Pennsylvania
Wharton School extends partnership on CEBS designation
The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania have reaffirmed their partnership and commitment to providing the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist designation.
The … Read →
An insurance agent with Byham’s Insurance Services in Meadville, Pa., said he is considering a run for the Pennsylvania’s Third District Congressional seat in 2010.
Steve Fisher
Steve Fisher, a … Read →
Insurance scam parks Philadelphia tow-truck driver in prison
A Philadelphia tow-truck driver was sentenced to 87 months in state prison for his part in a scheme to fake dozens of auto accidents and acts of vandalism to cheat … Read →
Philadelphia warming to high-deductible health plans
Interest in high-deductible health plans appears to be growing in the Philadelphia area after several years of slow sales.
Independence Blue Cross, a Philadelphia-based health insurer covering the five counties surrounding … Read →
Brokers can now access a number of services at the click of a mouse at the Kistler Tiffany Benefits website.
The Berwyn, Pa.-based employee benefits consulting firm debuted a new website … Read →
Coventry First, a Fort Washington, Pa.-based life settlement firm, is an example of much of what’s wrong with the life settlement industry, according to a Florida regulator’s testimony at a … Read →
New York jazz center wants $327,500 pledged by insurance executive
A performing arts center for jazz in New York says a Pennsylvania insurance executive owes it $327,500 of a promised donation.
Jazz at Lincoln Center, the world’s largest performing-arts center for … Read →
The Insurance Professionals of Lancaster County will hold its monthly dinner meeting Tuesday, May 19, at the Heritage Hotel on Centerville Road in Lancaster, Pa.
The focus of the meeting will … Read →
The publisher of IFAmedia, which has provided news to regional insurance and financial service professionals in print and online since March 1998, is launching a New Jersey edition of Insurance … Read →
Citing factors including its diversified business profile and marketing for an array of life insurance products, A.M. Best has affirmed the ratings of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. and … Read →

Federal health reform would add 10,000 jobs, $4.4 billion to Calif.
Lautenberg, Rubio want to cap TRICARE fees for military retirees
Health care cost at all-time high, despite lower rate of increase

Life insurers sell shares in British tech firm to Pa. company
FINRA estimate for IA SROs excludes monetary, administrative details
Most insurance agencies seeing better results than last year

Pa. broker adds $181,000 commission to $2.1M false insurance invoice
A.M. Best rates Pa.-based insurer’s outlook ‘negative’
With five-year plan stuck, House passes new short-term NFIP extension


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