Latest Senior Care Headlines
All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Association Not Likely to Push for Liability Cap for Nursing Homes in Ark.
Nov 14 2004 // No effort is planned in the upcoming Arkansas legislative session to gain approval for a measure that would limit damages that could be awarded in suits against nursing homes, a top industry official says. A measure to cap...
Professional Liability in the Medical Arena
Oct 25 2004 // Whether a patient, a health care provider or an insurer, everyone seems to be aware of what is going on in the medical world these days. There is general agreement that health care costs are rising, more people are going...
New Brokerage Opens for Eldercare Business
Oct 8 2004 // Northern Virginia Firm to Balance Value for Both Carriers, Agents Retail insurance agents seeking better service from their brokers have a new resource: K&B Underwriters, LLC. The development could be a welcome relief...
Ark. Attorney General Reaches Settlement with Nursing Home Operator
Sep 15 2004 // Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe announced that his office has reached a settlement with Advocat Inc. of Franklin, Tenn., operating in Arkansas as Diversicare Management Services, to resolve a series of lawsuits and...
Lighthouse Announces Eldercare Acquisition, Expansion
Sep 15 2004 // Annandale, Va.-based The Lighthouse Companies, a program underwriting company that works with select industry groups, has announced that it has acquired the remaining outstanding membership shares of Lighthouse Eldercare,...
Long-Term Health Care Costs Loom Large for Governors
Sep 6 2004 // Soaring health care costs, coupled with the looming retirement of a record 77 million Americans starting in 2011, are casting a shadow of concern over states that worry their public health care systems can’t shoulder...
Fire Safety Lapses Widespread in Nursing Homes
Aug 23 2004 // Fire safety problems at nursing homes are widespread and government oversight is lacking, according to congressional investigators who issued a report spurred by deadly fires in homes in Connecticut and Tennessee. Nearly...
Long-Term Care & ALFs
Aug 23 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Lionheart Insurance is offering several new markets for various adult-care facilities. Dollars: Property limit to $5 million (can include flood and earthquake). Liability limit to $5 million combined...
Long Term Care, Assisted Living Facilities
Aug 23 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Lionheart Insurance is offering several new markets for various adult-care facilities. Dollars: Property limit to $5 million (can include flood and earthquake). Liability limit to $5 million combined...
Hospital Casualty Co. to Stop Operating by October
Jul 26 2004 // Hospital Casualty Co., an insurer that provides medical liability insurance to hospitals and nursing homes in Oklahoma, will stop operations by fall the Associated Press and the Oklahoman reported. Hospital Casualty Co....
Long Term Care, Assisted Living Facilities
Jul 19 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Lionheart Insurance is offering several new markets for various adult-care facilities. Dollars: Property limit to $5 million (can include flood and earthquake). Liability limit to $5 million combined...
Lax Safety Blamed in Deadly Conn. Nursing Home Fire
Jul 19 2004 // Lax safety standards and inaccurate information about fire drills contributed to the deaths of 16 people in a fire at a Hartford, Conn. nursing home last year, federal investigators say. A report issuedby the U.S....
Trio of Mass. Agencies Agree to Provide Long-Term Care Disclosures to Residents
Jul 13 2004 // Three Massachusetts insurance agencies have agreed to each pay $2,500 in civil penalties and provide legally required information about long-term care insurance, under the terms of three separate assurances of...
Group Long-Term-Care Insurance: How to Cash in on this Hot Voluntary Benefit
Jun 7 2004 // Voluntary benefits, where the employees pay the full freight through payroll deduction, are booming. Voluntary plans let employers offer attractive fringe benefits like dental, vision care and disability insurance at no...
Group Long-Term-Care Insurance: How to Cash in on this Hot Voluntary Benefit
May 17 2004 // Voluntary benefits, where the employees pay the full freight through payroll deduction, are booming. Voluntary plans let employers offer attractive fringe benefits like dental, vision care and disability insurance at no...
N.Y. Gov. Pataki Seeks Patient Protections
May 7 2004 // New York Governor George E. Pataki and Senator Kemp Hannon have introduced a measure in the state Senate that would strengthen protections for patients and ensure that additional background checks for health professionals...
The Growing Need for Long Term Care Insurance
Mar 22 2004 // Americans are becoming more sophisticated about long-term care insurance. As the knowledge of this financial product has broadened, the insurance carriers have designed additional options and riders for the more savvy...
Nursing Homes, Assisted Living
Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead Managed Insurance Programs is offering a market for nursing homes and assisted living. Dollars: Minimum deductible SIR of $50,000. Minimum premium, $50,000; policy limits: $1 million to $3...
Nursing Homes Under the Microscope
Feb 23 2004 // As we age in life, thoughts oftentimes turn to just who will take care of us when that day comes when we can’t fend for ourselves. Even those in society with many relatives are not guaranteed that they one day...
What is the Right Prescription for Florida’s Nursing Home Problems’
Feb 23 2004 // Although many complex issues need to be resolved to solve Florida’s nursing home crisis, tighter litigation reforms are reportedly key to solving these problems, according to one insurance industry trade...
