Google Inc has unveiled a plan to help U.S. patients gain control of their medical records and is working with doctors’ groups, pharmacies and labs to help them securely share sensitive health data. The long-rumored entry by Google into the …
Cornerstone General announced the release of a Special Homeowners Rehabilitation Program, effective March 1, that provides California independent agents instant access to rates and underwriting approval for hard-to-place risks or insureds previously written in the E&S market. Together with an …
Margie Wager has been promoted to surety department manager at Cavignac & Associates, a San Diego-based risk management and commercial insurance brokerage firm. In her new position, Wager will manage the firm’s surety department personnel and operations. She also assumes …
Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler says he’s troubled by the appearance that Premera Blue Cross is subsidizing its Arizona health plan at the expense of policyholders in Washington. The Washington-based nonprofit transferred $49 million to an Arizona for-profit subsidiary between 2004 …
Greenwich, Conn.-based W. R. Berkley Corp. has appointed Kevin H. Ebers as senior vice president for information technology. Ebers, 50, will oversee information technology systems and operations throughout the company. He began his career with W. R. Berkley more than …
Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance services subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., has named a new chief executive officer and a new chairman, the company said. Peter Zaffino will assume the CEO role – succeeding David Spiller in …
Parents facing financial ruin because their insurance companies will not pay for treatment of autistic children appealed for help from Oklahoma lawmakers earlier this week. They lobbied for revival of Nick’s Law, legislation named for a 10-year-old Nick Rhode of …
A Delta farmer and levee authorities in San Joaquin County, Calif. are suing the state, claiming California water managers are increasing flood risks by allowing sediment to collect in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Landowner Dino Cortopassi and Reclamation District 2086 …
A plan to move people living in trailers to apartments and hotels because of concerns about formaldehyde fumes will not work and will lead to a “second great displacement” of New Orleans residents, the city’s mayor said. There simply isn’t …
Randal McCloy Jr., the lone survivor of the Sago Mine disaster of 2006, and the family of one victim have settled lawsuits in West Virginia against the mine’s owner. Lawyers for McCloy and the estate of David Lewis would not …
