Regional news: 
Archive for December, 2010
A Queens, N.Y., man was arrested for allegedly hiding payroll information from the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) in an alleged workers’ compensation fraud case. Read Story
Lee Lutz is scared. The 66-year-old Garland woman has cancer between her esophagus and lungs and is being treated by the medical team at Texas Health Resources. But she worries ... Read → Read Story
The last 18 months of health reform debate and discussion produced one clear outcome, unlikely to be changed by Congress or courts. We have learned many in Washington, in the states and perhaps even carriers and consumers believe that the role of the agent isn’t important in the delivery of the health care system – and by extension all insurance transactions – and therefore expendable. Read Story
Aegon is discontinuing new sales of executive non-qualified benefit plans, as well as bank-owned and corporate-owned life insurance, in the U.S. Read Story
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure calling for an extension of Bush-era tax cuts for people making less than $250,000 a year. Read Story
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort is turning over 13,466 policies to four private companies, leaving about 119,000 policies under its control, insurance officials ... Read → Read Story
Premiums and deductibles have risen “sharply” since 2003 and are outpacing workers’ payroll increases, although the new health reform law may “reverse” the rate increases, according to a new report. Read Story
A deputy commissioner at the Virginia State Corporation Commission Bureau of Insurance was selected to replace Alfred W. Gross, who retires Dec. 31. Read Story
A West Trenton, N.J.-based insurance company is paying about $45.7 million in special dividends to its personal auto insurance policyholders. Read Story
The U.S. division of Aegon N.V. will be moving much of its Louisville, Ky., business into its Baltimore, Md., and Little Rock, Ark., offices. Read Story
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