Zurich North American asks its commercial property insurance customers to contact them in one of the following ways to report a claim related to Hurricane Isabel: Phone: 1-800-987-3373 E-mail: USZ_CARECENTER@Zurichna.com Web: Go to Zurich North America’s web site www.zurichna.com and …
In advance of the onslaught of Hurricane Isabel, some consumers along the U.S. East Coast were temporarily out of luck if they were shopping for insurance. According to Reuters, several large insurers, including State Farm, Allstate Corp. and Nationwide Financial …
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee named Karen Hart McKinney of Little Rock to the state Workers’ Compensation Commission. According to the WCC, McKinney will replace Joe Yates, who’s retiring from the three-member commission. She will fill the remainder of Yates’ term, …
Over 100 state agency representatives gathered in the House chambers of the Capitol building Sept. 18 to learn about ways to reduce the costs associated with workers’ compensation insurance. As a follow up to a meeting with Governor Martz and …
According to a new study, State Fund policyholders have saved approximately $238 million since 1996 in total workers’ compensation claims costs through the State Fund-Kaiser Permanente Alliance. The new study confirms that the Alliance continues to lower medical treatment costs …
Hurricane Isabel probably will not have a material impact on primary property/casualty insurance or reinsurance company ratings, based an analysis of insurers’ preliminary loss projections, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said. “Insurers are assuming that the hurricane will probably be …
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina temporarily will continue to accept electronic transactions from current submitters in HCFA 1500s (private practice) and UB92 (hospital) formats after the Oct. 16 deadline for compliance with federal rules requiring use of the HIPAA 837 …
Fair Isaac Corporation announced that it has acquired Diversified HealthCare Services, Inc. Diversified, a rapidly growing provider of medical bill review products and services for the workers’ compensation insurance industry, will be integrated into Fair Isaac’s Healthcare and Insurance market …
More than $48 million was returned to Texas consumers during the past year as a result of actions by the Consumer Protection Division of the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), the agency announced today. The money came from premium refunds …
Va.-based Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Company announced that its board of directors has approved and recommended to its shareholders, a charter amendment to change the company’s name. The proposed new name is Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company. The acronym and …