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–The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced yesterday work that it will accomplish with Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies, Operation and Maintenance, and Mississippi River and Tributaries account funding provided for emergency recovery efforts in the Additional Supplemental Appropriations Disaster Relief Act, 2019, Public Law 116-20. The act was…

Sep. 27– Donna Schnell was doing what she loved, riding her motorcycle with her husband, when a suspected drunk driver crashed into them. “She was a wonderful person, and she didn’t need to die,” Donna’s twin sister, Diane Espel, said. Donna was a 54- year-old nurse at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center when she died.

Americans’ confidence in their ability to pay their credit card bills continued to decline in September, according to a new report from CompareCards.com, as fewer cardholders manage to pay their statement balances in full at the end of the month.

AM Best has removed from under review with developing implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ a-” of Sagicor General Insurance Inc.. These factors are supported by Sagicor General’ s strongest risk-adjusted capitalization, as measured by Best’ s Capital Adequacy Ratio, and the financial…

WEST PALM BEACH- A day after she got her driver’s license, Shayla Randle was driving her sisters home from church when she didn’t notice a man crossing Military Trail to catch a bus. This week, more than five years after Randle plowed into Charles Jacobus in what all agree was a horrible accident, a Palm Beach County jury ordered the young woman and her mother to pay…

Policy Analysis Inc., a Boston- based health-economics consultancy, today announced that the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review has released its first draft evidence report using PAI’ s new web-based economic modeling platform, hēRo3, since successfully concluding its pilot transparency initiative earlier this year. ICER’ s new evidence review…

–Welltower Inc. today announced a strategic collaboration with CareMore Health to improve care, outcomes and to reduce the total cost of care for the senior populations living in select Welltower communities. The initial focus of the collaboration will be to integrate CareMore’s clinical programs and onsite care models at Welltower communities in Los…

–Arthur J. Gallagher& Co. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Bloomfield Hills, Michigan- based LSG Insurance Partners. Founded in 1968, LSG Insurance Partners has grown to become a leading independent insurance, risk management and consulting services agency in Michigan. Jay Schreibman, Todd Preston and their associates will…

—Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods showed a slight increase in August but a key sector that tracks business investment plans declined, likely reflecting fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade wars. Orders for durable goods edged up 0.2% in August after a much bigger 2% gain in July, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

This episode addresses the present and future of vocational rehabilitation claims for those with disabilities in the United States and Canada, including: the factors considered in processing them; differences in the way the two countries handle them; and their impact on the insurance industry. The podcast features expert service provider Dan Thompson,…

Fire Department President Patrick F. Mahar announced at the September village Board of Trustees meeting Thursday evening that after two meetings this week, the Fire Department Board Directors voted to let the team go, except in name. Their moneys will be turned over to the fire department and managed by the fire department, ” Mr. Mahar said. “I think this should put…

It is hard to see how the prime minister’s plans to raise the higher-rate threshold in income tax from pound sterling50, 000 to pound sterling80, 000 and to raise the point at which people start paying National Insurance contributions meet those criteria. New analysis by IFS researchers shows that an pound sterling80, 000 higher-rate threshold would cost…

–Advanced Medical Pricing Solutions, the pioneer in cost containment for the self-insurance industry, announced today a comprehensive cost containment solutions suite that will help self-funded employers significantly control healthcare costs in 2020. The AMPS All In One program brings significant results, quickly, “said Gordon Larson, Vice President of…

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness today released a new report that examines insurance capital standards and discusses one of the chief proposed methods of estimating insurance group capital, the aggregation method, currently under development by U.S. regulators. The assets of U.S. insurance firms alone total…

—The White House and the Justice Department learned about a CIA officer’s concerns about President Donald Trump around the same time the individual filed a whistleblower complaint that is now at the center of an impeachment inquiry, according to a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter. The intelligence official initially filed a…