Connecticut regulators have imposed a $74,500 fine on Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. after a number of violations found in a market conduct exam, including 39 individuals acting as producers for ...  Read →  Read Story

Federal judge gives Aetna’s statements a ‘safe harbor’

An investors’ case against Aetna Inc. for allegedly making false statements about the company’s “disciplined pricing strategies” to drive up its stock price several years ago has been thrown out ...  Read →  Read Story

Maryland man sentenced to prison for insurance claim tied to arson

A Dickerson, Md., man will spend 27 months in prison for his part in burning down an insured home near Washington, D.C., in an effort to collect insurance money.

Thomas Patrick ...  Read →  Read Story

Cherry Hill, N.J.-based American Collectors Insurance has added its 49th state, Alaska, to the list of states where it writes specialty insurance for collector vehicles and collectibles.

The company began in ...  Read →  Read Story

Concierge healthcare company to aid Virginia’s uninsured

Four doctors affiliated with healthcare company MDVIP are participating in a pilot program to provide a variety of services to about 50 uninsured residents in Northern Virginia.

Headquartered in Boca Raton, ...  Read →  Read Story

Former Arkansas agent arrested for allegedly selling fake coverage

A former Arkansas insurance agent was arrested for allegedly creating fake policies for a local company that thought it was buying workers’ compensation and general liability insurance.

In testimony before the ...  Read →  Read Story

A pediatric cardiologist and assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (surely not a novice or amateur)  wrote on Slate.com  about the failure of Massachusetts’ public ...  Read →  Read Story

What should life producers be doing when so many people are preoccupied with concerns about the future, the economy, looking for light at the end of the tunnel, jobs and ...  Read →  Read Story

Kanjorski says Obama’s plan supplants optional federal charter

Pennsylvania Rep. Paul Kanjorski said that if the Obama Administration’s proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency is passed, an optional federal insurance charter would be unnecessary.

Paul Kanjorski

“After this [is approved], ...  Read →  Read Story

During a recent press conference, President Obama was quoted by IFAwebnews.com  as saying that health care reform could help to “discipline” health insurance companies, just as a parent would an ...  Read →  Read Story