N.C. commissioner appoints 21 insurance agents to act as his advisors

North Carolina's insurance commissioner appointed 21 members of the Agent Advisory Committee, charged with working together to discuss how best to handle insurance issues affecting the industry and consumers in the state.  Read Story

Creating a 'dream team' of advisors who can help you reach the next level of success requires careful consideration, planning and weeding out, an expert explains.  Read Story

Multi-state licensing a reality for most insurance agents

A plurality of insurance agents and financial service professionals are licensed in more than one state, according to the latest IFAwebnews.com poll.   Read Story

Pa. agent surrenders license after improper association plan sales

A Lancaster, Pa., man recently surrendered his Pennsylvania insurance license after regulators determined that he was involved in the sale of association health plans that did not have proper certification.  Read Story

The North Carolina Senate is scheduled to vote today (March 28) on a bill that would charge employees and teachers a monthly insurance premium to close revenue gaps in the state health plan.   Read Story

Aetna sues six N.J. doctors over ‘excessive’ out-of-network fees

Aetna sued six out-of-network doctors in New Jersey, whose bills for care for the insurer’s patients, including one for $56,980 for a bedside consultation, were “unlawful and excessive.”  Read Story

Businessman convicted in Va. in $100 million life-settlement fraud

A federal jury in Richmond, Va., convicted a Houston businessman for his role in a $100 million life-settlement fraud scheme that prosecutors say bilked more than 800 people in the U.S. and Canada.  Read Story

O’Malley: Health reform’s protections help Md. halt ‘harmful spiral’

A panel of Maryland and federal leaders marked the one-year anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act March 24 by extolling the law's consumer protections, especially those that concern women and children.  Read Story

Cigna to pay $1.2 million in fines, refunds for violations in N.C.

Cigna Healthcare of North Carolina agreed to pay more than $1.2 million in fines, refunds and credits to settle allegations of numerous violations state insurance regulators uncovered during a routine market conduct examination more than five years ago.  Read Story

Court: Insurer disregards fiduciary, good faith duties in annuities

A Racine, Wis., judge ruled that a Milwaukee-based insurance company breached contracts when it changed how dividends were paid on certain annuities.  Read Story