The state Office of Group Benefits has rejected United Healthcare’s protest concerning the hiring of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to manage state employee health insurance plans. United Healthcare’s next remedy is to file an appeal with Commissioner …
The federal government has now declared all 92 Indiana counties as agricultural disaster areas following the state’s worst drought in decades. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has added 12 Indiana counties as primary natural disaster areas, boosting to 78 the …
Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 11 north Louisiana parishes as disaster areas because of drought. He says he was notified Wednesday that four – Morehouse, Richland, Union and West Carroll _ are …
Progressive Corp. announced Thursday it reached a settlement with the family of Kaitlynn Fisher — a Progressive policyholder who died in an auto accident when her car was struck by an under-insured driver in Baltimore in 2010. The insurance giant …
Insurance agency Barney & Barney has outlined a series of steps to help California’s small- to mid-sized employers control the rising cost of workers comp insurance following Wednesday’s decision by the state’s Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) to raise …
Bermuda-based Montpelier Reinsurance Ltd. a subsidiary of Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., announced the appointment of Nicholas Lucking as Head of Individual Risk Property, effective immediately. He is responsible for overseeing the individual risk property business written through Montpelier Re and …
Mississippi no longer ranks among the top 10 states for deaths caused by drunk drivers, thanks to a big drop in alcohol-related traffic fatalities in 2010. Gov. Phil Bryant and law enforcement officials announced this week that Mississippi’s rate of …
The leaders of groups representing teachers and state employees asked the state Supreme Court this week to take up its lawsuit against a panel led by Gov. Nikki Haley. The lawsuit challenges the Budget and Control Board’s decision last week …
The former fire chief in Bryson City and his wife have been indicted on embezzlement charges. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that the charges filed by state Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced against 44-year-old Joseph Winford Hughes inlcude embezzlement, making false …
Mitt Romney wants to change the U.S. tax code’s treatment of healthcare costs, but his vice presidential pick is one step ahead: Paul Ryan has proposed a plan to scrap a generations-old tax break enjoyed by millions of Americans. While …
