The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the launch of a Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) that will offer coverage to uninsured Americans who have been unable to obtain health coverage because of a pre-existing health …
Joe Adams has joined Eastern Alliance Insurance Group (EAIG) as a marketing executive in its Tennessee territory. EAIG is a Pennsylvania-based insurance group specializing in workers compensation insurance. Adams will be based out of EAIG’s new Franklin, Tennessee office, a …
Keystone Insurers Group (KIG), headquartered in Northumberland, Penn., has added three Indiana franchisees to its growing list of partner agencies. Hummel Insurance Group, Associated Agencies and Rosemeyer Agency bring the Indiana franchise total to 25 and join KIG’s network of …
In most hurricane-prone states, homeowners have few choices of insurance coverage, with just eight property and casualty insurers in each state controlling up to 77.2 percent of the market share, according to Weiss Ratings. Weiss identified Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, …
North Carolina will issue temporary one-time pyrotechnic licenses to operators instead of the new standard three-year licenses to meet high demand around the July 4th holiday. The Legislature quickly passed and the governor signed legislation last week authorizing Insurance Commissioner …
North Carolina coastal homeowners will soon be entitled to bigger breaks on their insurance premiums for taking steps to protect their homes against storms. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has ordered a schedule of mitigation credits that will be effective May …
The House of Representatives has passed another temporary extension of the National Flood Insurance Program until Sept. 30, 2010. The program has been suspended from issuing new policies since May 31. Reauthorization provisions have been embedded in controversial legislation on …
Fast decisions on life-and-death cases are the bread and butter of hospital emergency rooms. Nowhere do doctors face greater pressures to overtest and overtreat. The fear of missing something weighs heavily on every doctor’s mind. But the stakes are highest …
Eleven East Coast states have told BP they will hold it responsible for any losses caused by its still-growing oil spill in the Gulf, Connecticut’s attorney general said Monday. “Even without oil actually reaching the Connecticut shoreline, this massive oil …
A state law passed after the July 4 blast on Ocracoke Island that killed four fireworks handlers mandated safety training for those who prepare the displays, but some warn the rule could limit fireworks shows this Independence Day. North Carolina …
