Latest Senior Care Headlines
All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
K&B Underwriters Hires Senior Living Programs Director in Virginia
Nov 7 2013 // K&B Underwriters, a program administrator and wholesale brokerage serving agents and brokers for senior living facilities, hired Paul Marshall as director of senior living programs. Marshall has 23 years of experience...
Shutdown Sidelines Safety Inspectors of Workplaces, Mines, Nursing Homes and More
Oct 9 2013 // The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has sidelined thousands of inspectors who monitor everything from air and water pollution to safety hazards at factories and the condition of nursing homes. Federal law requires...
Highland Risk Services Partners with Ironshore for Continuing Care Retirement Communities
Sep 11 2013 // Glenview, Ill.-based insurance wholesaler Highland Risk Services announced an exclusive partnership with Ironshore to provide liability insurance for the empirical risk program, which is designed specifically for...
Ironshore, Highland Risk Services form Partnership for Continuing Care Coverage
Sep 10 2013 // Insurance wholesaler Highland Risk Services has partnered with Ironshore to provide liability insurance for the Empirical Risk program, which is designed specifically for continuing care retirement communities...
South Dakota Fines Nebraska-Based Insurance Company
Jul 10 2013 // South Dakota’s Division of Insurance has levied a $325,000 fine against a Nebraska-based insurer for violating South Dakota laws and regulations. It is the largest such fine in South Dakota history, Insurance...
China-Style Eldercare: Kids Can Be Sued For Not Visiting Parents
Jul 3 2013 // What are elderly parents to do when their children no longer bother to visit? In China, there’s a new answer: sue the kids. That’s what 77-year-old “Granny Chu,” of Wuxi, China, did in April. On...
After Fertilizer Blast, Nursing Home Deaths Higher Than Usual
Jun 20 2013 // While the fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas, destroyed much of the nursing home next to it, almost all of its residents survived that first night. But two months after the blast, 14 of the residents...
Connecticut Court: $1M Coverage for Nursing Home Fire Victims’ Families
Jun 11 2013 // Families suing the operator of a Hartford nursing home where 16 patients died in a 2003 fire suffered a setback Monday, when the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the home’s insurance coverage was $1 million...
South Dakota Gov. Questions Complaint Probes Against Insurers
Jun 6 2013 // Gov. Dennis Daugaard has asked South Dakota Labor Secretary Pam Roberts to review her agency’s procedures for investigating consumer complaints against insurance companies. The move comes after the Argus Leader...
Zurich Programs, Aon Affinity to Cover Non-Profit Long-Term Care Organizations
May 13 2013 // Zurich North America Commercial’s Programs & Direct Markets business has entered into an agreement with Aon Affinity, the consumer, association and group program business of Aon plc to offer coverage to...
Oklahoma Governor Signs Nursing Home Monitoring Bill
May 7 2013 // Families of nursing home residents will soon be able to electronically monitor their loved ones thanks to legislation signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin. Senate Bill 587, by Sen. Ron Justice, will allow nursing home...
West Virginia Advances Limit on Nursing Home Liability
Apr 15 2013 // The West Virginia legislature has moved to limit the liability that nursing homes can face in potential lawsuits. The bill passed unanimously Saturday by the House explicitly applies the state’s Medical Professional...
Oklahoma Bill Allows for Electronic Monitoring in Nursing Homes
Mar 13 2013 // A measure passed by the Oklahoma Senate would allow residents in nursing homes to install electronic monitoring devices in their private rooms. Senate Bill 587 also prohibits nursing facilities from refusing to admit any...
Jury Nails Firm with $23M in California Nursing Home Death
Mar 8 2013 // A Sacramento Superior Court jury hit Emeritus Corp. with $23 million in punitive damages in the wrongful death and elder abuse lawsuit filed and won by the family of an 82-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease who...
West Virginia Senate Bill Limits Nursing Home Liability
Mar 8 2013 // A limit would be placed on the amount nursing homes would be forced to pay if sued under a bill passed by the West Virginia Senate this week. The measure explicitly includes nursing homes under the protections of a 2003...
Indiana Nursing Home Patient’s Family Sues over Death
Mar 7 2013 // Relatives of an 88-year-old Indiana woman who died after being attacked by another nursing home resident say the home’s owners lied about her injuries. Betty Riley’s family filed a complaint with the Indiana...
Nursing Home Giant Guilty in California Wrongful Death Suit
Mar 7 2013 // A Sacramento Superior Court jury has returned verdicts of wrongful death and elder abuse against the nation’s largest assisted living company. The Sacramento Bee reported the trial now enters the punitive-damages...
Tennessee Court Reinstates Damages in Assisted Living Center Death
Feb 27 2013 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has reinstated a jury verdict against the management company of a Shelbyville assisted living center in a case involving the death of an 83-year-old woman. Records say Mable Farrar died after...
AmWins Acquires Long-Term Care Specialist CIMI Professional
Feb 6 2013 // AmWINS Program Underwriters (APU), an AmWINS Group company, has acquired certain assets of CIMI Professional. CIMI Professional is a long-term care managing general underwriter (MGU) and a division of Chandler Insurance...
E&O Risks When Writing Long-Term Care Insurance
Dec 13 2012 // As Americans do their best to plan for retirement, all it takes is a visit to a financial planner to realize the importance and value of long-term care insurance. The goal of purchasing it is two-fold: retaining as much of...
