The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on March 23 in a pivotal case concerning the right of patients to sue their health plans. The case pits state laws granting such rights against federal law which some say …
Injured workers located in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania report more satisfactory outcomes than their counter parts in Texas, according to a study by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study, Outcomes for Injured Workers in California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Texas, …
ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group of Companies, has announced the appointment of Kathleen Muedder, CPCU, as Senior Vice President, Emerging Issues. She will focus on identifying strategic opportunities for growth within ACE USA’s business units, …
One TPA Says It Has the Secret At first glance, Jeffrey McDaniel does not seem disabled. He is built like a football player, and in his mesh green and gold jersey he looks like one too. A pat on the …
Oklahoma lawmakers have so far buried proposals this session to change the state insurance commissioner position from an elected office to one that is appointed by the governor, according to the Associated Press. Proponents maintain that moves to appoint the …
With both agents and residents flocking to Florida, the Sunshine State is on the move. Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher, who oversees insurance matters in the state, recently set aside time to talk with Insurance Journal Southeast regarding some …
Policymakers and others interested in comparing workers compensation systems among states have a new tool from the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute, based in Cambridge, Mass. CompScope is a new tool that annually track changes in state trends and system performance. …
North Carolina-based BB&T Insurance Services plans to buy Iler Wall & Shonter Insurance Inc. of St. Petersburg, Fla. The acquisition would give the nation’s sixth largest insurance broker its second agency in the Sunshine State. The announcement comes three months …
Fire marshals across the nation scurried to review inspections of nightclubs after sparks from a rock band’s pyrotechnics set fire to a Rhode Island club, killing 100 people and injuring scores of others a year ago. At least 15 states …
Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship with torts, but they did …
