A new online tool from Zurich Integrated Products can help agents pre-qualify their clients for the company’s risk categories.

A subsidiary of Zurich North America Commercial, headquartered in Shamburg, Ill., the ...  Read →  Read Story

NAIC: Small business owners struggling with health coverage decisions

Small business owners need more insurance information, for they are struggling to both provide coverage and determine what plan would best fit their employees’ needs, according to the National Association ...  Read →  Read Story

Progressive enlists website developer to get agents online

Progressive Insurance plans to help its insurance agents create an online presence to attract more consumers by partnering with a national website developer.

The insurer, who sells through agents and directly ...  Read →  Read Story

Kansas, South Carolina tops in 529 College Savings Plan performance

The Schwab 529 College Savings Plans, sponsored by the state of Kansas, and South Carolina’s Future Scholar 529 College Savings Plan claimed top honors in a recent analysis of direct-sold ...  Read →  Read Story

GPAHU plans health care reform town hall meeting for Sept. 9

The Greater Philadelphia Association of Health Underwriters is planning a town hall meeting for its corporate partners Wednesday, Sept. 9, that it is billing as a “frank and open discussion ...  Read →  Read Story

Oklahoma agent arrested, charged with attempting Ponzi scheme

A former Oklahoma insurance agent faces a pair of felony charges for allegedly defrauding a couple out of more than $40,000 through a fictional company.

Richard Wallen of Yukon, Okla., was ...  Read →  Read Story

UnitedHealthcare to pay $536,000 fine, review 50,000 Missouri claims

A pair of St. Louis, Mo-based subsidiaries of UnitedHealthcare will pay $536,000 in fines and review 50,000 chiropractic claims it denied in 2004 in an agreement with Missouri regulators.

Through a ...  Read →  Read Story

Sen. Edward Kennedy’s death yesterday may be used to ignite calls for health care reform (read: health insurance reform), but in the end his death may mean the final dagger ...  Read →  Read Story

Pharmacy groups reach agreement on Delaware Medicaid reimbursements

A pair of national pharmacy groups plan to drop a suit against Delaware officials after reaching an agreement on Medicaid reimbursements to pharmacists for brand name drugs.

The National Association of ...  Read →  Read Story

Stakem Hornig promoted to deputy insurance commissioner in Maryland

A little over a year after joining the Maryland Insurance Administration, Karen Stakem Hornig was promoted to deputy insurance commissioner.

Karen Stakem Hornig

Maryland Insurance Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler announced the ...  Read →  Read Story