WellPoint, the largest health insurance company in the U.S. in terms of membership, says it will cover the administration of the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine when it becomes commercially available …  Read →

C.V. Starr & Co., a subsidiary of C. V. Starr & Co., Inc., is offering its PrimeSTARR product, designed specifically for small- to medium-sized commercial trade and general contractors.

PrimeSTARR offers …  Read →

Kevin Sullivan is a lawyer and former Nevada Insurance Commissioner, and recently retired as the chief ethics and compliance officer for Allstate. According to Pittsburgh-based Compliance Assurance Corporation, Mr. Sullivan …  Read →

Just hours after its colleagues in the Ways and Means Committee approved a comprehensive health reform bill with a public plan and tax on the wealthy, the House Education and …  Read →

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland is warning state insurance producers to be wary of any phone calls seeking personal information from people posing as state regulators.

Kim Holland

In a warning …  Read →

Three states have passed laws targeting the controversial transactions called stranger-originated life insurance (STOLI).

Minnesota, Nevada and Vermont have passed what two industry trade groups opposing STOLI called “carefully-crafted statutes that …  Read →

Nine Republican senators are urging President Barack Obama to facilitate more inclusive reform of America’s health care system and say the creation of a public insurance option would “inevitably doom …  Read →

Two Nevada men were arrested on suspicion of auto insurance fraud in an incident that killed another man allegedly involved in the scheme.

Oscar Zavala-Gallegos, 23, and Jorge Moreno, 24, were …  Read →

A Pennsylvania congresswoman is among several sponsors of a bill to include long-term care insurance in employer-sponsored cafeteria plans and flexible spending accounts that has been introduced in Congress.

Allyson …  Read →

The workers’ compensation market will experience a mixed response to the economic and financial downturn, according to speakers at an industry event.

At a recent panel discussion before the Casualty Actuarial …  Read →