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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a trademark application has been made for “WILD KINGDOM” by Martha K. Zajicek, representing Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company. The owner/registrar information for this application is: Martha K. Zajicek,…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Energi, a leading provider of risk management and insurance services for the energy industry, last week hosted more than 1,100 policyholders, strategic partners, insurance brokers/agents and other interested parties at its fifth annual Risk Management and Insurance Summit in National Harbor,…

John Patrick Fennacy, 50, pleaded no contest Thursday to a felony charge of grand theft over $950, in exchange for prosecutors dismissing a criminal enhancement alleging he took property exceeding $65,000. In a complaint filed in February, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office alleged that Fennacy– whose now-defunct website had listed him as…

Oct. 29– One of the leaders of a family-run ring that tried to rip off more than $100 million in healthcare insurance payments by the city of Miami, Miami-Dade County public schools and numerous major companies was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday. But the judge pointed out that Castillo showed no remorse, repaid nothing to the victims and has a brother…

New Medicare and Medicaid Study Findings Have Been Reported by Researchers at Brown University. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Current study results on Medicare and Medicaid have been published. Patients were identified using diagnosis codes for ankle fractures from all 2008 part A Medicare claims, and those admitted to…

Oct. 29– Two Kennewick Public Hospital District commissioner seats are up for election, and the outcome could change the majority of the divided board. Longtime board member Victor V. Johnson faces challenger Don Campbell in the race for Pos. 4.. In a separate race, Mike McWhorter and Cedro Rodriguez are vying for a seat that's opening with the retirement of…

Oct. 29– BRADENTON– In a step designed to pre-empt a potential lawsuit, Manatee County School Board Audit Committee volunteers asked for assurance they'd be legally covered if anyone decided to sue them. The Audit Committee, which works with internal and external district auditors and presents information to the Manatee County School Board, was assured…

Portions of his Wolf Creek Ridge development are in the floodplain, said Dan Goncz, Gannett engineer on the project. All residents along Wolf Creek's floodplain have felt for years that paying for FEMA's pricey flood insurance is no longer justified– or cost could be reduced– since the removal of two dams in Pine and Grove City. Through Gannett, the borough has…

Oct. 29– A Bloomington mother who police say crashed a station wagon into the front of the Bloomington Bagel Co. Wednesday night was arrested on a preliminary charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Police say Kristina Mae Houston's four children were not properly restrained in car seats or booster seats when she struck the storefront just before 9…

North American Healthcare IT Market: EHR, RIS, PACS, VNA, CPOE, mHealth, Telehealth, Healthcare analytics, Supply Chain Management, Revenue Cycle Management, CRM, Claims Management- Forecast to 2020. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Investment Weekly News– Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “North American Healthcare IT Market by Product…

The Word& Brown General Agency, California’ s and Nevada’ s largest general agency focusing on group and individual and family insurance, has introduced the next generation of its online, proprietary quote engine, Quot-O-Matic ®. Offering brokers an easier way to quote, Quot-O-Matic includes functionality that automatically highlights benefit differences…

Oct. 29– MOOERS– Fire damaged a business in the Town of Mooers Wednesday night. Mooers Fire Chief Dan Dumas said the fire was reported by Dupee at 9:33 p.m. He reportedly was using a generator that was vented through a wall during a power outage, which caused the wall to catch fire. The Mooers Fire Department responded, assisted by crews from Hemmingford Fire…

Several recent high profile court and arbitration disputes reveal that common law trusts remain a popular tool for organizing domestic and international assets of Russian clients. 1 Thus, we may expect that the major changes in the taxation of foreign trusts in Russia, which occurred in 2015, will directly affect many existing and future wealth planning…

–Genworth Financial, Inc. today reported results for the period ended September 30, 2015. The company reported a net loss 1 of $284 million, or $0.57 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $844 million, or $1.70 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2014. Strategic Update As of September 30, 2015, the U.S. mortgage insurance business would be compliant with…

Kirby McInerney LLP Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Homeward Residential Holdings Inc., QBE Insurance Corporation and WL Ross& Co. Alleging a Scheme to Recoup Overstated Reimbursements for Force-Placed Insurance from Borrowers. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– The law firm of Kirby McInerney LLP announced that it has…

–Patriot Technology Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Patriot National, Inc., announced today that David Andrade has joined PatTech as Chief Marketing Officer. We are very pleased to have him join our team at this exciting point in our growth trajectory, “said Judith Haddad, President of Patriot Technology Solutions. “Insurance carriers are increasingly adopting…