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Oct. 31– While Alamogordo Public School students had Friday off, they were able to get into the Halloween festivities by visiting City Hall and trick-or-treating among the different departments. Julianne Hall, Accounting Manager for the City of Alamogordo, said she feels City Hall's event was a safe alternative for children to trick-or-treat.

Adults who are younger than 65 can qualify for Medicaid through kynect. This means men, women and children can get Medicaid now even if they couldn't before! A family of three that makes less than $2,310 a month, or a single man with an income less than $1,354 a month, can now get Medicaid.

Oct. 30– Highmark Health paid former CEO William Winkenwerder $9.8 million in 2014, more than twice his compensation from the previous year. Winkenwerder, who worked at Highmark for less than two years and left in May 2014, received a total compensation of $4.5 million in 2013, according to Highmark Health tax returns. Winkenwerder's pay exceeded that of UPMC…

Oct. 30– WEST PALM BEACH– Nine years after a crash that claimed the life of a 51- year-old Loxahatchee father of two, his widow and the West Palm Beach man blamed for the fatal accident found themselves on the same side of a legal battle. After less than two hours of deliberations, a Palm Beach County jury this month found Geico Insurance acted in bad faith when it failed…

HAMMOND, La.& CHARLOTTE, N.C.—- Worley Claims Services, a recognized leader in insurance claims services in the United States, has announced the acquisition of RJMW Claims Services, Inc., a provider of daily and catastrophe residential and commercial property claims services based in Charlotte, North Carolina. “RJMW has an outstanding reputation and an expanding…

Oct. 30– The venomous caterpillar that stung Marci Montgomery in her Coral Gables garden in July has a nickname– “The $2,600 Worm”– because that's the amount of the bill she received for about four hours of treatment in the emergency room. Montgomery, 62, went to Coral Gables Hospital after a Florida puss caterpillar delivered a sting so painful that it felt as though…

For the second consecutive year, Freeway Insurance is partnering with some of the most well-known and trusted health insurers for the 2016 open enrollment period, which runs from November 1 through January 31. “With open enrollment upon us, we’ re delighted to once again have our stores serve as a trusted resource for consumers in need of healthcare coverage,” said…

A.M. Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- and the issuer credit rating of“ a-” of Cooperativa de Seguros Multiples de Puerto Rico. Concurrently, A.M. Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the FSR of A- and the ICR of“ a-” of CSM‘ s separately rated subsidiary, Real Legacy Assurance…

Effective Friday, Sherman-Kricker Insurance has become affiliated with the Berndt& Murfin Insurance Agency for all insurance services. He said Sherman-Kricker Insurance has been serving the Scioto County area since 1870. Sherman-Kricker Insurance will continue to operate at 820 Chillicothe Street between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday…

Fitch Ratings has assigned an' AAA' rating to the following Sugar Land, TX limited tax obligations:. In addition, Fitch affirms its' AAA' rating on $291.6 million of outstanding GOs and certificates of obligation. REGIONAL ECONOMY PARTICIPANT: The city is part of the expansive Houston metropolitan statistical area economy, which has outpaced the nation in job and…

BAYONNE, N.J., Oct. 30, 2015/ PRNewswire-USNewswire/– CarePoint Health, a fully integrated healthcare system that provides quality, patient-focused healthcare to residents of the Hudson County region, today announced that CarePoint Health– Bayonne Medical Center has been named an American College of Radiology designated center for lung cancer screening,…

New Jersey consumers looking to buy health insurance during the 2015-16 open enrollment period will, once again, have the convenience of shopping at a mall. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, for the second consecutive year, has opened kiosk locations– staffed with bilingual agents and offering one-on-one assistance– at four regional shopping malls…

Oct. 30– ELKHART– Brian Prugh says he has been treated better in the past two years as a bus driver for Elkhart Community Schools than he ever was in his 23 years on the police force. But one of the benefits that drew him to the job with the school district could soon be disappearing, and he has asked the Elkhart School Board to think carefully before executing the change.

In this A.M. BestTV episode from the final day of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America conference in Hollywood, FL, insurance leaders said premiums from cyber insurance could quadruple in four years, according to some estimates, which has insurers, brokers and reinsurers focusing on coverage. In addressing the issue of premiums in the…

Global Finance unveils its annual list of the best banks globally, regionally and by country. The winners have provided the best service to clients. By Denise Bedell, Rebecca Brace, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero, Anita Hawser, Tom Leander, Gordon Platt and Michael Shari.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp. series 2013-2 senior note at' AAAsf'. The credit quality of the trust collateral is high, in Fitch's opinion, based on the guarantees provided by the transaction's eligible guarantors and reinsurance provided by the U.S. Department of Education for at least 97% of principal and…

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30– The House Ways and Means Committee issued a report on legislation to amend section 5000 A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate. The bill, H.R. 2061, as reported by the Committee on Ways and Means, expands the religious conscience exemption from the…