The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper entitled "' Who Says It's a Disaster? The white paper was written by homeland security and appropriations specialist William L. Painter, natural resources policy analyst Anthony R. Marshak, flood insurance and emergency management specialist Diane P. Horn, agricultural…
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–M Split Corp. declares its monthly distribution of $0.03125 per share for Class I Preferred shareholders. Distributions are payable January 10, 2024 to shareholders on record as at December 29, 2023. M Split invests in common shares of Manulife Financial Corporation, the largest life insurer in Canada offering financial products and wealth management…
Majesco, a global leader of cloud insurance platform software for insurance business transformation, today announced the addition of 23 episodes of its Future of Insurance podcast series that brings together Majesco customers, partners, Majesco Leaders, and InsurTech Influencers with insights for P&C and L&AH. “We are thrilled to bring exciting new…
Guidewire announced that Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has selected Guidewire InsuranceSuite on Guidewire Cloud to power its core businesses, simplify IT operations, quickly adapt to changing market demands, and deliver more value to its policyholders. Citizens has been a Guidewire customer since 2011 and will now migrate its self-managed…
–Oakbridge Insurance Agency LLC, one of the largest independent insurance and risk management agencies in the United States, today announced a new partnership with Akin Insurance Agency. "Oakbridge has shown an amazing amount of growth in a short amount of time," says Shan Akin, Akin Insurance Agency president. " We have an excellent staff at Akin Insurance Agency…
This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. KPI Research: The KPI research formed the first part of the detailed analysis. Over 30 KPIs have been researched for the top 2,000 public companies by revenue with headquarters in the USA. Public Survey: The survey was the…
Yesterday, Dec. 15, was the last day to buy a 2024 health plan for it to begin on Jan. 1, 2024, for all Washingtonians regardless of citizenship status. "Across the nation and here in Washington state, ACA plan enrollments during this open enrollment are at record high levels, due to the Medicaid unwind and the continuation of enhanced federal subsidies," said Ingrid…
A report finds health insurers often list providers who can't really be found. That's a stunning and dangerous disservice to people in need of care. That's the maddening bottom line of a report from New York Attorney General Letitia James' office, which found, in just a sampling, that 86 percent of mental health providers listed on health plans' networks were not…
Growth in third-quarter gross domestic product growth was 4.9%, while the European Union's was near zero, and Germany may pull the continent into recession. The Federal Reserve and European Central Bank have enjoyed notable progress in pulling down inflation. For Mr. Biden, that’ s bad news.
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 20– KFF, an organization that says it focuses on health policy, issued the following news release:. Lower-income adults with employer coverage are more likely than their higher-income peers to report negative outcomes due to problems using their insurance, a new KFF analysis shows. Drawing on data from the KFF Survey of Consumer…
It's been a rough couple of years, economically speaking, as consumers and businesses accustomed to years of essentially free money, courtesy of the Federal Reserve, had to adjust on the fly to the sudden spike in interest rates. The Fed appears poised to provide relief in the new year. Rates on 10- year Treasury bonds now are 3.9 percent, down from 4.9 percent less…
WOODBRIDGE, NJ— A physician from Colonia, and the manager of his Perth Amboy medical office, are now charged with conspiracy to defraud a patient's insurance company, reportedly to conceal the doctor's other alleged crimes. Gurvindra Sinh Johal, 56, affiliated with Amboy Urgent Care in Perth Amboy, and his office manager Rani Patel, 32, of Carteret, were slapped…
Andrew R. Golden, age 55, of New Canaan, was arrested Monday, Dec. 18, by inspectors from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State's Attorney. Between January 2020 and July 2022, Golden billed for behavioral health counseling sessions that were not rendered, the warrant said. However, he was submitting claims to the Department of Social…
California is a step closer to getting long-promised firefighting aircraft in the air. Five years ago, Congress told the U.S. Air Force to convert seven surplus Coast Guard aircraft into firefighting tankers for California’ s fire protection agency. John Boozman, R- Ark., inserted a provision in a 2024 defense spending bill to send the C-130 aircraft to California…
The first Saturday of the month, on Saint Francis Serves Day, volunteers from Saint Francis Health System fan out across communities in eastern Oklahoma for a day of service to nonprofit agencies that aid the most vulnerable people in our communities. In an effort to improve the quality and affordability of the health care services we provide to our Medicare…
Dec. 19— BURLINGTON— Firefighters would see their pay increase by 9% but would face higher health insurance premiums under a proposed union contract settlement with the City of Burlington. The Burlington City Council is scheduled Tuesday to consider a three-year deal with Racine Professional Firefighters 321, which represents organized employees of the…
–Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire NFP, a leading middle market property and casualty broker, benefits consultant, wealth manager and retirement plan advisor, from funds affiliated with NFP's main capital sponsor, Madison Dearborn Partners, and funds affiliated with HPS…
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 20, 2023/ PRNewswire/– JULO, a leading Indonesian peer-to-peer financial technology company, launched JULO Cares on December 15th 2023, a first-in-market unique insurance cover embedded within the core JULO digital credit solution. The general insurance penetration rate in Indonesia is low at 2.75% and the Indonesian government aims…
Prudential and CITIC to provide growth capital for CPL Hong Kong, 20 December 2023- Prudential plc today announced that CITIC-Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited, a 50/ 50 joint venture between Prudential Corporation Holdings Limited, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential, and CITIC Financial Holdings Co., Ltd., has announced that CPL's…
