Independent insurance agency to N.J., Pa., N.Y. launches new website

Florham Park, N.J.-based ADP Statewide Insurance has launched a new website at www.adpinsurance.com.  Read Story

‘Common sense’ workers’ comp. bill for LLCs becomes law in Pa.

A bipartisan bill providing broader workers’ compensation coverage to previously ineligible business entities in Pennsylvania was signed by Gov. Tom Corbett last week.  Read Story

HCC Insurance makes move to boost stop-loss sales in self-funded market

HCC Insurance Holdings said that its subsidiary, Perico Life Insurance Co., combined its operations with HCC Life Insurance Co.  Read Story

Arizona got a reluctant go-ahead from federal health officials Friday to cap enrollment for a portion of the state’s Medicaid program, putting health care for thousands of Arizonans ...  Read →  Read Story

New Medicare, Medicaid share-savings program confounding payers

Executives of hospitals, health systems and payer organizations are hesitant to participate in a new Medicare and Medicaid sharing savings program, a new survey says, because it would be a “complex transformation.”  Read Story

NAIC group favors freeing agent commissions from health reform’s MLR

A task force in an association of state insurance commissioners has endorsed a bill in Congress that would exclude insurance agent and broker compensation from health reform's medical loss ratios.  Read Story

Three Fla. Insurance agency workers accused in auto fraud scheme

Three Tampa, Fla., insurance agency employees were arrested for an alleged insurance fraud scheme involving the theft of thousands of dollars in auto insurance premiums.  Read Story

ROCKFORD — When it comes to workers’ compensation, close was good enough for the Illinois Legislature and the state’s business community.