March 7, 2005
Nuts & Bolts: Agri-Risk Services Inc. in Overland Park, Kan., is offering a market for trail, carriage and pony rides. Dollars: Policy allows coverage limits up to $1 million. Carrier: Gemini Insurance Company of Greenwich, Conn., rated “A.” States Available: …
March 7, 2005
HMO enrollment continues to decline in most New England states — even Massachusetts, traditionally an HMO tronghold, according to a report by HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a provider of managed care industry intelligence. According to the latest issue of the New England Health …
March 3, 2005
A resolution supporting ergonomics guidelines for nursing homes and encouraging such facilities to use alternative mechanical lifting methods was unanimously approved on Thursday by the Workers’ Compensation Committee at the spring National Conference of Insurance Legislators in Hilton Head, S.C. …
March 3, 2005
Liberty Mutual has now received regulator approval to set up captives in the United States through its Vermont-based Liberty Mutual Management LLC office. Liberty Sponsored Insurance (Vermont) Inc. will serve as a rent-a-captive facility for businesses seeking an alternative to …
March 1, 2005
Chicago-based InsuranceNoodle has signed an agreement with Boston-based OneBeacon Insurance Group to offer the carrier’s OnePac P&C solution to the more than 2,400 independent commercial agencies currently using InsuranceNoodle’s proprietary, Web-based technology platform. Through InsuranceNoodle, NoodleNetwork partner agencies can write …
February 28, 2005
Connecticut’s legislature moved closer to legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples last week as a key panel approved a measure that could make Connecticut the second state to recognize gay unions through legislative action. The Joint Judiciary Committee voted 25-13 …
February 22, 2005
Chicago, Ill.-based InsuranceNoodle has entered into an agreement with Boston, Mass.-based OneBeacon Insurance Group to offer the carrier’s OnePac P&C solution to the independent commercial agencies that use InsuranceNoodle’s proprietary, Web-based technology platform. “InsuranceNoodle presents OneBeacon with the opportunity to …
February 21, 2005
A federal judge has sided with the state of Maine in an industry challenge to the constitutionality of a state law that requires pharmacy benefit managers to disclose side payments from drug companies and other financial information. U.S. Magistrate Judge …
February 21, 2005
Michael Miller The St. Paul Travelers Companies Inc., headquartered in Saint Paul, Minn., promoted Michael Miller andBrian MacLean to the newly created positions of chief operating officers. Miller is responsible for the specialty business and regional executive organization, and MacLean …
February 21, 2005
Industry Gets Victory on Class Action But Reason to Worry Over TRIA Eliot who? The name Eliot Spitzer was never spoken during a recent gathering of insurance brokers and federal lawmakers in Washington, D.C. At the annual legislative summit organized …