The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 23rd, struck down a legal precedent that generally gave motorists more time to sue their insurance company for unpaid claims under some circumstances. The 4-3 ruling follows similar insurance-related decisions by the court …
Americans may be much more willing to get genetic tests showing predisposition to diseases with this week’s expected final passage by Congress of a bill barring discrimination based on one’s genetics, experts say. Genetic testing, typically involving a sample of …
A new pharmacy robot at Loyola University Hospital is designed to eliminate the type of life-threatening human medication errors that injured actor Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins. Loyola’s pharmacy recently began filling patient prescriptions with the two-armed, $1.5 million dollar robot. …
Two New England States lead the nation in terms of having the lowest rate of work-related deaths and most states in the Northeast rank well above the national average, according to a new report from a major labor group. New …
A wildfire that has scorched 270 acres and forced the evacuation of about 100 homes in neighborhoods near Pasadena might not be under control for days, officials said Sunday. Firefighters originally had hoped to have the blaze contained Sunday, but …
Scientists urged residents of northern Nevada’s largest city to prepare for a bigger event as the area continued rumbling Saturday after the largest earthquake in a two-month-long series of temblors. More than 100 aftershocks were recorded on the western edge …
Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman is stepping down after a long regulatory career that included approval in 2007 of a $2.6 billion deal involving Nevada’s largest health insurer — a deal that troubled Gov. Jim Gibbons. Molasky-Arman, retiring next September, …
Chubb Corp, one of the largest U.S. business insurers, said that earnings fell 6.5 percent in the first quarter, as the value of policy sales fell moderately. The Warren, New Jersey-based insurer posted net income of $664 million, or $1.77 …
The Colorado House is considering a bill that is designed to protect consumers by strengthen penalities when insurance carriers act unreasonably. However, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is urging the Colorado Legislature to reject the bill, saying …
Gov. Matt Blunt says Missouri is seeing the benefits of medical lawsuit reform legislation passed nearly three years ago. The Republican spoke on Thursday, April 24, 2008, at a news conference at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in suburban St. …
