A Florida judge said Tuesday he would hear arguments Dec. 16 on a lawsuit by 20 U.S. states seeking to block President Barack Obama’s overhaul of the U.S. health care system. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, who is weighing a …
Florida released a report yesterday listing the market share and earnings of accident and health insurers, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. ranked first in premiums earned, with $3.9 billion in direct premiums earned in 2009. Despite …
All Risks Launches Mental Health Program Through Rockhill Insurance All Risks, Ltd. announced the introduction of an exclusive insurance program designed to meet the evolving challenges of the mental health industry with Rockhill Insurance Company. The Mental Health Program specifically …
All Risks, Ltd. has introduced an exclusive insurance program designed to meet the evolving challenges of the hospice and home health industry with Rockhill Insurance Company. The Home Health Program specifically targets medical home care of the elderly, home health …
Medical Protective has teamed up with the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) and created The AAFPRS Medical Protective Insurance Program. The program will underwrite those members performing more than 20% facial plastic surgery in their own …
North Carolina’s largest health insurer says it plans to lay off about 90 people as part of cost-cutting moves to prepare for the new federal health care law. The News & Observer reports Friday that Blue Cross and Blue Shield …
A Georgia-based insurance broker is suing two former business partners that it had in an arrangement to sell health insurance products to the 7.5-million-member National Bapitist Convention. The brokerage, Kingdom Insurance Group, LLC, of Thomasville, Ga., claims it was cheated …
Former state senator John Ford could have his federal prison sentence nearly cut in half after a recent Supreme Court decision that weakened an anti-fraud law. The 68-year-old Ford is serving a 19-year sentence. A 2008 conviction in federal court …
A former southwest Florida hospital executive is accusing a health operator of paying doctors to refer Medicare patients to the company’s hospitals. A lawsuit filed by Michael Mastej claims that Naples-based Health Management Associates also offered free rent and private …
Petersen International Underwriters main product line up, the Bridge Plan, is now renewable annually without any additional health qualifications on each anniversary date. “This plan is now guaranteed to renew without health questions, after the first fully underwritten year of …
