A co-worker asked a slightly humorous — but equally disturbing question — regarding the reported potential takeover of parts of AIG by the federal government: “Are we becoming the United ...  Read →  Read Story

An email found its way into my Inbox from an insurance agent who apparently is out of the office and has set up an auto-response for clients who email. Here’s ...  Read →  Read Story

It wasn’t a “sleeper hold,” but rather a holding cell, that professional wrestler Michael “Mike” Taris found himself in after being charged with insurance fraud by the Pennsylvania attorney general, ...  Read →  Read Story

Federal judge approves $88 million insurance bid-rigging settlement

A federal judge in Newark, N.J., has approved $88 million in settlements regarding a bid-rigging case that alleged several national insurance brokers conspired with carriers to manipulate the market.

In the ...  Read →  Read Story

In his first remarks to a joint session of Congress in a pseudo-State of the Union address, President Obama vowed that health care reform would come within a year, but ...  Read →  Read Story

American International Group Inc. is asking the federal government to lessen the insurer’s bailout burden, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal. Yes, that burden. The one where ...  Read →  Read Story

CREDIT INSURANCE: Giving agencies another tool for courting clients

Insuring accounts receivable ensures business will be around tomorrow.  With the economic climate changing dramatically for the worse over the last six months, your client’s business should have a strategy ...  Read →  Read Story

The Atlanta Braves are taking part of their spring training focus off the baseball diamond and into a courtroom.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says the team is suing the Hartford Life Insurance ...  Read →  Read Story

Employers with 20 or more full-time (or full-time equivalent) employees face a slew of new regulations regarding COBRA, thanks to new provisions in the economic stimulus legislation signed by President ...  Read →  Read Story

Kansas Governor, and former insurance commissioner, Kathleen Sebelius is the “top choice” for the next secretary of health and human services, according to a report in the New York Times.

The ...  Read →  Read Story