The Chinese insurance and reinsurance market is “well positioned to continue to grow and is entering a new stage in its development,” according to a new report reveals from A.M. Best. Best said its analysis of the world’s seventh-largest insurance …
Man’s best friends could enjoy greater health care protections under a bill approved by the California Assembly. Companies that insure veterinary care for cats, dogs and other animal companions would have to provide more information about what level of care …
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has announced that the state’s Department of Insurance has been awarded $1 million in federal funding to help the agency implement requirements under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, specifically for making …
The runoff election for the Republican candidate for the state Insurance Commissioner of Georgia has been won by State Sen. Ralph T. Hudgens. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Hudgens had 55 percent of the vote, while his opponent Maria …
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has named Scott Kipper as the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Health. “This is a critical time for the Department of Insurance as we begin the implementation phase of national …
Voters in Georgia go to the polls tomorrow for a runoff election in which they will vote for one of two Republican candidates for state insurance commissioner. The two, Maria Sheffield and Ralph T. Hudgens, survived a Republican primary with …
Experience and support for the new federal health care reform law are the defining issues in a Republican primary for Kansas insurance commissioner that will determine who holds the office for the next four years. Republicans also must pick nominees …
UPMC WorkPartners, part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, has announced a new workers’ compensation product line offering dollar one coverage for Pennsylvania companies. “Health care reform is raising awareness in the employer community to not only control costs, …
A small group of Democratic governors this week launched a counter-attack over the federal healthcare overhaul, firing back against legal challenges from nearly two dozen state attorneys general who are seeking to overturn the new law. In a sign of …
Although the benefits of bringing information technology to health records can be substantial, electronic health records (EHR) systems also give rise to increased liability risks for health care providers due to possible software or hardware problems or user errors, according …
