KATALYST LLC, a special purpose acquisition company, today announced its launch. KATALYST has partnered with Housatonic Partners, a leading private equity firm with over $1 billion in capital under management. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Housatonic Partners to build an industry leading transformational technology enabled business…
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Medicare Advantage patients in Northern New Mexico under the Presbyterian Health Plan received notice this week that they no longer will be able to access Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center or its physician and specialty network after the end of the year. Instead, Medicare members will have to find a Presbyterian network physician in Santa Fe,…
A customer of Continental Casualty Company contacted The Topeka Capital-Journal after receiving notice that premiums for herself and her husband would rise by 60 percent. The Kansas Insurance Department confirmed the notice was authentic, and said many companies have had to pass on substantial increases to their customers. Cindy Hermes, director of…
Sept. 17– I disregarded the first unsolicited insurance quote in my email last month without much thought. The total at the end of about a week was five auto insurance quotes from State Farm, three from Nationwide and one from autoinsurancequotes.com. Allstate sent a life insurance quote.
Sept. 16– CHEYENNE– A New Jersey man charged with aiding and abetting arson and several other crimes after the Hitching Post Inn caught fire five years ago has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit insurance fraud. Dharia appeared in a New York courtroom on Sept. 1 and pleaded guilty only to the fraud charge. Dharia's defense attorney, Robert S. Wolf of New York, said…
Sept. 16– MONTGOMERY– The “big four” state agencies– prisons, Mental Health, Medicaid and Human Resources– will likely see no cuts in the budget the Alabama Senate will consider today, the Senate's budget chairman said this morning. Finance and Taxation Committee Chairman Arthur Orr, R- Decatur, told reporters this morning that the court system would also likely see…
“When fully implemented, these new changes will mark the most significant changes to Medicaid in Pennsylvania since the department first moved to mandatory managed care 18 years ago,” DHS Secretary Ted Dallas said. First, officials opened the bidding for new managed Medicaid contracts, which will require the winners to ensure that at least 30 percent of their…
Sept. 16– Cleveland Police Department officer Edwin Millan was arrested today and charged with insurance fraud. The grand jury charged Millan along with two others after an investigation by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the Bradley County Sheriff's Office and Georgia authorities. The night before, a car with tags registered to Millan was found on fire just…
BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 16, 2015/ PRNewswire-USNewswire/– Since racial and ethnic minorities make up a disproportionate share of US residents without health insurance, expanded coverage under the Affordable Care Act was expected to reduce disparities in the US health care system. By Stacey McMorrow, Sharon K. Long, Genevieve M. Kenney, and Nathaniel Anderson.
Sept. 16– Insurance firms J. Smith Lanier& Co. of West Point, Ga., and The Flowers Agency of Columbus have merged, with plans to consolidate their Columbus offices to Brookstone Centre office park by the middle of October. The merger, effective Sept. 1, brings together one of the oldest insurance companies in the U.S., with J. Smith Lanier founded just after the Civil War, and…
–XL Catlin's Specialty Insurance division is pleased to confirm the appointments of its regional insurance product leads– including Accident& Health, Aviation, Crisis Management, Equine& Livestock, Fine Art& Specie, Marine and Political Risk& Trade Credit– in its newly created Americas region. “Throughout the Americas, our brokers and clients will be impressed…
Sept. 16– CHEYENNE– A New Jersey man charged with aiding and abetting arson and several other crimes after the Hitching Post Inn caught fire five years ago has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit insurance fraud. Dharia appeared in a New York courtroom on Sept. 1 and pleaded guilty only to the fraud charge. Dharia's defense attorney, Robert S. Wolf of New York, said…
Entitle Direct Group, Inc., parent company of EnTitle Insurance Company, a nationwide title insurance and settlement services company, is to be featured on the award-winning home improvement show Designing Spaces airing on Lifetime Television. EnTitle Insurance Company's segment will appear Friday, September 18 at 7:00 AM. “We are excited about the…
A.M. Best has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ and the issuer credit rating of“ bbb-” of Global Liberty Insurance Company of New York.. Global is a subsidiary of Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc.. The ratings for Global reflect its expertise within the for-hire-livery vehicle market in the New York…
Sept. 16– WARRENSBURG– Warrensburg faculty members are beginning the school year under a new contract, in a refurbished building and with a new website. Before they left for summer break, the Board of Education approved a new four-year pact. The changes will save the district about $100,000 annually, according to Superintendent John Goralski.
Sept. 16– The family of an elderly rural Jacksonville man says they are frustrated by what they see as a delay in bringing charges against someone in the theft of nearly $90,000 from the man. In the process of straightening out the error, Leroy Robinson Jr. noticed discrepancies. Leroy Robinson Jr. found what he said were forged checks for various amounts.
–BT today announced the global launch of “BT Assure Ethical Hacking for Finance,” a new security service designed to test the exposure of financial services organisations to cyber-attacks. The wealth of valuable and sensitive personal data held by financial organisations, such as retail and investor banks and insurance companies, makes them among the most…
But because Robert lives in Minnesota, one of the first states to launch a community paramedicine program, emergency medical technicians got involved. Today Robert still has his leg and credits the North Memorial Medical Center's community paramedics for saving it. Community paramedicine systems are popping up in Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri and…
Sept. 16– An early morning blaze that forced a Monessen family to flee their home Wednesday morning has been ruled arson. Dozens of firefighters were called to the 1200 block of McMahon Avenue 6:03 a.m. where flames and smoke were pouring from two homes. Monessen Municipal Fire Chief Chris Rhome said the blaze began on the first floor at a vacant house at 1213…
