A health insurance Web site intended to foster competition and reduce consumer costs by offering more choices on buying insurance plans isn’t working as lawmakers had hoped. The Utah Health Exchange was launched in August but in many cases, premiums …
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner today announced that Rosa De Romero De Rosa (AKA Rosa D. Rosa), 53, of Huntington Park, was arrested Dec. 22 and faces one felony count of grand theft after allegedly taking a premium payment and …
Oregonians who have been laid off from their jobs can continue to receive help paying for health insurance into 2010. The Insurance Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services is adopting emergency rules to ensure that eligible Oregonians …
A Northampton woman claims in a lawsuit filed against the Holyoke nursing home where she worked for three years that she was fired for complaining about improper treatment of patients. Joan Johnson is seeking $56,000 in damages from the companies …
PacWest Alliance Insurance Services, Inc. announces that The Shaw Group of Eureka, CA and its affiliates: Anderson, Robinson & Starkey, Inc.; Shaw & Petersen Insurance, Inc.; PS Insurance, Inc. dba Shaw Insurance Services; and Harbers Insurance Agency, Inc. are the …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of Allstate New Jersey Insurance Group and its members. The outlook for all ratings is stable. Allstate New Jersey’s ultimate …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of ‘A++’ (Superior) and ICRs of “aaa” of United Services Automobile Association (USAA) of San Antonio, Texas and its property/casualty and life/health subsidiaries. Best also affirmed the debt rating of …
A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to ‘B’ (Fair) from ‘B+’ (Good) and issuer credit rating to “bb+” from “bbb-” of Catholic Knights of Milwaukee, Wisc. And has placed the ratings under review with negative implications. “These …
Florida-based insurer United Insurance Holdings Corp. has appointed Joseph R. Peiso as chief financial officer. Peiso will assume his new position Jan. 19. Peiso will oversee United’s financial planning and control, financial reporting and general corporate finance activities. Peiso has …
Renewing or updating information on driver’s licenses in Florida will get tougher after Dec. 31. After that, the state will require additional proof of identity and place of residence. It’s part of the federal “Real ID” Act, which aims to …
