Six senators tell leadership to ‘resist timelines’ on health reform

A group of six senators, representing both parties, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urging them to “resist timelines” set by ...  Read →  Read Story

Navigon Financial Group has named four people to its Glen Allen, Va., office.

Nick Cook joined the Glen Allen office as a financial adviser. He has been in the financial industry ...  Read →  Read Story

IIAM installs new officers for 2009-2010 term

The Independent Insurance Agents of Maryland installed its new officers for the 2009-2010 term at their annual installation dinner, held recently at the Turf Valley Resort in Ellicott City, Md.

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Kevin Sullivan is a lawyer and former Nevada Insurance Commissioner, and recently retired as the chief ethics and compliance officer for Allstate. According to Pittsburgh-based Compliance Assurance Corporation, Mr. Sullivan ...  Read →  Read Story

Obama seeks to reverse ‘tendency towards inertia’ in health care reform

President Barack Obama said that the move to reform health care in the United States is not about him or about politics, but a system that is “breaking American families.”

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French travel agencies, according to a Reuters report, have begun to induce summer holiday travelers with sunshine insurance, where they will use satellite photography to determine when cloud cover mars ...  Read →  Read Story

Pennsylvania regulators to investigate Blues’ competitive actions

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department is looking at the state’s four Blue Cross Blue Shield companies to determine whether they engaged in any anti-competitive or unfair trade practices, a move two ...  Read →  Read Story

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine named Neil Jasey as interim commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, replacing former head Steven M. Goldman, who recently resigned.

Jasey, 61, ...  Read →  Read Story

NAIC promotes domestic partners ‘getting smart’ about health benefit options

The association representing state insurance commissioners is encouraging domestic partners in all states “to get smart about their health care insurance.”

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has offered seven tips ...  Read →  Read Story

The owner of a Lake Hopatcong, N.J., paving company was indicted for allegedly failing to provide workers’ compensation coverage to his employees, according to the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office.

Mack ...  Read →  Read Story