Regional news: Archive for November, 2010
Life insurance companies, both primary and reinsurers, are expected to experience the effects of policies being sold to life settlement firms, a new analysis predicts. Read Story
Talking heads abound on cable news and talk shows, asking if the Republicans will try to repeal the health care overhaul law. It’s an exercise in how to get higher ratings for their shows, because the chance of repealing “Obamacare” is about as slim as a rookery of penguins taking up residence in the Sahara Desert. Read Story
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Sullivan announed his resignation Nov. 1, effective Nov. 15, when he will take a position at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hartford, Conn. Read Story
Annual malpractice insurance premiums for physicians in 2010 continue to be all over the map — literally — with carriers charging general internists as little as $3200 in ... Read → Read Story
Brokerage Concepts Inc. and a New Jersey-based payroll cost management company have announced a strategic alliance. Read Story
Crop insurance users will be learning new lingo and new policies for row crops in 2011, and if you have planted wheat, you already have an introduction to ... Read → Read Story
The American Legion, the nation’s largest war veterans’ service organization, criticized Prudential Insurance Co. of America’s handling of veterans benefits. Read Story
The number of small businesses offering health insurance to workers is projected to increase sharply this year, recent data show, a shift that researchers attribute to a tax ... Read → Read Story
Authorities charged 44 people alleged to be members of an Armenian-American crime group that “put the traditional Mafia to shame” with participating in what is believed to be the largest U.S. Medicare fraud scheme. Read Story
An Elmore County, Ala., tax return preparer was indicted in Alabama for allegedly using people’s personal information to steal $53,000 in tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service. Read Story
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