December 29, 2011
A recently filed lawsuit accuses a former executive at a New Mexico hospital of bilking the care center out of more than $3 million by funneling the money through companies he owned in Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. The Albuquerque …
December 29, 2011
Montana is at risk of becoming less prepared to respond to disasters and public-health emergencies because of state and federal budget cuts. That’s according to a new report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Trust for America’s Health. …
December 29, 2011
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy said this week that 10 more state workers are suspected of fraudulently receiving federal food stamp benefits after the remnants of Hurricane Irene hit Connecticut in August. Malloy said Tuesday that the Department of Social …
December 29, 2011
A lawsuit brought by the parents of Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old Irish immigrant in Massachusetts who committed suicide after relentless bullying, was settled for $225,000, according to documents made public Tuesday. The settlement with the town of South Hadley and …
December 29, 2011
The Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth, Mass., has been shut down after what officials said was a small leak of radioactive steam in a safety relief valve. Rob Williams, a spokesman for the plant’s owner, Entergy Corp., says the …
December 29, 2011
Tynesia Dorsey has been named chief administrative officer at the Ohio Insurance Department. Dorsey’s duties include overseeing the operations of the fiscal, human resources, information and technology, consumer affairs divisions, and the Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program (OSHIIP). Dorsey …
December 29, 2011
Two members have been added to the board of Minnesota’s FAIR plan and one new member has been added to the state’s workers’ comp insurance association. The FAIR Plan is Minnesota’s statutorily created limited property insurer for those properties not …
December 29, 2011
Editor’s Note: This article is from Insurance Journal’s annual Satire Issue, originally published on Aug. 15, 2011. The article is fictional and is meant to be humorous. Enjoy! Obsession is more than some Calvin Klein perfume; it’s the root cause …
December 29, 2011
The workers’ compensation interest and discount rate in Texas for the first quarter of 2012 has been set at 3.61 percent. The rate will be effective beginning Jan. 1, 2012, through Mar. 31, 2012, the Texas Department of Insurance Division …
December 29, 2011
Coventry Health Care of Nebraska will be the new health plan administrator for Nebraska’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool. The state program is designed to provide health insurance for Nebraskans who can’t get affordable coverage without restrictions because of medical problems. …