By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Vitech, a leading provider of insurance administration software, announced that it will be presenting and exhibiting at the Operational Excellence in Insurance Summit, which will be held October 17-19 in Hartford, Connecticut. Vitech’s CEO, Frank Vitiello, will lead an informative session titled “…
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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, rapidly growing national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced it has acquired Kahn-Carlin Insurance, marking a dramatic expansion of its Florida operations three months after it entered the state with the acquisition of leading…
This is the fourth offering in the 2016 CICA webinar series. Panelists Peter Mullen, chief executive officer, Aon Captive and Insurance Management; and Derren Vincent, executive director, Willis Towers Watson- Gibraltar, will reviews Brexit’s potential implications on EU and United Kingdom financial markets and on world trade. Dennis Harwick, CICA president,…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Investment Weekly News– Jackson National Life Insurance Company ® announced the launch of Perspective Advisory, the company’s first fee-based variable annuity. Perspective Advisory offers the same investments and optional benefits, for an additional charge, as Perspective II ®, Jackson’s flagship…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Real Estate Weekly News– In the face of rising sea levels, more frequent and severe storms, and other climate change risks, flood-prone communities need to give greater consideration to strategic retreat through buyouts, a policy tool for removing residential development from the most vulnerable areas, according to new…
CHART is dedicated to growing the U.S./ London marketplace through the identification and pursuit of new business opportunities. Jim Masiello, the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Alliance Holdings, Inc. and the Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance will provide the keynote address on Tuesday. “We called our inaugural meeting in Philadelphia last year our’…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly Digest– STOPit, which provides a comprehensive, anonymous software platform that mitigates, deters and controls bullying, announced over 2 mm more students will have access to the app this school year, following implementation through strategic alliances with Great American Insurance Group, Bay…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Investigators discuss new findings in Risk Management. According to news reporting originating in Rondebosch, South Africa, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, “A topic of recent interest in financial risk management is the predictive accuracy of Value-at-risk models for adequate…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to a new nationwide study by insuranceQuotes, consumers save on average $314 per year by bundling their auto and homeowners insurance. Here are the states with the highest savings for bundling auto and homeowners insurance: 1. Louisiana- $584 2. Oklahoma- $541 3. Texas- $473 4. Kansas- $444…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Scott Preston was recently recognized as National Western Life Insurance Company’s leading Life Insurance agent for 2015. Mr. Preston is a second generation advisor for family-run Preston Investments, based in Kingman, Arizona. National Western Life’s Domestic Chief Marketing Officer, Brian…
The board of aldermen voted at its at its Sept. 13 meeting to renew its health insurance coverage with Leslie “Les” Smith of LS& Associates in Southaven at the board’s Sept. 13 meeting. At Tuesday’s meeting, Sarah Smith again made a motion to rescind the LS& Associates, saying she had received more communication from members of the public on the topic of insurance than…
Sept. 30– Much fussing has been made of late over the City of Natchez’s decision to quickly renew a health insurance contract with the city’s existing provider. A competing provider claimed their own proposal could save the city approximately $900,000 in annual premiums. Aldermen didn’t bother spending any time to really find out if that claim was true.
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Western National Insurance Group, a private mutual insurer, and Guidewire Software, Inc., a provider of software products to Property/Casualty insurers, announced that Western National has selected Guidewire ClaimCenter ® as its new claims management system and Smart Communications™ for…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest– Biocom, the association representing the California life science industry announced that members of the Beyond Benefits Trust, the only bona fide life science health insurance trust in California, will see a 1.4 percent decrease in their health insurance rates for the 2017 calendar year.
Seventeen different health insurance agencies located across Minnesota will serve as MNsure broker enrollment centers during the 2017 open enrollment period, MNsure announced today. Selected sites will combine marketing efforts to encourage Minnesotans to visit the walk-in sites throughout the open enrollment period, November 1, 2016 January 31,…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Investigators discuss new findings in Diabetes. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from St. Louis University, “This is a cross-sectional, secondary analysis of the 2009-2010 and 2011-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of adults aged 18 to 64 years with…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest– Tufts Health Plan announced it is rated 5 out of 5 by the National Committee for Quality Assurance on its annual rating of private health insurance plans. Tufts Health Plan’s Medicaid plan achieved a 4.5 rating by NCQA. The NCQA ratings, which rate 500 private commercial plans and close to 200…
Sept. 30– You thought you were bummed about the Royals not making the playoffs? Imagine being a parent who has to explain to a 2 year old that there will be no World Series appearance by the Royals this year. Stella loves a lot of things, even the tiny powder-blue Royals dress her parents found.
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Investment Weekly News– CNA announced the appointment of Paul Larson to Senior Vice President, Financial Institutions and Management Liability, effective October 3, 2016. Larson joins CNA with more than 24 years of insurance industry experience, most recently serving as Executive Vice President for Chubb, where he was…
