Obama taps Pa. Insurance Commissioner Ario to create health exchanges

Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner, Joel Ario, is taking a position in the Obama Administration, where he will direct the creation of health exchanges.  Read Story

Let’s start with the truth. Not all clients like to give referrals. For some of your clients, you could run into a burning building and save their children, and they still wouldn’t give referrals. And you know what? This has nothing to do with you. It’s their “stuff” around referrals. It’s their fear, or guardedness, or past bad experience that keeps them from playing the referral game. It is not a reflection on you and your relationship with them.  Read Story

They just keep coming and coming. Almost every day for the last few weeks, an insurance agency has been sold. Sometimes it’s more than one. Deal after deal after deal. Employee benefits firms, small agencies. And more deals for insurance agencies can be expected, industry experts say.  Read Story

California’s get-tough law on illegal rescissions takes effect Aug. 18

California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said new regulations designed to combat illegal rescissions will go into effect on August 18.  Read Story

A Pennsylvania man convicted of killing his business partner in 1996 to collect on his $650,000 life insurance policy has won a new trial.  Read Story

New York program administrator adds client services division

Brownyard Group recently formed a new division, Brownyard Client Services, dedicated to serving as a facilitator between agents and brokers, and its underwriting claims team.  Read Story

She started working in the industry in 1976, constantly taking classes to stay abreast of information. The initiative and devotion paid off, earning her six professional designations ranging from Chartered Property ...  Read →  Read Story

Brown & Brown buys Washington, D.C.-area employee benefits firm

Brown & Brown has acquired Synergy Benefits, a Potomac Falls, Va., employee benefits firm serving the greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.  Read Story

After raising premiums an average of 3.8 percent this year on all seniors with Medicare supplemental policies, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan announced Friday it wants to lower Medigap premiums for ...  Read →  Read Story

The Washington area has a large number of affluent residents — people with income of $250,000 or more. Merrill Lynch Wealth Management recently surveyed a sampling of these individuals for its ...  Read →  Read Story