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Insurer fined for charging unapproved rates on students’ policies
An Indiana-based insurer agreed to pay the $100,000 fine for charging unapproved rates to thousands of medical insurance policies for college students in Washington State.
New insurance requirements for fireworks manufacturers have set off legal sparks in Michigan, as the companies have filed suit against the state.
Bravo Health’s sale to Cigna gets Maryland regulator’s approval
The Maryland Insurance Administration has approved the Cigna‘s acquisition of Bravo Health, a Baltimore, Md.-based operator of Medicare Advantage plans.
Arthur Gallagher expands Upstate New York footprint with Albany deal
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Capital Bauer Insurance Agency, an Albany, N.Y.-based retail insurance broker allowing it to significantly expand its Upstate New York presence.
Brief: If individual mandate is illegal, health reform law must die
A Washington, D.C.-based advocacy organization says that the federal health reform should be declared unconstitutional because it is cannot function without the individual mandate, which the group also argues is unconstitutional.
A series of earthquakes in Youngstown, Ohio, potentially related to brine-injection wells, caused the city’s mayor to buy earthquake insurance for his home and initiate a moratorium on injection wells near the city.
Man caught being DJ must repay $27,000 in workers’ comp. payments
An Austintown, Ohio, man must repay more than $27,000 in workers’ compensation payments he received illegally.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky told health care advocates that the November presidential election is all about health reform and how far it can be taken.
N.D. insurance agent must pay $1.7 million for diverting premiums
A Minot, N.D., insurance agent, Alan R. Henning, 58, was sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison for his role in diverting incoming insurance premiums to individuals in five countries.
Attorneys general urge Supreme Court to rule individual mandate legal
Attorneys general from 11 states and Washington, D.C., have filed court papers in the federal health reform law case, arguing that the individual mandate forcing all Americans to buy health insurance, starting in 2014, is constitutional.
Obama to force insurers to give out birth control when employers won’t
Group representing 119 in Congress calls individual mandate illegal
Insurer fined for charging unapproved rates on students’ policies
Employee benefit offerings only as good as the discussion about them
Sponsors of 401(k)s adding features to boost participants’ investment
Number of Certified Financial Planners could double in next five years
Mercury Insurance seeks agents, unveils new commercial auto product
Most, least expensive 2012 car models to insure announced
Two insurance agents allegedly stole $422,000 from family brokerage
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