Assist America, a provider of global emergency services through employee benefit plans, is actively helping members affected by the Dec. 26 tsunami. With the magnitude of this catastrophe in mind, in cases of tsunami-related events, Assist America will extend most …
ISO’s Insurance Information Exchange (iiX) unit, a provider of insurance underwriting information, has introduced two services to help auto insurers better monitor their policyholders’ driving violations. iiX developed OnGuard and the Index of Activity Databases to help insurers reduce underwriting …
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty recently joined St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly to announce his support for flood mitigation improvements at St. Paul Downtown Airport/Holman Field. Gov. Pawlenty included a $2 million recommendation in his bonding proposal for flood protection efforts …
Barbara Dolson has become the new director of account services for Florida-based CHOICE Medical Management Services LLC. Previously Dolson oversaw sales for the company, which provides care management services to the workers’ compensation industry throughout the southeastern U.S. Prior to …
Vimlesh Ahmad, 58, of Seattle, Washington was sentenced recently to one year and one day in prison, and two years of supervised release in U.S. District Court in Seattle for Health Care Fraud. Ahmad’s attorney, Robert Mahler, told the court …
Florida homeowners with Citizens Property Insurance Corporation policies will be shocked this spring when their renewal notices arrive and they discover that the cost of premiums have risen dramatically, some by as much as 117 percent for windstorm premiums due …
Beginning Feb. 1, employers must post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced this week. Employers are only required to post the Summary (OSHA …
RealMed, a provider of web-based revenue cycle management solutions for healthcare providers, hospitals and payers, announced a signed contract with Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University (JHU) for Internet-based real-time adjudication and processing of electronic claims transactions, real-time claims editing, automatic claims …
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, joined by New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and New York State Insurance Superintendent Gregory Serio, recently announced that a motorcycle theft and fencing ring comprised of 16 individuals – including fences, locators and …
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Monday signed a settlement that ensures refunds totaling up to $10 million to Texans who unknowingly purchased vehicles that were previously damaged and deemed total losses by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. The …