Monthly Archives: <span>September 2013</span>

Connecticut’s Health Care Exchange Identifying Thousands of Potential Customers

The chief marketing officer for Connecticut’s health care exchange says thousands of people are being identified as potential customers for the new insurance marketplace. Jason Madrak said Thursday that the exchange, known as Access Health CT, generated 6,657 leads as …

PCS Shows How Cat Loss Estimates are Made, and Why They’re Important

The Property Claims Services (PCS) unit of Verisk Insurance Solutions could be described as the ultimate end product of risk modeling. AIR Worldwide is also part of Verisk, but “there’s a high wall between the two,” said Joe Louwagie, CPCU, …

Connecticut Lawmaker Calls for More Privacy for Victims

The horrifying video remains online for anyone to see: surveillance camera footage of 78-year-old Angel Arces Torres getting struck by a car, thrown into the air and landing critically injured on a street in Hartford in 2008. He would die …

New Jersey Cardiologist Accused of Fraudulent Billing

A New Jersey cardiologist stands accused of stealing more than $52,000 by billing insurance companies for services that allegedly were performed while he was out of the country. Ahmad Mossavi, also known as Seyed Mossavizadeh, faces 48 counts of health …

New Jersey High Court Upholds Reliability of Alcotest

New Jersey’s Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the breath test used in drunken driving cases. Wednesday’s order by the court upholds the use of Alcotest, which replaced the Breathalyzer more than a decade ago. The test has been …

JLT to Acquire Towers Watson Reinsurance Brokerage Unit, Expand Into U.S.

UK-based broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT) said it is acquiring the reinsurance brokerage business of New York-based Towers Watson for $250 million. JLT said the acquisition would provide “a very strong reinsurance platform” in the key North American …

New Rules for Civil Settlement in Illinois: What Defendants and Insurers Need to Know

On August 26, 2013, Gov. Quinn signed into law Public Act 098-0548, which amends the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, and creates a new statutory section addressing settlements and liens in civil cases. The new statute, 735 ILCS 5/2-2301 (Section …

Worker Finger Amputation Leads to $137K in Fines for Missouri Glass Plant

Piramal Glass USA Inc. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 21 safety and health violations after a worker lost a finger while repairing a machine at the Park Hills, Mo., manufacturing …

Miller Joins Hylant as Energy & Polymers Practice Leader

Privately owned insurance brokerage Hylant, headquartered in Ohio, announced that industry veteran Jeff Miller has joined the company as the energy and polymers practice leader. Prior to joining Hylant, Miller served in the industry as CEO for several polymer companies. …

Idaho Gun Show Canceled Due to Insurance Requirements

Members of a southwestern Idaho gun club may have to end a decades-long tradition of gun shows because Ada County raised its insurance requirements after two people were injured in an accidental firearm discharge at the club’s show in April. …