HM Insurance to buy Mutual of Omaha’s stop-loss business

HM Insurance Group is going to acquire the stop-loss line of Mutual of Omaha, a move that catapults the subsidiary of Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Highmark Inc. to being one of the largest employer stop-loss carriers in the U.S.  Read Story

Derek Cooper of EarthNet in Roanoke, Va., will lead the Roanoke Claims Association for its 2010-2011 year.  Read Story

La. insurance agent busted for failing to remit $12,884 in premiums

An independent insurance agent from West Monroe, La., was arrested July 6 by Louisiana State Police after he allegedly failed to remit $12,884 in premium payments and other insurance law violations.  Read Story

In the same manner that he encouraged Congressional Democrats to pass health care reform legislation, President Obama is using a loophole to make a recess appointment to head up CMS, ...  Read →  Read Story

Health Net to pay $250,000 to Conn. over disk drive security breach

Health Net agreed to pay $250,000 to Connecticut to settle a case involving the May 2009 loss of a computer disk drive containing personal health information of up to 2 million health plan members.  Read Story

A former Transportation Security Administration officer at Gallatin Field will have to pay back more than $29,000 in workers’ compensation after federal investigators discovered he was exaggerating his injuries.

Insurance investigators are looking into whether a former Pebble Beach, Calif., resident owned world-class artwork reported stolen from his residence last fall, an attorney involved in the ...  Read →  Read Story

The trustee handling the bankruptcy of seven A&O investment funds plans on selling the life settlement portfolio as no near-term mortalities are expected, he said.

The top five companies in the Managed Health Care industry as measured by lowest relative performance, using an analysis based on yesterday’s trading activity as authors search for ...  Read →  Read Story

Nearly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment claims paid by N.J.

Recession-weary workers looking for a way to make a buck appear to have fraudulently turned to New Jersey's unemployment insurance for money over the last few years.  Read Story