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• Rubiocare Would Upend Traditional Health Insurance - Roll Call (blog)

  18-08-2015 23:59
  Roll Call (blog)
  Rubiocare Would Upend Traditional Health Insurance
  Roll Call (blog)
  Rubio throws a football with children during a Family Night event at Dean Park in Ankeny, Iowa, Monday. He's pitching a new health plan. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call). Sen. Marco Rubio's proposed health care alternative would dramatically alter the health ...
  Health insurance gaining groundWJXT Jacksonville
  Obamacare Insurance Agent Pockets $9000 a Month From Fraudulent ApplicationsAmericans for Tax Reform (blog
  

• California WCIRB Report Shows Medical Bill Transactions Fell in 2014

  18-08-2015 22:58
  
  The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Tuesday issued its California Workers’ Compensation Aggregate Medical Payment Trends report showing medical bill transactions fell by $100 million in 2014. The WCIRB report compares medical payment transaction data from calendar year 2014 with calendar year …
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• Michigan agency: Health insurance to rise 6.5% in 2016 - The Detroit News

  18-08-2015 20:57
  The Detroit News
  Michigan agency: Health insurance to rise 6.5% in 2016
  The Detroit News
  The state's dominant insurer — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan — will apply a double-digit increase of 11.4 percent. Its health maintenance organization, Blue Care Network, plans to hike its rates 9.7 percent. (Photo: Detroit News file). Lansing ...
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• [UPDATED] DHS confirms that insurance companies will reinstate pharmacy ... - Arkansas Times (blog)

  18-08-2015 20:56
  [UPDATED] DHS confirms that insurance companies will reinstate pharmacy ...
  Arkansas Times (blog)
  The Department of Human Services confirms our report earlier this morning that insurance companies will reinstate coverage (at least for pharmacy services) for private option beneficiaries who had their plans cancelled via the state's troubled Medicaid ...and more »
  

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• Insurance regulators enlist "Breaking Bad" star to pitch to millenials - Lincoln Journal Star

  18-08-2015 19:50
  Lincoln Journal Star
  Insurance regulators enlist "Breaking Bad" star to pitch to millenials
  Lincoln Journal Star
  RJ Mitte, formerly of "Breaking Bad," being videotaped for an "Insure U" presentation by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. 2015-08-18T12:30:00Z 2015-08-18T17:34:03Z Insurance regulators enlist "Breaking Bad" star to pitch to ...and more »
  

• The Hilb Group Acquires JWB Insurance in North Carolina - Insurance Journal

  18-08-2015 19:27
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  The Hilb Group Acquires JWB Insurance in North Carolina
  Insurance Journal
  The Hilb Group LLC announced today that it acquired JWB Insurance Group, an independent agency in Wilmington, North Carolina. The transaction became effective Aug. 1, 2015. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Established in 1995, JWB Insurance ...
  Richmond-based Hilb Group acquires NC agnecy JWB Insurance GroupRichmond.com
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• The Hilb Group Acquires JWB Insurance in North Carolina

  18-08-2015 19:27
  
  The Hilb Group LLC announced today that it acquired JWB Insurance Group, an independent agency in Wilmington, North Carolina. The transaction became effective Aug. 1, 2015. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Established in 1995, JWB Insurance Group …
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• Illinois Woman Convicted on Multiple Counts of Insurance Fraud - Insurance Journal

  18-08-2015 19:16
  Illinois Woman Convicted on Multiple Counts of Insurance Fraud
  Insurance Journal
  Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Acting Director Anne Melissa Dowling announced an investigation by the department's Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit (WCFU) has resulted in the conviction of an Algonquin woman, Tracy Williams (aka: Tracy ...
  

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• Insurance claims for China explosions could top $1.5 billion, ratings agency says - Los Angeles Times

  18-08-2015 19:12
  Los Angeles Times
  Insurance claims for China explosions could top $1.5 billion, ratings agency says
  Los Angeles Times
  Insurance claims from last week's chemical fire and explosions in Tianjin, China, could exceed $1.5 billion, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday in one of the first overall assessments of financial losses from the incident. The blasts blew a massive crater in ...
  Early estimate puts Tianjin insurance losses as high as $1.5BCNBC
  China blasts: Insurance costs could top $1.5 billionCNNMoney
  

• Brokers Call for Implementation of National Licensing Reform Law

  18-08-2015 19:00
  
  Insurance producers are calling upon the Obama Administration to begin implementation of a licensing reform measure signed into law eight months ago. When President Obama signed the renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) in January, he also signed …
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• Connecticut’s Medical Marijuana: Lower Cost, More Choice

  18-08-2015 18:59
  
  Nearly a year after Connecticut’s six medical marijuana dispensaries opened, patients are changing their habits. For quick relief, they are smoking marijuana less and inhaling its vapors and therapeutic oils more, those in the industry say. Others are eating cookies …
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• Vermont to Pay $1.6M to Blue Cross Blue Shield After Exchange Errors

  18-08-2015 18:58
  
  The administration of Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin will pay Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont $1.6 million to cover past due premiums and incorrectly paid claims because of technical problems with the state’s once-beleaguered health care website. Lawrence Miller, Shumlin’s …
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• Illinois Event Organizers Sued Over Man’s Tent-Collapse Death

  18-08-2015 18:54
  
  The wife of a man killed when a tent collapsed at a suburban Chicago festival has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit. The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports that Nicole Nincic filed the lawsuit in Cook County court. She alleges organizers of …
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• Agritourism Growth in Northeast Raises Concerns Over Safety, Liability

  18-08-2015 18:52
  
  As more farms open themselves up to visitors for apple picking, hay rides and some extra income, experts are advising owners to take steps to prevent accidents — be they small or fatal. Farming is one of the more dangerous …
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• Feds Charge Texas-Based Oil Platform Operator over Deadly Blast

  18-08-2015 18:50
  
  Oil platform operator Black Elk Energy is facing federal criminal charges in connection with a November 2012 explosion off Louisiana’s coast that left three workers dead and others badly injured. Multiple media outlets report that U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite …
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• Long, Bruce Join Cunningham Lindsey in Dallas

  18-08-2015 18:48
  
  Dallas-based global loss adjusting and risk management services company Cunningham Lindsey has added Denise Long as vice president of Catastrophe Operations and Michael Bruce as director of Flood Operations. Long will refine and direct the company’s Catastrophe Services Division, and …
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• Illinois Woman Convicted on Multiple Counts of Insurance Fraud

  18-08-2015 18:46
  
  Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Acting Director Anne Melissa Dowling announced an investigation by the department’s Workers’ Compensation Fraud Unit (WCFU) has resulted in the conviction of an Algonquin woman, Tracy Williams (aka: Tracy Wanker). Williams, who was named in …
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• NCCI Files for Workers’ Comp Rate Increase in Iowa

  18-08-2015 18:45
  
  The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. has filed a workers’ compensation rate proposal in Iowa that would increase voluntary and assigned risk rates by 2.7 percent from the current rates that became effective Jan. 1, 2015, the state insurance …
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• Alliant Hires VanOrsdel as Employee Benefits Group VP in Maryland

  18-08-2015 18:36
  
  Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage based in Newport Beach, California, hired Reed VanOrsdel as vice president of Employee Benefits Group. VanOrsdel is based in Alliant’s Bethesda, Maryland, office. VanOrsdel will focus on business development, revenue growth, and plan …
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• BP Settlement May Not Resolve Louisiana Universities’ Suits

  18-08-2015 18:32
  
  BP PLC’s $18.7 billion settlement for its 2010 oil spill may not end lawsuits filed by two Louisiana public university systems against the oil giant, a newspaper reported. Since many details are under wraps, it hasn’t been clear whether the …
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• Scott Walker unveils health insurance plan - USA TODAY

  18-08-2015 18:21
  USA TODAY
  Scott Walker unveils health insurance plan
  USA TODAY
  WASHINGTON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker assailed Republicans in Congress on Tuesday for failing to repeal Obamacare while unveiling his own plan to repeal and replace the law. The GOP presidential candidate, who has been lagging in recent polls, ...
  Scott Walker Wants to Repeal and Replace Your Insurance With Something Much WorseBlue Nation Review
  Scott Walker's plan to replace Obamacare aims to boost insurance competiti
  

• Rob Thielke, president and recognizable face of Vern Fonk Insurance, dies - Q13 FOX

  18-08-2015 18:21
  Q13 FOX
  Rob Thielke, president and recognizable face of Vern Fonk Insurance, dies
  Q13 FOX
  HUNTINGTON BEACH. Calif. — Rob Thielke, the president and recognizable face of Vern Fonk Insurance, passed away Sunday after a long battle with cancer, the company confirmed. He was 50 years old. Thielke joined Vern Fonk Insurance, a company ...and more »
  

• Florida’s Brightway Establishes $20M Financing Agreement With SunTrust Bank

  18-08-2015 18:13
  
  The Jacksonville, Florida-based Brightway Insurance said it received $20 million in bank financing through SunTrust Bank to help fund its national expansion. Brightway is a national property/casualty insurance agency selling through a network of franchised locations. The company started in …
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• Florida Commissioner McCarty Says NFIP Rates May Be Unfairly Discriminatory

  18-08-2015 18:03
  
  Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said on Aug. 14 that the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) rates for Florida may be “unfairly discriminatory” and that his office will ask for the actuarial study, including data and models used to determine …
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• Money For Nothing? Consumers Ignoring Car Insurance Ads, Survey Says - Forbes

  18-08-2015 17:59
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  Money For Nothing? Consumers Ignoring Car Insurance Ads, Survey Says
  Forbes
  I'm a veteran Chicago-based consumer automotive journalist devoted to providing news, views, timely tips and reviews to help maximize your automotive investments. In addition to posting on Forbes.com, I'm a Contributing Editor for Consumers Digest ...
  

• Is D Insurance a Good Idea? - WDET

  18-08-2015 17:57
  WDET
  Is D Insurance a Good Idea?
  WDET
  Stephen Henderson talks with Jake Neher, legislative reporter for the Michigan Public Radio Network, Butch Hollowell Corporation Counsel for the city of Detroit, Conrad Mallett, Chief Administration Officer of Detroit Medical Center, and Brian Banks ...and more »
  

• For 7K in Connecticut, document verification delays health insurance access - New Haven Register

  18-08-2015 17:56
  CT Newsjunkie
  For 7K in Connecticut, document verification delays health insurance access
  New Haven Register
  Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman and Access Health CT CEO Jim Wadleigh Christine Stuart photo — CT News Junkie. By Christine Stuart, CTNewsJunkie.com. Posted: 08/18/15, 11:56 AM EDT | Updated: 2 hrs ago. # Comments. More than 7,000 customers who signed ...
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• Big Data Drives Your Car Insurance Bill - Eye on Texas Blog (blog)

  18-08-2015 17:31
  Big Data Drives Your Car Insurance Bill
  Eye on Texas Blog (blog)
  What do you think is more important to your insurance premium: a clean driving record or bad credit? In a groundbreaking new special report that reviewed 2 billion car insurance quotes across the country, Consumer Reports revealed that your spotless ...
  

• MassDrive Insurance Group Launches Comparison Shopping Platform - Business Wire (press release)

  18-08-2015 17:30
  MassDrive Insurance Group Launches Comparison Shopping Platform
  Business Wire (press release)
  BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MassDrive Insurance Group, one of the first companies to offer Massachusetts consumers an online destination to shop for car insurance, today announced the launch of its instant quoting and comparison shopping platform.and more »
  

• California Insurance Company Oversight Law Signed - Insurance Journal

  18-08-2015 17:14
  Insurance Journal
  California Insurance Company Oversight Law Signed
  Insurance Journal
  California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 553, which establishes new oversight aimed at reducing the number of insurance company insolvencies. AB 553 was authored by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, and was sponsored by Insurance ...and more »
  

• Southern California Fires Burn Structures, Stop Oil Field Operations

  18-08-2015 17:06
  
  Crews working through the night stopped the spread of two Los Angeles County fires in Southern California that burned several structures, charred hundreds of acres of dry brush and led to the arson arrest of one person. A brush fire …
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• Washington Wildfires Remain Threat in Hot, Dry Weather

  18-08-2015 17:04
  
  Crews continued their battle late Monday with several large fires threatening home in the Chelan area in central Washington. The blazes have destroyed more than 50 structures, forced about 1,500 residents to flee and scorched more than 155 square miles. …
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• Find The Right Renter's Insurance For You - WSPA.com

  18-08-2015 17:04
  Find The Right Renter's Insurance For You
  WSPA.com
  If your child is headed off to college and renting their first apartment, you are probably looking for renters insurance. This could protect… Paris attacks hostage sues media for endangering his life. Updated: 3 mins ago. Man dies trying to pull ...
  

• Lightning Sparks Roughly 30 Fires in Colorado

  18-08-2015 17:02
  
  Lightning across northwestern Colorado is suspected of sparking about 30 fires over the weekend, keeping firefighters running from one fire to another. The largest of the wildfires is the Four Mile Fire, which is burning on just over 1,000 acres …
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• Former California School District Admin to Get $300K Settlement

  18-08-2015 17:00
  
  A former deputy superintendent for the Twin Rivers Unified School District in Northern California will receive $300,000, settling a lawsuit she filed against district officials after she was fired in 2012. The Sacramento Bee reported the school district, its former …
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• California Insurance Company Oversight Law Signed

  18-08-2015 16:58
  
  California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 553, which establishes new oversight aimed at reducing the number of insurance company insolvencies. AB 553 was authored by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, and was sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and …
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• Small Earthquake Jolts Northern California

  18-08-2015 16:50
  
  A short sharp earthquake rattled California’s San Francisco Bay Area, but there are no reports of injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 4.0 magnitude quake struck Monday and was centered just north of Piedmont, near Berkeley. It was felt in …
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• Marketers Have Lost Control of Insurance Buying Process - Insurance Journal

  18-08-2015 16:16
  Insurance Journal
  Marketers Have Lost Control of Insurance Buying Process
  Insurance Journal
  After careers spent crafting and controlling their companies' messaging to customers, insurance marketing and advertising professionals have lost control. Customers and prospects have taken over. Increasingly, today's insureds and prospects care more ...
  

• Marketers Have Lost Control of Insurance Buying Process

  18-08-2015 16:16
  
  After careers spent crafting and controlling their companies’ messaging to customers, insurance marketing and advertising professionals have lost control. Customers and prospects have taken over. Increasingly, today’s insureds and prospects care more about what other parties have to say than …
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• Signature Healthcare is getting into the insurance business - Louisville Business First

  18-08-2015 16:07
  Louisville Business First
  Signature Healthcare is getting into the insurance business
  Louisville Business First
  Louisville-based Signature is known primarily as a skilled nursing operator, though it also has some critical access hospitals, home care services and other operations. In March, Signature registered a company called Signature Advantage LLC with the ...
  

• Will insurance companies save the day on the Medicaid verification mess? - Arkansas Times (blog)

  18-08-2015 15:53
  Will insurance companies save the day on the Medicaid verification mess?
  Arkansas Times (blog)
  The Times has heard from numerous sources closely involved in the process, both in and out of state government, that at least two of the major insurance companies covering private option beneficiaries will reinstate policies cancelled during the last ...
  

• Traffic Deaths, Costs On Pace to Reach Highest Since 2007

  18-08-2015 15:19
  
  Traffic deaths are 14 percent higher through the first six months of 2015 than they were during the same period in 2014, and serious injuries are 30 percent higher, according to the National Safety Council. From January to June, nearly …
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• Dunkirk leads state with lowest homeowners insurance - Buffalo News

  18-08-2015 15:10
  Dunkirk leads state with lowest homeowners insurance
  Buffalo News
  Dunkirk residents enjoy the most affordable homeowner's insurance costs in the state, but other towns in Western New York are not far behind, according to a study by SmartAsset, a technology and personal finance website. The study ranked cities with ...
  

• Important info on college tuition refund insurance - WPRI 12 Eyewitness News

  18-08-2015 14:46
  WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
  Important info on college tuition refund insurance
  WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
  For parents with kids heading off to college, you may not have ever thought about purchasing “college tuition refund insurance.” Winter School Buses 1 · Q&A: Closer look at move to get rid of February break. 8:02 am. Dr. Tim Ryan, Executive Director of ...and more »
  

• How Hackers Profited from Stealing Earnings Press Releases

  18-08-2015 14:45
  
  In late October 2013, Panera Bread Co., the national chain of restaurants that specializes in healthy soups and baked goods, prepared a news release to announce it was adjusting its earnings expectations downward for the recently begun fourth quarter. The …
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• 5 Money-Saving Tips for Choosing Small Business Insurance - Business News Daily

  18-08-2015 14:18
  Business News Daily
  5 Money-Saving Tips for Choosing Small Business Insurance
  Business News Daily
  When you're starting a business, you're likely so focused on what needs to go right that you don't consider all the things that could go wrong. Risk is an inherent part of business ownership, and even though it may be unpleasant to think about, you ...
  

• Lori Borgman: No insurance can protect against this kind of mix-up - Centre Daily Times

  18-08-2015 14:17
  Lori Borgman: No insurance can protect against this kind of mix-up
  Centre Daily Times
  After I made a dental appointment last week, the receptionist called back to say we no longer had dental coverage. "That's interesting," I said. "Yep, and you don't have any medical insurance either," she said. The dentist's receptionist is a perky ...and more »
  

• Darien man accused of insurance fraud on theft claim - Buffalo News

  18-08-2015 14:04
  Darien man accused of insurance fraud on theft claim
  Buffalo News
  BATAVIA – A man who claimed his pickup truck was stolen from the driveway of his Darien home has been charged with insurance fraud, according to Genesee County sheriff's deputies. Gerald J. Wiesmore, 47, of Herkimer Road, was arraigned Monday on ...
  

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