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Companies can save money and increase their employees’ medication adherence by lowering co-payments on prescription drugs and establishing a disease management program, a new report says.
Guarantee Insurance cash infusion to fuel growth, market expansion
Guarantee Insurance Co., a workers’ compensation insurance specialist operating in 26 states and with an office in Philadelphia, closed on an $8 million equity infusion.
Reston, Va.-based MAXIMUS has signed an eligibility support services contract with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
A North Carolina insurance agent was charged with embezzling $52,167 in premium payments and not insuring clients.
Thirteen people in Florida have been arrested for their alleged involvement in insurance frauds at four Collier County chiropractic clinics.
National health insurer Aetna said it has completed its acquisition of Medicity, a health information exchange technology company.
State Auto Financial completes deal for non-standard auto unit
State Auto Financial Corp. completed the sale of its non-standard auto insurance subsidiary, State Auto National Insurance Co.
Alliant calls T&H Group buy ‘great strategic, operational’ match
Alliant Insurance Services, a national specialty insurance brokerage firm, bought T&H Group, a regional full-service insurance brokerage firm based in New York City.
A Florida appeals court ruled Dec. 29 that public insurance adjusters’ commercial free speech rights are violated if they are prohibited from soliciting people until 48 hours after an event that could lead to an insurance claim.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has expelled an Austin, Texas, corporation, barred its former president and a former broker at the firm for a scheme that overcharged an elderly investor by $1.2 million.

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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