Delaware fines Allstate, Encompass over handling of auto policies

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart fined Allstate Insurance Co. and Encompass Insurance Co. a total of $50,000 for violating state insurance laws, which the insurers blamed on computer problems.  Read Story

Virginia insurance brokerage sinks its teeth deeper into New York

The Hilb Group, a Glen Allen, Va.-based middle-market insurance brokerage, is expanding its New York presence, where it will focus on selling disability and life insurance products for the medical and dental communities.  Read Story

Harleysville Insurance and Nationwide merging operations

Pennsylvania-based Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. and Harleysville Group are merging with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.  Read Story

Raymond James’ units to pay $2.1 million over excessive commissions

Raymond James & Associates and Raymond James Financial Services agreed to pay restitution of $1.69 million after the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority found it charged unfair and unreasonable commissions.  Read Story

R. Steven Orr joined IWIF Workers’ Compensation Insurance as senior vice president of information systems, after serving for nine months as a consultant to the Towson, Md.-based workers' compensation insurer.  Read Story

FSOC to benefit from Woodall’s ‘deep knowledge’ of insurance

Two insurance industry trade groups voices satisfaction with the U.s. Senate's confirmation of former Kentucky insurance commissioner S. Roy Woodall to the Financial Stability Oversight Council because of his insurance expertise.  Read Story

The NAIFA LeHigh Valley Sales Caravan is scheduled for Oct. 20 at the Brookside Country Club, based in Macungie, Pa.  Read Story

Maryland group joins national health care coalition

The Annapolis, Md.-based Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative announced it will join a national coalition of health groups with the mission to enroll uninsured people under the federal health care reform in 2014.  Read Story

Large Medicare Advantage plan partners with American Cancer Society

The fourth largest nonprofit Medicare Advantage health plan in the U.S. is partnering with the American Cancer Society to provide its more than 130,000 members in California with cancer prevention and early detection messages.  Read Story

U.S. Supreme Court showdown on health reform law could come sooner

The U.S. government has said it will not appeal a federal court ruling on the federal health reform law, setting the stage for a faster U.S. Supreme Court, possibly as early as next summer.  Read Story