New database for lawyers designed to push for federal regulation of insurance

A recovery management company hoping to force federal regulation of the insurance industry has created a database for personal injury lawyers to obtain information on liability cases where insurers are ...  Read →  Read Story

New Jersey-based insurer named preferred provider for medical group

The Medical Device Manufacturers Association, based in Washington, D.C., has endorsed New Jersey-based Chubb Group of Insurance Companies as the preferred insurance provider for its members, which translates into a ...  Read →  Read Story

AMA files class-action suit against WellPoint over Ingenix database use

The American Medical Association and several other medical societies have filed a class-action suit against WellPoint Inc., alleging that the nation’s largest insurer participated in an industry-wide scheme to defraud ...  Read →  Read Story

Fraud probes net Maryland insurer 28 suspects, $3.3 million in 2008

Fraud investigations performed by IWIF Workers’ Compensation Insurance, the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, led to 28 suspects being prosecuted and the recovery of $3.3 million last year, it reported.

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TV and radio financial personality Suze Orman doesn’t just dislike variable annuities, she DETESTS them! But mention a 100% investment return following the death of a spouse, and watch Suze open ...  Read →  Read Story

Annuity suitability, disclosure requirements take effect April 1 in New Jersey

New suitability and disclosure rules for the sale of individual fixed deferred and immediate annuities go into effect in New Jersey April 1 and include a so-called 10-day free look ...  Read →  Read Story

Health insurance groups pitch premium changes, coverage for all to Congress

The heads of America’s Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association say they are willing to guarantee coverage to all Americans, despite pre-existing conditions, as one ...  Read →  Read Story

Capital BlueCross pushing CHIP awareness during ‘uninsured week’

Harrisburg, Pa.-based Capital BlueCross is stepping up its outreach efforts to Pennsylvanians to find our more about the Children’s Health Insurance Program during Cover the Uninsured Week, which ends March ...  Read →  Read Story

Less put away, retirement on delay, study indicates

The recession is trimming how much people can put toward retirement and forcing more people to delay the start of their post-work life, a new survey found.

The recession has required ...  Read →  Read Story

Agent satisfaction linked to customer claims notification, other carrier moves

Agents’ satisfaction with personal property-casualty insurance companies falls greatly when they are not notified quickly of a customer-filed claim.

When agents are notified on the same day that a claim is ...  Read →  Read Story