Regional news: Archive for June, 2009
Guardian Disability Insurance Brokerage, a regional insurance brokerage, has added seven agents and doubled the size of its Rockville, Md., offices, buoyed by increased sales despite a flagging economy.
The brokerage’s ... Read → Read Story
Employee benefits provider Unum has introduced a new product for small and mid-sized businesses across New York to help control costs, simplify administration and offer flexible benefits choice, the company ... Read → Read Story
Indicating private insurers operate with “little oversight of their coverage and payment decisions,” one congressman is urging the creation of a government-run, national health insurance exchange.
John "Jay" Rockefeller
Sen. John ... Read → Read Story
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has selected its first Distinguished Scholar in Insurance Regulation, a professor from Temple University who will play a key role in the organization’s Center ... Read → Read Story
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has signed legislation into law that requires private insurers to cover prosthetic devices.
Kaine, a Democrat, signed SB 1116 into law with a series of bills addressing ... Read → Read Story
Pittsburgh, Pa.-based health insurer Highmark says it remains “financially strong,” in light of A.M. Best shifting its outlook to “negative” for the parent company and two of its health subsidiaries.
The ... Read → Read Story
The combined ratio for the total U.S. property-casualty sector was 0.8 points higher in the first quarter of this year than the same quarter last year.
The combined ratio was 100.6, ... Read → Read Story
Recognizing in part the companies’ market presence and brand name recognition, A.M. Best has upgraded the ratings of two of UnitedHealth Group‘s subsidiaries in New York and New Jersey.
The ratings ... Read → Read Story
U.S. application activity for individually underwritten life insurance dropped 3% in May compared to the same period last year, according to the MIB Life Index.
The worst decrease was among the ... Read → Read Story
Atradius, which includes a trade credit insurance division, plans to move its main United States headquarters.
The company’s real estate broker, Cushman & Wakefield, announced that the firm has signed a ... Read → Read Story
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