Nix the Tape on Home Windows, Say Hurricane Officials March 29, 2012 By Mike Schneider Officials with the National Hurricane Center had a message this week for residents living in hurricane-prone areas: Don’t tape your...
Hospital Pay Incentives Not Improving Patient Outcomes: Study March 29, 2012 By Lewis Krauskopf A program to pay hospitals bonuses for hitting key performance measures, or dock them if they miss, failed to improve...
Supreme Court Limits Pilot’s Damages in HIV Privacy Claim vs. Government March 29, 2012 By James Vicini The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a pilot from San Francisco, whose status as HIV-infected was disclosed by...
PPIB Launches Network Security Program for Retail, Healthcare Segments March 28, 2012 Professional Program Insurance Brokerage (PPIB) of Novato, CA has launched a new network security program targeted at the retail and...
Young Agents: What Are YOU Thinking? Exclusive Survey March 28, 2012 Young property/casualty insurance agents and brokers across the U.S. are being called upon to answer some questions … and have...
Supreme Court Hears More Healthcare Law Arguments March 28, 2012 By James Vicini and Joan Biskupic The fate of President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul will be on the line on Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court...
National Ethics Association Expands E&O Program for Low-Risk P&C Agents March 28, 2012 A new program sponsored by the National Ethics Association provides low-cost E&O insurance to property & casualty insurance agents nationwide....
FEMA Director: Private Sector Needs ‘Seat at the Table’ in Disaster Response March 28, 2012 The private sector should be engaged early and often in preparing for and responding to natural disasters like hurricanes, the...
Hartford’s Money-Losing Brokerage Unit Expected to Attract Bids March 27, 2012 By Joseph A. Giannone Hartford Financial Services Group’s independent brokerage unit Woodbury Financial Services hasn’t posted a profit for at least five years, but...
How AIG Will – or Won’t – Generate a Bailout Profit for Taxpayers March 27, 2012 By Ben Berkowitz CEO Bob Benmosche says U.S. taxpayers will earn up to $10 billion on the $182 billion rescue of American International...