Sept. 25– With the Anthem-Cigna merger application in hand, state Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade told Connecticut's top ethics official Thursday that she will take action on the $54 billion deal rather than recuse herself from the case. Wade made her decision based on a strict reading of the law, as she outlined in a six-page letter to the chief of the…
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CFR Part: “40 CFR Parts 261, 262, 266, 268, and 273”. To facilitate compliance and to respond to these concerns, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to revise the regulations to improve the management and disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and tailor them to address the specific issues that hospitals, pharmacies and other…
SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency is withdrawing its proposed rule concerning proposed flood elevation determinations for Mercer County, New Jersey. FEMA-B-1153 to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC…
Sept. 25– BAY ST. LOUIS– Fiscal woes brought to light by auditors and ongoing budget failures have some city leaders contemplating the parting words of a municipal harbor commissioner who resigned nine months ago warning of a “public financial disaster.” The City Council on Thursday rejected– for the third time– the upcoming year's fiscal budget proposed by Mayor…
Office Address: Department of the Navy; Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Naval Medical Center San Diego; Bldg 134800 Bob Wilson Drive San Diego CA 92134-5000. Description: Department of the Navy. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
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For the 2014 insurer fee year, the affected insurers were supposed to send Form 8963 insurer fee returns to the IRS by April 15, 2014. PPACA Section 9010 calls for the IRS to impose penalties on insurers that filed their 2014 8963 forms after May 15, 2014. The IRS gave each insurer a Section 9010 fee bill estimate by June 13, 2014, and a final bill by Aug. 28, 2014.
Richard went on to say, “The pre-eminent solution to reduce the wasted billions of taxpayer dollars spent each year on readmissions would be to simply shift the Medicare and Healthcare Reform Act coverage to include non-medical home care for those high risk patients a reasonable length of time as a normal part of their coverage. It is not only my believe that it…
Barbarian Bail Bonds, a top-rated Orange County Bail Bonds service, recognizes that domestic violence and DUI arrests are common in Santa Ana. Upgrades to its Santa Ana page have therefore been released to provide key Information about the bail process for common offenses. “Santa Ana is a big city and most of our calls for a bail bonds service are for DUI and…
Sept. 25– The state of Georgia will eventually expand its Medicaid program “because the numbers are so compelling,” a health care economist for Georgia State Univer sity said Thursday at a policy forum in Augusta. William Custer spoke at the “Coverage and Access to Care: Local Focus on Augusta” forum on the potential for Medicaid expansion in Georgia.
Mercer has entered into a strategic alliance with Transamerica whereby Transamerica will acquire Mercer’ s US defined contribution administration book of business. Transamerica will also become Mercer’ s preferred DC record keeping provider. “We are looking forward to continuing Mercer’ s tradition of delivering excellent customer service to the defined…
De al strengthens Transamerica' s retirement platform and adds USD 71 billion in assets under administration. Aegon, through an affiliate of its Transamerica unit, has reached an agreement with Mercer HR Services, LLC to acquire Mercer's US defined contribution administration book of business. “This agreement with Mercer further strengthens…
Sept. 25– A Fayette Circuit Court jury on Thursday found former Lexington firefighter Jarad McCargo guilty on all counts, including first-degree assault, in connection with a 2014 hit-and-run crash that seriously injured an Army National Guard captain. The vehicle lurched backward, hitting Army National Guard Capt. In his closing argument, defense attorney…
Chris Holmes stepped down from his nine-year tenure as chief at the department's business meeting at the Pine fire station on Tuesday; he's been a township firefighter a total of 17 years, he added. On Thursday, 33- year-old Holmes headed to Pawleys Island, S.C., where on Monday he begins his career with Midway Fire Rescue. His wife and daughter will join him after the…
Sept. 25– The Buffalo Fire Department's highest honors will be presented to a firefighter and a lieutenant from Ladder 7 when the department holds its 125th annual award ball Friday evening in the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. The two men also will be added to the roster of the Police and Firemen's Insurance Association Heroes Hall of Fame, along with four…
We are very pleased to have Geoff join IFG and bring his deep casualty underwriting expertise, together with strong leadership and management capabilities, to oversee our renewal center and Hartford underwriting, “said Bob Linton, Chairman of IFG Companies. Before that, Geoff was the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Underwriting Officer of IronStarr Excess…
–Travel Insurance and Assistance in Europe investigates the market for stand-alone travel insurance and assistance in 20 European countries, namely, Austria, Belgium the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK. This market is estimated…
“Whether it is new high-tech surgical or diagnostic procedures replacing lower-cost options, or extremely high-cost specialty biotech drugs growing in popularity, plan sponsors still face significant challenges to manage medical plan cost trends to more sustainable long-term levels,” commented Edward Kaplan, National Health Practice Leader at The…
Great American Insurance Group is pleased to announce that James R. Niehaus was named Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of its Property and Casualty Group. Mr. Niehaus joined the Company in 2007 as Divisional Assistant Vice President within its Annuity Group. About Great American Insurance Group.
