OnSource has recently partnered with Smart Picture Technologies to improve the speed and accuracy of collecting and recording measurements, right from the photo. “Smart Picture has created powerful solutions in the home improvement and real estate industries so we're very enthusiastic to bring SmartPicture to the insurance industry, as well,” says founder…
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ClearView Risk Holdings said that Robin Page has joined Southwest Risk to serve as a Vice President and Broker. According to a release from the Company, Robin will work out of Southwest Risks' Dallas office. Robin began his insurance career with Chubb in 1973 as a property, inland marine and package underwriter in Dallas.
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, a subsidiary of Quality Systems, has entered into an agreement with Reno Sparks Tribal Health Center. “In our extensive search for another system, we found that NextGen Healthcare offers the only solutions designed to not only meet, but exceed the specific reporting requirements for our organization.
Ward is succeeding Isadore Jermyn, who, after a 34- year career with MassMutual- more than a decade of which was spent as Chief Actuary- is retiring. Ward, MassMutual's Chief Enterprise Risk Officer since 2007, has a tremendous track record as an active leader in several chief risk officer and industry groups involved with the evolution of enterprise risk…
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 Cno Financial Group, Inc. was posted on May 15, 2015. A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing is a formal document or financial statement…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance announced that it has named Paul Emerson as Head of Liability Claims in Canada. “As an attorney with extensive experience handling casualty, executive and professional lines claims, Paul will play an integral role leading our liability claims operation in…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Business Weekly– CGI announced that it has joined forces with Baseline Telematics, a provider of usage-based insurance solutions, to integrate Baseline's end-to-end UBI platform with CGI's industry-leading Ratabase rating engine. Baseline Telmatics' technology already is being used successfully, often…
Findings on Health Insurance Reported by Investigators at Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest– Current study results on Health Insurance have been published. The study will examine MLR values and the use of this tool by regulators of VHI in Israel.
We live in a true information age. So I could relate to what Patricia Ennis, CSP, ARM, the outgoing president of the American Society of Safety Engineers, had to say about the organization’ s greatest successes and challenges in the past year. Her employment includes work in the construction and insurance industries, and as director of workplace safety for the…
May 28– San Bernardino County has won a prolonged legal battle with one of its insurers. The California State Association of Counties Excess Insurance Authority paid the county $14 million to cover a portion of a controversial $102 million legal settlement in 2006 between the county and a local developer. The settlement ends a nearly 10- year legal dispute…
May 28– WILKES-BARRE– The head of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania stands to walk away with a hefty payout when the nonprofit health insurance company merges with Highmark Inc.. The details of the compensation for Denise Cesare were contained in the May 19 report of Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P., a financial adviser to the Pennsylvania Insurance…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance announced that it is introducing the Crime Protection Policy and the Executive Impersonation Coverage endorsement for large public and private companies in Canada. “Designed by BHSI executives with more than three decades in the fidelity and crime…
Major improvements were engineered this year for both mental health and nursing home care in Minnesota. That's the largest investment of new funding in mental health in state history and will go a long way toward establishing something that's been lacking– an integrated system of services that can respond appropriately to mental illness, whenever or…
May 27– Nearly a month ago, Chief Fred Crosby made plans to retire from Horry County Fire Rescue. But when he met with County Administrator Chris Eldridge, the two decided the announcement should wait until after Atlantic Beach Bikefest. Eldridge said Deputy Chief Scott Thompson will assume Crosby's post until a replacement is named.
It will take months for some to recover from Tuesday night's tornado that hit a Beavercreek retail district and nearby neighborhood, but one Greene County official said that still will be quicker than similar natural disasters in the area. “In Beavercreek, it was fewer houses and the damage was lots of trees and roofs. Beavercreek does not use tornado sirens to…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Business Weekly– Aflac announced that effective immediately it has promoted Matthew D. Owenby from vice president, Human Resources, to senior vice president, chief human resources officer. Owenby joined the company in early 2012 as vice president of HR Business Partners, bringing with him more than a decade of…
Studies from University of Texas Update Current Data on Rheumatoid Arthritis. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Investigators publish new report on Autoimmune Diseases and Disorders. The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Texas, “To examine patient sociodemographics, medication use…
The insurance company that paid more than $13 million for two Jacksonville- area golf courses as an investment in the 1990 s has sold them for $2.7 million. Pacific Life Insurance Co. once paid $7.75 million for Windsor Parke off Hodges Road in Jacksonville and $5,395,518 for Champions Club at Julington Creek on Durbin Creek Boulevard in St. Johns County.
May 27– HARRISBURG– Highmark Health Plan President Deborah Rice-Johnson on Wednesday denied a UPMC claim that the insurer owes the hospital system $100 million for oncology drugs and services. Rice-Johnson denied an accusation that Highmark increased its rates for Medicare Advantage coverage since the consent decree took effect. UPMC put vulnerable…
