Archive for February, 2010
Will employers offer health care in future?
Employers’ inability to control health care costs and uncertainty about the effects of federal health reform have many rethinking their commitment to providing health care benefits, a survey concludes.
No dollars and sense in terror cover reform
Anyone who wants to understand how Washington really works need look no further than the Obama administration’s proposal to scale back the federal terrorism insurance backstop originally established by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act in 2002.
Insurers, reinsurers cut business ties to Iran
International insurers and reinsurers are halting coverage of and investments in companies that do business in Iran, as U.S.
Insurer, reinsurer core activities pose no systemic risk: Report
The core activities of insurers and reinsurers do not pose systemic economic risk, but there are steps that could be taken to better monitor insurers’ noncore activities, a Geneva Assn. report concluded last week.
Hospital Yelps over reivew site’s demands
A Long Beach, Calif., veterinary hospital is accusing an online business review Web site owner of unfair business practices in a federal lawsuit filed in California.
Police snatch jewelers for claims fraud
Two New York Diamond District jewelers were busted by police last week on charges they staged a 2008 heist Hollywood-style.
Catlin heading back out in the cold
Catlin Group Ltd. is about to be on thin ice again, as the international specialty insurer and reinsurer ventures into the Arctic Circle to study the potential effects of carbon dioxide on the Arctic Ocean.
Would reform resolve latest rate hike debate?
IT'S HARD TO SAY whether it is fair or excessive for Anthem Blue Cross to increase health insurance premium rates by as much as 39% for California customers with individual policies.
Court ruling on venue helps clear murky area
ALTHOUGH DETERMINING the location of a company's “principal place of business” might seem simple, even the simplest matters can grow complicated when the law's involved.
Measures would extend COBRA subsidy program
WASHINGTON—Federal legislators are taking steps to again extend the duration of the 65% COBRA health insurance premium subsidy.