June 30– PROVIDENCE, R.I.– Legislation approved unanimously by the Senate to enshrine the Affordable Care Act protections in Rhode Island law appears to be dead on arrival in the House, according to the bill’s House sponsor. Supporters of the legislation– including the health insurance commissioner and the top executives of the Office of Health and Human…
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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Investment Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. was posted on June 15, 2017. The SEC file number is 0000899243-17-016506.. A U.S. Securities and Exchange…
The insurance industry added only 1,800 jobs in May according to preliminary numbers reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Economic Situation Report released on Friday, June 2, 2017. “Insurance job growth slowed last month after adding 7,700 jobs in April,” said Jay Rollins, owner of the insurance employment website InsuranceJobs.com.
WASHINGTON- Senate Republican leaders considered keeping one of former President Barack Obama’s big tax increases on wealthier Americans and using the money to fatten proposed subsidies for the poor in a bid Thursday to placate moderate GOP lawmakers and salvage their struggling health care bill. To do so, a company would also have to sell a policy that…
New Findings from University of British Columbia in Health Insurance Provides New Insights. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Investigators discuss new findings in Health Insurance. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of British Columbia, “We compared data on the 2015 volume and cost per…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– XL Catlin continues to expand its inland marine field operations with the addition of Russell Crooks as Vice President, National Inland Marine Director, based in San Francisco and Maria Klein as senior underwriter in Baltimore. According to Michael Perrotti, Senior Vice President and Inland…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Josh Holmes, Executive Vice President of Business Development, RowdMap, Inc. will be presenting on how to quantify the amount of low-value care being delivered by provider networks and how health plans and providers can work together to adopt proven value-based approaches in a presentation…
In his fourth straight jury trial victory on behalf of a Chartwell client in a premises liability case, John M. Wutz, Esquire of Chartwell’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Moorestown, New Jersey offices, obtained a complete defense verdict on behalf of PetSmart, Inc. in the case of Kim Yazujian v. PetSmart, Inc., et al., in the United States District Court for the…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– Fresh data on Surgery- Bariatric Surgery are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Ann Arbor, Michigan, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, “To examine the relationship between hospital outcomes and expenditures in patients undergoing bariatric…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Investment Weekly News– Bank of the West has been named to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s first-ever rankings of the Best Banks in the U.S. To identify the creme de la creme, the magazine picked a winner and runner-up among national banks, nationally available credit unions and internet banks, plus the best bank in each of…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health& Medicine Week– MidOcean Partners, a premier middle market private equity firm focused on consumer and business services, announced it has acquired a significant controlling interest in Affinity Dental Management Holdings LLC, in partnership with Affinity’s management and certain founders of affiliated…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Computer Weekly News– Kespry, the leading aerial intelligence platform provider, announced that it is moving deeper into vertical markets with its formal entry into the insurance sector. The move allows Kespry to extend its end-to-end and easy-to-use enterprise drone platform by offering insurance specific…
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 “AI SOUTH” by Elizabeth Pearce, representing American International Group. The owner/registrar information for this application is: Elizabeth Pearce, American…
Bart Stupak, Esq., an attorney and former state trooper who served Michigan’s First District in the US Congress for nearly two decades, has completed his new book “For All Americans: The Dramatic Story behind the Stupak Amendment and the Historic Passage of Obamacare”: a fascinating story bringing the daily realities of Congress to life and the courage of a small…
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Computer Weekly News– Guidewire Software, Inc., a provider of software products to Property and Casualty insurers, and The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, which provides coverage to over 2 million policyholders in Canada and the United States, announced that Wawanesa has successfully completed its core system…
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp led about 15 Democratic senators on the floor of the U.S. Senate in calling on Republicans to work with them to pass commonsense legislation to immediately provide certainty in the health care marketplaces and lower premiums for consumers. Similar provisions were included in the Senate Republican health care bill, reinforcing…
Congressman Terri A. Sewell cosponsored the introduction of H.R. 3044, bipartisan legislation that allows Medicare Advantage insurance plans to offer a wider array of benefits to chronically ill enrollees. The legislation waives uniformity requirements among Medicare Advantage plans and allows insurers to offer plans better tailored to meet the…
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 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc. was posted on June 15, 2017. The SEC file number is 0001387131-17-003266.. A U.S. Securities and Exchange…
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 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc. was posted on June 19, 2017. The SEC file number is 0001387131-17-003307.. A U.S. Securities and Exchange…
