Consultants told the board that governs Minnesota’s health insurance exchange that a lot of work is needed to get the troubled system ready for open enrollment in November. MNsure hired Deloitte Consulting LLP for $5 million in April to be …
Lockton has expanded its national employee benefits practice with the addition of Scott Behrens, J.D., as assistant vice president, compliance attorney in Lockton Benefit Group’s compliance services practice. He is based in Kansas City, Mo. Behrens provides advice on ERISA …
Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana has a new emergency re-entry process for companies attempting to reopen after a mandatory hurricane evacuation. The Courier reported placards would replace company picture ID badges and would allow company representatives access to check the status …
Massachusetts health care officials said on June 20 they’ll pay the lead contractor on the state’s hobbled health insurance website an additional $35 million to close out the contract. That means the CGI Group, which has already been paid about …
Golf carts will soon be puttering around on town streets under a new ordinance approved by the Kinder, La., Town Council. The American Press reported the council voted unanimously to allow people to drive electric-powered golf carts and other slow-speed …
The largest private health insurer in South Dakota has opted to not sell plans through the federal marketplace during the open enrollment period that begins in November. Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield says it will forgo participating in the …
Broad Insurance Group (BIG) said it has acquired Art Hartselle Agency Inc., a Seminole, Fla. based commercial and personal lines property/casualty insurance agency. The company said that Robert Southard, a Florida native and insurance executive, is being brought on as …
Coverys, a Boston-based medical professional liability insurer, has appointed Erin Brennan Bagley as vice president and general counsel. Bagley will be responsible for overseeing Coverys’ legal department and advising the company on all corporate legal matters.
Voters in the Republican primary in Oklahoma will decide who will be the state’s next regulators of both the insurance industry and a wide range of other businesses overseen by the three-member Oklahoma Corporation Commission, including the important oil and …
A Las Vegas hospital is accusing a Nevada personal injury lawyer of defaming it with comments during a May news conference about a lawsuit stemming from a tuberculosis outbreak last year. Summerlin Hospital Medical Center accused attorney Robert Cottle in …
