their insurers, said Tom Hagy of HB Litigation Conferences. The Data Breach& Privacy Litigation Conference will take place Feb. 11, 2016, in San…
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20, 2016/ PRNewswire-iReach/– EP Wealth Advisors, an independent financial planning and investment management firm based in Southern California that manages approximately $2 billion for clients nationwide, today announced a merger with Ballou Plum Wealth Advisors, a boutique financial advisory practice in the San Francisco Bay area that…
Now, Mr. Wolf is mired in a months-long standoff with the Legislature, more than halfway through a fiscal year that started July 1 and still without a completed spending plan. Ed Rendell, a Democrat like Mr. Wolf. “There are over half a million Pennsylvanians who have health insurance who didn’t have it before,” Mr. Wolf said.
