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Archive for March, 2009
Partnerships between hospitals and employers could be a means to cutting health insurance costs, a new report suggests.
The report, released by Aegis Health Group, explores the growing market demand for ... Read → Read Story
A former employee of American International Group who stole nearly $500,000 from the insurer over a four-year period received a sentence of a year and a day in prison recently.
Stacey ... Read → Read Story
The soft commercial insurance market may be hardening, new data suggests.
Commercial insurance prices declined 3% in the fourth quarter of last year, the smallest reduction in the past two years, ... Read → Read Story
Noting its adequate risk-adjusted capitalization, A.M. Best has affirmed the ratings of Bridgewater, N.J.-based Allstate New Jersey Insurance Group and its members.
The ratings agency affirmed the insurer’s financial strength rating ... Read → Read Story
The largest corporate defined benefit retirement plans recorded record losses – more than $300 billion – last year, killing entire gains from the previous five years, new research shows.
The ongoing ... Read → Read Story
Kent Schwab & Associates, the largest Allstate insurance agency in Maryland, has partnered with a Washington, D.C., firm to launch a new website to aid its customers.
The insurance agency, with ... Read → Read Story
An Orange County, N.Y., man is accused of fraudulently collecting $11,360 in insurance payments after returning to work following his recovery from an injury.
New York State Police arrested Deron B. ... Read → Read Story
Calling testimony on the Ingenix out-of -network reimbursement database “profoundly troubling,” a Senate committee chairman called for more accountability by those responsible.
John "Jay" Rockefeller
Sen. John “Jay” Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), ... Read → Read Story
Larry Kane
Larry Kane, known as the “dean of Philadelphia television” will be the featured speaker at the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals’ 16th Annual ... Read → Read Story
A national nursing group says a reform measure offered by two health insurance groups to cover all Americans despite pre-existing conditions is essentially “blackmail,” since it comes with strings attached.
The ... Read → Read Story
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