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15 State AGs Join Federal Antitrust Probe of Giant Health Insurers’ Mergers: Reuters
Jan 12 2016 // About 15 state attorneys general have joined the Justice Department’s probe of two big insurance mergers, according to people familiar with the matter, increasing the scrutiny on proposed deals that would reduce the...
Ohio High Court: Consumer Laws Don’t Apply to Insurer Repair Estimates
Jan 11 2016 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that laws protecting consumers from deceptive practices don’t apply to insurance company repair estimates. In Dillon v. Farmers Ins. Of Columbus, Inc., the Court voted 5-2 to overturn...
New Look in Franchise Liability
Jan 11 2016 // Businesses known for their uniforms are worried about lawyers in business suits in the wake of a change in the nation’s labor laws affecting their liability for employment practices. The change could unravel the...
Entrepreneurs Raise $13 Million to ‘Reinvent’ U.S. P/C Insurance with Peer-to-Peer Insurer Lemonade
Jan 11 2016 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry is about to be tested directly by the sharing economy. Two tech entrepreneurs have raised $13 million in initial funding to launch a peer-to-peer online property/casualty...
Florida Lawmakers to Industry: We Want YOU to Join State Flood Insurance Market
Jan 11 2016 // We think the time is right for you all to explore the [Florida] flood insurance market.” That was the message Florida Senator Jeff Brandes gave insurance industry attendees at the first ever Florida Flood Insurance...
New Jersey Announces Approval of New Captive Insurer
Jan 7 2016 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance has approved a captive insurer formed by the Deborah Heart and Lung Center of Browns Mills, New Jersey. The Department’s Acting Commissioner Richard J. Badolato...
AIG CEO Hancock Plans Public Webcast on His Vision, ‘Proactive Plan’ for Insurer
Jan 7 2016 // American International Group Inc., the insurer that has rebuffed activist investor Carl Icahn’s push to divide into three companies, set a Jan. 26 presentation to outline Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock’s...
Mass. Health Insurers Partner With Police to Help Heroin Addicts
Jan 6 2016 // Health insurers in Massachusetts are pitching in to help the Gloucester Police Department with their well-known program to get heroin addicts into treatment. Under a pilot program launched Monday, members of the...
Insurers & Banks Could Pull Jobs from U.K. in Event of ‘Brexit’: JPMorgan
Jan 6 2016 // JPMorgan Chase & Co. warned financial-services firms from banks to insurers could pull jobs out of the U.K. in the event of Britain voting to leave the European Union. Financial services would feel the “negative...
Chinese Insurers Form Fund to Finance Overseas Energy, Infrastructure Projects
Jan 5 2016 // More than 40 Chinese insurance companies and asset managers have jointly started an investment firm, raising 40 billion yuan ($6 billion) for a first fund to finance energy and infrastructure projects overseas,...
Flood Claims to Hit U.K. Insurers’ 2015 Earnings: A.M. Best
Jan 5 2016 // Flooding in the final month of 2015 will put pressure on the earnings of U.K. property insurers, according to a briefing published by A.M. Best. Initial estimates of combined insured losses from Storm Desmond, which hit...
New York Insurance Association Elects 2016 Officers, Board of Directors
Jan 4 2016 // The New York Insurance Association (NYIA) announced that Steven J. Coffey, president and chief executive officer of Broome Co-operative Insurance Company (BCIC), has been elected to serve as the association’s chair...
6 Forecasts for P/C Insurance in 2016
Jan 4 2016 // Some, but not all, experts see an improving U.S. economy in 2016 helping to boost the property/casualty (P/C) insurance sector. Some of these prognosticators are more optimistic than others. But most also anticipate...
World’s Top 10 Insurers Ranked by Premium, Assets
Jan 4 2016 // The world’s largest insurer as measured by 2014 net premiums written is UnitedHealth Group Inc., according to a ranking by A.M. Best of the world’s largest insurance companies. France’s AXA S.A. kept its...
Hospital Says KanCare Insurers Denying Legitimate Claims
Jan 3 2016 // Lawrence Memorial Hospital officials say the three insurance companies managing Kansas’ Medicaid system routinely turn down legitimate claims to hold down costs. The three contractors for the state’s privatized...
Florida Lawmakers to Industry: We Want YOU to Join State Flood Insurance Market
Dec 30 2015 // “We think the time is right for you all to explore the [Florida] flood insurance market.” That was the message Florida Senator Jeff Brandes gave insurance industry attendees at the first ever Florida Flood...
Update: U.K. Insurers Face Flood Claims up to $2.2B – with More Storms Ahead
Dec 29 2015 // Insurers are facing some of the costliest British floods on record as large parts of northern England, already inundated, brace for more heavy rain. Accountants estimate that insurers are currently facing a bill of up to...
Tennessee Adds 100th Captive Insurance Company
Dec 29 2015 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) announced the licensing of Tennessee’s 100th captive insurance company on Dec. 22. In 2011, Gov. Bill Haslam signed the revised State of Tennessee’s...
ABI Confirms Insurers’ UK Flood Coverage Efforts; Losses May Top $1.6 Billion
Dec 28 2015 // Mark Shepherd, General Insurance Policy Manager at the Association of British Insurers (ABI), said: “Insurers will be doing everything possible to help customers hit by the latest floods. “They will be...
Telemedicine Gaining Acceptance Among Patients, Insurers
Dec 27 2015 // Telemedicine services, which allow doctors to treat patients via video, are gaining acceptance among consumers and insurance companies as it becomes clearer when a virtual visit is appropriate, industry executives...
