House Bill 2740, which would establish pre-authorization standards for all Hawaii health insurers, was heard Wednesday by a conference committee, but deferred until 10 a.m. today as legislators try to come to a compromise on a final version of the bill. Legislators drafted the measure after the Honolulu Star-Advertiser wrote a story in January about a new…
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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics& Government Week– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a patent application by the inventors DeRoo, Donna; Hensleit, Allison; Hart, Ashley, filed on October 10, 2014, was made available online on April 21, 2016. The assignee for this patent application is…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Investment Weekly News— JenCap Holdings, LLC, a consolidator of specialty insurance distribution and program management businesses, including managing general agencies, specialty program underwriters, transactional wholesale brokers and captive managers, has acquired specialist MGA and wholesaler…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Findings from a recent survey conducted by AgileHealthInsurance.com, the Internet’s first site dedicated to helping consumers understand the value of term health insurance, show that Americans overwhelmingly lack confidence that their health care costs will decrease, regardless of who…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health& Medicine Week– Brighter, a healthcare software company that helps health insurers transform passive patients into active healthcare consumers, announced that it has raised $21 million in Series D financing led by General Catalyst Partners with participation from DAG Ventures and existing investors,…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Investigators publish new report on Nose Diseases and Conditions. According to news reporting originating from Chunan, South Korea, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, “To investigate trends in the prevalence of allergic disease over a 9- year period. Our news editors obtained a…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Bioterrorism Week– In addition to helping stop the genocide of Christians and others now taking place in the Middle East, the United States must act to prevent its recurrence and to assure the future of the affected communities, according to testimony offered to members of Congress by Carl Anderson, CEO of the Knights of…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Winter’s grasp is slowly but surely letting go with warmer weather on the way for most of the country. “Potholes can destroy tires, throw off a car’s alignment or worse,” said Pam Dufour, president of Allstate Roadside Services. Keywords for this news article include: Financial Companies, The Allstate…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Investigators discuss new findings in Medicare and Medicaid. According to news reporting originating in Columbia, South Carolina, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, “PurposeDual-eligible beneficiaries represented 19% of Medicare and 14% of Medicaid enrollment in 2009.
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 “MUTUAL CARE” by Martha K. Zajicek, representing Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company. The owner/registrar information for this application is: Martha K. Zajicek, Mutual…
The Dentists Insurance Company, a subsidiary of the California Dental Association, today announced it has signed a letter of intent with Moda to acquire Dentists Benefits Insurance Company, Dentists Benefits Corporation and Northwest Dentists Insurance Company. More than 18,000 dentists in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada,…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Transamerica Advisors Life Insurance Co was posted on April 14, 2016. The SEC file number is 0001193125-16-541697.. A U.S. Securities and Exchange…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. announced that it has completed the sale of Sirius International Insurance Group, Ltd. to a subsidiary of CM International Holding Pte. Ltd., the Singapore- based investment arm of China Minsheng Investment Corp., Ltd. The gross estimated purchase price paid…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Pain& Central Nervous System Week– Fresh data on Palliative and Supportive Care are presented in a new report. According to news reporting out of Winnipeg, Canada, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Compassion is frequently referenced as a hallmark of quality care by patients, health care providers, health care…
When older spouses become eligible for Medicare, however, many of them can no longer provide their younger spouses with coverage. ” Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Middle Tennessee State University, “In this paper, we study how spousal eligibility for Medicare affects the health insurance and health care access of younger spouses.
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest– Health Net Federal Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation, announced its call center operations earned the ranking of first place for large call centers in BenchmarkPortal’s Top 100 Call Center Contest. “Earning first place among large, high-performing call centers…
Findings from University of Minnesota Provides New Data about Medicare and Medicaid. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest– Data detailed on Medicare and Medicaid have been presented. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Minnesota, “The 9201 lobbyists working on health care reform in…
“Because I knew what it probably was,” Holland said last week, a day after his girlfriend died in a car accident during her morning commute from Bluffton to Savannah. That road and S.C. 170 are two routes Bluffton commuters might take to travel to jobs in parts of Jasper County or Savannah. Last year, there were 126 reported collisions on the roughly 11- mile stretch of…
Principal Life Insurance Co Separate Account B Files SEC Form APP NTC, 40-APP Notice (Apr. 14, 2016)
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Principal Life Insurance Co Separate Account B was posted on April 11, 2016. The SEC file number is 9999999997-16-022217.. A U.S. Securities and Exchange…
