Senators John Barrasso and Orrin Hatch along with Representatives Charles Boustany and Jim Matheson, will join with small business owners and “Stop the HIT” coalition members in opposition to the health insurance tax. Joe Moreshead, owner of Precision Screw Machine Products in Maine. Mike Mitternight, owner of Factory Service Agency in Louisiana.
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Biggert-Waters made it accessible, yet FEMA’s implementation has created affordability issues. 1. Sent a letter on April 25, 2013 to FEMA Administrator Fugate demanding that FEMA work with local stakeholders and the CPRA on accuracy of flood maps and accuracy of risk by taking into account planned projects outlined in the CPRA Master Plan.
Washington, Jul 16- Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee announced today that the Centers For Medicare& Medicaid Services has awarded- $1 million in grants from the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act to Staten Island Kids Connect, a service provider located in Houston. The grant funding will enable the organization to continue to develop…
The National Insurance Crime Bureau reported that insurance claims resulting from hail-storm damage increased 84 percent in 2012 from their 2010 level…
TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services provider, today held the CREF annual meeting at its Charlotte, N.C., campus. “Helping our clients achieve financial well-being throughout all stages of their lives has been at the forefront of who we are and how we do business for more than 95 years,” said Roger W. Ferguson Jr., president and chief executive officer of TIAA-CREF.
Longevity Alliance is now offering its free Medicare health plan shopping service through local advisors in 18 Pennsylvania counties. Longevity Alliance is a national service that helps consumers find the right Medicare plan for their unique needs. Using a consultative approach to match the right Medicare health plans with each individual’ s unique needs,…
As dietary supplement sales reach over $11 Billion in the US alone, manufacturers are thinking about what to do in a worst case scenario. SADLER Products Liability Insurance agency just announced a new insurance program specialized to the needs of the nutraceuticals and dietary supplements industry. This led to the FDA noting half of the hundreds of dietary…
When it comes to LP gas, what you can’ t see can be harmful, even volatile, if a tank or regulator begins to leak, cautions Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company. Learning a thing or two about the physical properties of LP gas before a leak occurs is worth the time– just ask Grinnell Mutual Claims Manager Mark Lageveen. Large LP gas tanks are also found on farms, especially…
July is National Vehicle Theft Protection Month in the United States. Recent reports from the National Insurance Crime Bureau, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the International Association of Auto Theft Investigators show an increase in 2012 over 2011 figures. The cause is not yet clear, but there are indications that thieves are becoming more high…
July 17– The average 29- year-old man in Richmond may feel invincible, but he could feel sharp pain in his wallet as federal health care reform begins to level the playing field Jan. 1 for people seeking insurance. Virginia regulators are poised to act on nine individual health plans and six small-group plans that propose to participate in a new insurance…
July 17– At the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s auction of vacant properties Tuesday, Laverne Simms did not just buy a house, she bought her childhood home. Simms, of Claymont, Del., grew up in a two-story brick rowhouse on narrow North Etting Street in North Philadelphia. Simms, 50, who works for an insurance company in Philadelphia, heard from her daughter that the…
July 16– Superior Vision Services Inc., a Rancho Cordova eye-care insurer employing about 80 locally, today announced that it was combining its business with a Maryland company. Superior said it will merge with Block Vision, headquartered in Linthicum, Md. “The combination of Superior Vision and Block Vision brings together two vision benefit industry leaders…
July 17– Only a year ago, Congress finally approved a plan to provide financial stability and more accurate risk assessment for the federal flood insurance program. But now that some property owners, particularly in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast, are seeing the potential hit to their pocketbooks, some members of Congress want to delay and change some of…
So, basically, every year, right off the top, the post office has to pay $5 billion to this fund out of its operating expenses that it gets solely from mail and the sale of stamps. Get your facts straight before you listen to Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter, Fox News and all those other people. “I was looking in the new edition of Our Town in the Tribune and noticed the ads for State…
July 16– Questions arose over the possible appointment of Walter Stout to the Mayes County Flood Plain Board to fill the position left vacant by previous chairman Mike Sisemore. “I sincerely hope the new chairman will follow and be an advocate for the ordinance, so we can continue to enjoy federally-backed Flood Insurance and Disaster Assistance Funds.
July 16– PeaceHealth is asking employees across its three-state system to help it come up with ways in the next two months to save $30 million, on top of $100 million in savings it already has identified internally, as it faces the “largest budget gap in recent memory,” according to Alan Yordy, PeaceHealth’s president and chief mission officer.
July 16– MADISON COUNTY– Persistent rain so far this summer has caused major problems for the county’s tobacco crop, according to Brandon Sears, Madison County extension agent for agriculture and natural resources. He predicts up to a 40- percent yield reduction for tobacco farms this year, and he urges producers with crop insurance to see their agents about…
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16– The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Indiana. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16– Cook Medical Technologies, Bloomington, Ind., has been assigned a patent developed by five co-inventors for a “stent graft with valve arrangement.” The co-inventors are Kylie F. Cunningham, Carine, Australia, Werner Dieter Ducke, Eight Mile Plains,…
July 16– Daniel McPeck almost got away with jumping bail on a misdemeanor breaking and entering charge in Oak Island. Mary Weaver of Bust’ Em Out Bail Bonds in Wilmington received a call from a New Hampshire mother in late June. Weaver called law enforcement in New Hampshire, who immediately started hunting for McPeck.
