Thursday, May 3, 2012Texas employers and consumers are projected to receive the largest combined rebates of any state from health insurers who spent more on administrative expenses (executive salaries, marketing) and profits in 2011 than allowed by the Affordable Care Act. There’s a fact sheet about the “medical loss ratio” on HealthCare. READ MORE >>
Monday, April 23, 2012Insurance fraud is escalating -- up 19 percent since 2009, says the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). To detect more fraud, reduce false positives and improve investigator efficiency, insurers now have the latest version of SAS Fraud Framework for Insurance, from the leader in business analytics software and services. READ MORE >>
Monday, April 2, 2012Reliable Insurance Managers doesn't run credit in 99% of the time. We only do if you want us to in order to find a better rate, if you already know your credit is good.
Texas homeowners with poor credit ratings — including a high percentage of minorities and lower-income residents &mdas... READ MORE >>
Wednesday, March 28, 2012Lloyd's of London on Wednesday posted its first pretax loss in six years after being hit by lower investment returns and major catastrophes, in what industry experts call the second-costliest year on record in terms of insured disaster claims. The U.K. READ MORE >>
Thursday, March 1, 2012Howard Adams, who runs a farm equipment business in Lubbock, was in good health most of his life. Then, 13 years ago, he lost sensation in both legs. A neurologist told him he had multiple sclerosis, a disorder causing periodic loss of muscle control, eyesight and speech. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, February 28, 2012The percentage of Texans with health insurance would rise from 74 percent to 91 percent under the new federal health care law, a state official told lawmakers Monday. State Medicaid Director Billy Millwee also said the state is prepared to implement the new rules regardless of whether the U.S. READ MORE >>
Monday, February 13, 2012The Obama administration and U.S. Catholic bishops continue to be at odds over a proposed federal policy to make coverage for contraceptives a standard part of employer-sponsored health-care insurance.
As part of the implementation of health-care reform, the Obama administration last month is... READ MORE >>
Tuesday, February 7, 2012Under the 2010 federal health care reform law, Texas is reviewing medical insurance companies' rate increases of at least 10 percent to determine whether they are justified, but even if reviewers find a problem, they have no way of heading it off or even letting the public know about it. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, February 1, 2012Lexington Insurance Company, a Chartis company, today announced that its recent study, titled “Frequency of Outbreak Investigations in U.S. Hospitals: Results of a National Survey of Infection Preventionists,” has been published in the American Journal of Infection Control. READ MORE >>
Monday, January 23, 2012Before the end of January, the newly established Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the U.S. Department of Treasury is expected to release its highly anticipated report on how to modernize and improve insurance regulation in the United States. READ MORE >>
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