The average cost per claim of outpatient hospital care for injured workers in the Florida workers’ compensation system continued to grow rapidly and was a main driver of growth in medical payments per claim in the state, according to a …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Employee Benefits Analysis Corp. in Addison, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1995, Employee Benefits Analysis Corp. (EBAC) is an employee benefit brokerage firm that offers a …
Insurance industry professionals, emergency managers, policymakers and weather experts are invited to attend the 3rd annual National Tornado Summit in Oklahoma City Feb. 10-11. The National Tornado Summit includes dedicated tracks for insurance producers, insurance adjusters, emergency managers and meteorologists. …
The lack of safety planning by parade organizers and the city of Midland, Texas, has been faulted by federal investigators in an accident in November 2012 in which a freight train rammed a tractor-trailer truck towing a parade float with …
The Meemic Foundation, a non-profit organization created by Michigan-based Meemic Insurance Co., has been offering financial assistance in the form of grants to schools and educators since 1992. The foundation announced that it has expanded its program and will immediately …
A new study says about 544,000 Ohioans and 127,000 Iowans will be eligible for tax credits under the federal health care law if they purchase coverage through the new health insurance marketplaces. The state-by-state analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation …
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon’s office says nearly 93,000 people in Louisiana won’t be able to keep their current insurance coverage because of the federal health overhaul. Donelon asked insurance companies doing business in Louisiana for a tally of how many …
A requirement of President Barack Obama’s health-care law that group insurance plans cover contraceptives was ordered blocked by a federal appeals court, the first such ban on enforcement of the mandate. The 2-1 decision by a U.S. Court of Appeals …
Destruction from Super Typhoon Haiyan, the most powerful storm on record to strike the Philippines, shows the task facing President Benigno Aquino to curb the death toll in a country prone to natural disasters. The Philippine economy is the most …
Several oil tank cars that burst into flames after a train derailed in rural Alabama were expected to keep burning into Saturday, potentially reigniting the push for tougher regulation of the boom in moving oil by rail. Twenty-five of the …
