The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, in partnership with the University of Central Arkansas, will offer the University Associate Certified Insurance Counselor (UACIC) designation for university students, which not only provides them a designation before they graduate, but …
The rising cost of medical care and increased use of medical services led to a jump in workers’ compensation payments for medical care and cash benefits for U.S. workers in 2008. Workers’ comp payments for medical care and cash benefits …
Indiana Insurance Commissioner Carol Cutter passed away Sept. 6 in Indianapolis, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has announced. “We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our colleague, Indiana Insurance Commissioner Carol Cutter. Carol brought a wealth …
North Carolina apple growers say they are happy to learn about proposed changes in federal crop insurance that would better protect them from a catastrophic loss. The Times-News of Hendersonville reported about two dozen Henderson County apple growers attended a …
New Jersey-based JM Associates has named Jean-Baptist Tateossian as vice president. Tateossian previously served as vice president with American Home, a division of AIG based in New York, where he oversaw excess casualty underwriting divisions. He also held various insurance …
New York investigators have arrested seven people for workers’ comp fraud as part of a three-county sweep in Upstate New York. In one instance, the investigators used surveillance video to record a Poughkeepsie man, Nicholas Fortuso, walking freely for nearly …
U.S. health spending is projected to reach nearly $4.6 trillion by 2019, growing at an average annual rate over the next decade of 6.3 percent, according to economists at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). By 2019, health …
Navigators Management Co. Inc. has rebranded its retail brokerage division presently known as Navigators Logistics Insurance Services. The division will now be called iTrade Risk & Insurance Services. The company said retail unit will have outlets in five cities and …
Highway deaths fell to 33,808 in the U.S. for the year 2009, the lowest number since 1950. The decline in traffic fatalities occurred even while estimated vehicle miles traveled in 2009 increased by 0.2 percent over 2008 levels, according to …
A proposal would allow Michigan police to use new, portable drug testing kits when they suspect a motorist is under the influence of substances other than alcohol. Legislation to allow the roadside drug tests was introduced this week in the …
