Regional news: Archive for May, 2011
A national insurer announced that it will offer dental benefits plans to people in New York, including New York City, Albany and Rochester, as part of its continuing dental plan expansion. Read Story
Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia's attorney general who argued an appeal challenging the federal health reform law, predicted after the hearing in Richmond today (May 10) that the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to rule on the controversial case in June 2012. Read Story
Lawmakers have given early approval to a bill to reform the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, a quasi-governmental insurer of last resort that has been the subject of ethics ... Read → Read Story
American International Group (AIG), the global insurer that at one point was 92% owned by the U.S. government after a $182 billion bailout, is taking legal action concerning billions of dollars it allegedly lost due to mortgage-related fraud. Read Story
A three-judge federal appeals panel is scheduled today (May 10) to hear arguments in the first major challenges of the federal health reform law passed last year. Read Story
The U.S. Treasury Department intends to create a Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance as part of the new Federal Insurance Office created under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Read Story
Philadelphia-based Lincoln Financial Group said its Lincoln Small Business area has increased its group group size to 2-14 lives. Read Story
Is the increase in individual life insurance sales signs of a positive economic trend, or a blip on the radar? [More...] Read Story
A Pennsylvania House committee approved a bill that would impose stricter driving and licensing restrictions for 16 and 17 year olds. Read Story
The North Carolina General Assembly is considering a bill that would allow insurance companies to charge rates based on the amount of miles the policyholder drives. Read Story
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