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With the National Flood Insurance Program set to expire on November 30th, RIMS, the risk management society (TM), signed a joint letter with other insurance, real estate and banking organizations, urging Congress to take immediate action to avoid a lapse in the program. In November 2017, both the U.S. House of Representatives’ and the Senate reached a bipartisan…

This legislation adjusts boundary maps under the Coastal Barrier Resources Act across the country and includes a Blunt Rochester bill that updates Delaware’s North Bethany Beach map unit- helping coastal homeowners qualify for disaster aid and setting aside thousands of acres for wildlife conservation. This adjustment would allow homeowners to…

Sarasota, FL—- 11/27/2018– Global demand for cyber security in healthcare market was valued at approximately USD 6.6 billion in 2017 and is expected to generate revenue of around USD 10.7 billion by the end of 2024, growing at a CAGR of around 7.1% between 2018 and 2024.. All the data, including electronic records and patient records, available on any device are a…

Duane Morris LLP has appointed John Robert Weiss managing partner of the firm’s Chicago office. “We thank David for his many years of exceptional leadership, which led to the Chicago office’s well-rounded growth that today makes it home to most of our major practices, including Corporate, Real Estate, Trial, Bankruptcy, Employment, Health Law and IP,” said Matthew A….

Feb. 3-6, 2018- ABA Insurance Risk Management Forum, Loews Sapphire Falls Resort, Orlando, Florida. 12:30 pm- 2:00 pm– Lunch and Learn: How To Utilize Credit Insurance to Increase Exposure to Known Borrow, Enter Into New Relationships and Territories. 7:00 am- 8:00 am– Time Allotted to Meet with Corporate Partners.

Liberty Mutual Group issued the following news release:. To better protect insurance agents, Liberty Mutual has strengthened its Agents Errors& Omissions Program, significantly enhancing, clarifying and revising key forms and endorsements. “We’ve made a great product even better,” notes Todd Stevenson, Underwriting Manager, National Insurance Specialty…

In an effort to help the communities impacted by the Camp Fire, CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA insurer, announced it will donate $50,000 to two nonprofits and match employees’ donations to the same nonprofits. “We have been helping AAA members recover and rebuild after wildfires for more than 40 years,” said Danielle Cagan, vice president of external affairs for CSAA…

Pune, India—- 11/27/2018– Life insurance is a contract among an insurance coverage holder and an insurer or assurer, where the insurer promises to pay a chosen beneficiary a sum of money in exchange for a top class, upon the demise of an insured man or woman. The coverage holder commonly pays a premium, both frequently and as one lump sum. The Life Insurance market is…

Aon, a provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human resources solutions and outsourcing services, issued the following news release:. Following the recent High Court judgment in the Lloyds Bank Group GMP equalisation case, Aon held a joint webinar on the subject with law firm Sackers, which drew over 500 attendees- a clear indication…

Nov. 27– COLUMBIA, S.C.– South Carolina’s workforce director is stepping down as unemployment in the Palmetto State hit another low in October. Henry McMaster announced Monday the resignation of Cheryl Stanton, executive director of the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce, effective Dec. 7. “Under her leadership for over five years, the men and women at DEW…

Nov. 27– A Jacksonville elementary school principal faces a felony fraud charge alleging he tried to bilk his insurance company out of slightly more than $16,000 by falsifying repair invoices for Hurricane Irma damage last year. Principal Darrell Phillip Perry, of Timucuan Elementary School, is charged with insurance fraud less than $20,000.

Nov. 27– Virginia’s Medicaid agency says insurance companies can handle the additional patients coming with Medicaid expansion, even though parts of the state suffer from a shortage of primary care doctors. An outside quality review firm found Virginia’s managed care companies meet federal and state standards for the networks needed to serve the more than…

Nov. 27– Long Beach- based Molina Healthcare has been accused of breaching its Medicaid contract in Illinois and failing to disclose it wasn’t providing required services to skilled nursing home patients in the Prairie State. The case was filed under seal in September 2017 by the founder of a former Molina contractor named General Medicine P.C. A federal judge…

The Investment and Pensions Oversight Committee backed a plan to phase in a 50 percent increase in payments by civil servants who are part of a retirement health care program. Meanwhile, the Public Employees Retirement Association, which provides pensions to a range of state and local government employees, is mulling measures such as changes in…

WASHINGTON— When Donald Trump first took office, many conservatives’ greatest fear was that he would be too quick to cut deals with the Democrats. He had previously been a Democrat and had staked out heterodox positions on everything from spending to entitlement reform, the national debt, the minimum wage, trade and health care. Democrats showed little interest…