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Mercury Insurance seeks agents, unveils new commercial auto product

IFAwebnews Staff — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:00:37 +0000

Mercury Insurance, a multi-line insurance organization operating in 13 states, is offering a new commercial auto insurance product it says uses technology to enable its independent agents to more easily rate, qualify and issue new business.

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Two insurance agents allegedly stole $422,000 from family brokerage

Jaime L. Brockway — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:58:52 +0000

Two insurance agents in Lakeland, Fla., were arrested Feb. 3 for allegedly stealing more than $422,000 from the brokerage for which they worked and from where their mother retired.

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Bravo Health’s sale to Cigna gets Maryland regulator’s approval

Bob Graham — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:13:22 +0000

The Maryland Insurance Administration has approved the Cigna's acquisition of Bravo Health, a Baltimore, Md.-based operator of Medicare Advantage plans.

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Attorneys general urge Supreme Court to rule individual mandate legal

Bob Graham — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:38:37 +0000

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.

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Fla. insurance brokers lobby McCarty for MLR waiver for commissions

Bob Graham — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:24:42 +0000

About 30 health insurance agents and brokers in Florida sent letters to the state insurance commissioner's office, urging him to work harder to free their commissions from the administrative portion of the new medical loss ratios included in health reform.

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Highmark sells its Medicare unit to Florida-based Blues company

Jaime L. Brockway — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:58:12 +0000

A Jacksonville, Fla.-based Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance subsidiary agreed to acquire Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Highmark's Medicare subsidiary.

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N.C. man pleads guilty to $2.7 million workers’ comp. scheme

Jaime L. Brockway — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:40:03 +0000

A Wake Forest, N.C., man pleaded guilty Nov. 29 to his role in a $2.7 million workers' compensation scheme, according to Florida insurance regulators.

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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquires Florida employee-benefits firm

Bob Graham — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:27:02 +0000

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired a Tallahassee, Fla.-based employee benefits communication and enrollment firm as it seeks to expand in the voluntary benefits market.

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Supreme Court skips Virginia’s challenge of federal health reform law

IFAwebnews Staff — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:18:43 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court did not address Virginia's appeal of the federal health reform law during a scheduling conference Nov. 22.

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Supreme Court to rule if federal health reform law is constitutional

Bob Graham — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:41:51 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the federal health reform law, focusing itself on the individual mandate, with an expected ruling by June 2012.

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