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USAA, State Farm rank highest among 14 insurers for customer service
USAA beat State Farm in the “good” customer service category in a new ranking of insurers, according to the Temkin Group.
California’s insurance commissioner reached settlement agreements with two health insurers to guarantee coverage of behavioral therapy for autism.
The U.S. Senate managed to slimly uphold President Barack Obama‘s controversial birth control policy, voting 51-48 to halt a Republican push to free employers and insurers companies from having to provide coverage for contraceptives, despite their religious or moral objections.
California’s insurance regulators are challenging two insurance companies for using “large deductible agreements” on workers’ compensation cases without their approval.
Md. TPA offers its national Healthy Solution for employee health costs
A health insurance administrator, based in Maryland, is offering a new approach toward health and wellness, hoping it will bend the curve on health costs for its clients.
Rep. Royce asks NAIC to answer if it is regulatory or ‘private group’
A congressman from California is asking the organization representing state insurance commissioners to explain what it meant last summer when it said it wanted to “to brand itself as a ‘standard-setting organization.”
The sickest people using the U.S. health care system, as health reform continues to take hold, will have their treatment and utilization paid by those who are healthy, a new report affirms.
Many middle-income baby boomers are waiting to retire until they are eligible for Medicare, yet more than half admit to knowing little or nothing about the program, a new study says.
Hardening of marina, boat dealer’s insurance rates seen after losses
The marina and boat dealer’s insurance market appears to be hardening after insurers suffered increased losses in 2011, according to early indicators.
Sagicor Life Insurance Co. has an agreement to buy the policies and clients of PEMCO Life Insurance Co. from its parent company in Washington State as the latter firm exists the life insurance market.
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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