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Insights on how to run an insurance agency, along with coverage of agency management and agency technology news.
Feds Fine Health Carrier
By Staff WriterA New England nonprofit health carrier has agreed to make a payment charity to resolve an investigation of its past relationships with state officials.Blue Cross ...
December 13, 2007
Claim Technology Firm To Scoop Up NeighborClaimsnet.com Inc. has agreed to acquire most of the assets of Acceptius Inc.Claimsnet.com, Dallas, sells electronic transaction services to the health care industry.Acceptius, Dallas, which ...
December 13, 2007
Regulators Clash With Carrier Over Policy CancellationsCalifornia insurance regulators are trying to get a health insurer to pay more than $12 million in fines and penalties in connection with allegations that ...
December 12, 2007
Hartford Scoops Up Pension System FirmA retirement services player is buying plan administration technology expertise.The Simsbury, Conn., life insurance arm of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Hartford, has agreed to ...
December 12, 2007
New York Officials Propose Pension Fund RegulationsThe Empire State comptroller's office and insurance department are updating the rules governing the $154 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund.The proposed rules will ...
December 11, 2007
Treasury Gets 350 Comments On Reform ProposalFederal officials are getting ready to look closely at insurance regulation while crafting a "blueprint for an improved U.S. financial regulatory structure."David Nason, U.S. Treasury ...
December 11, 2007
Web Store Maker Emphasizes Tracking ToolsBenefitfocus.com Inc. has introduced the Benefitfocus eDirect health insurance quote service.Health insurers and brokers can use the Web-based system to sell individual and family health ...
December 10, 2007
AEI Schedules Federal Charter EventThe American Enterprise Institute, a general interest think tank, is organizing a panel discussion on the topic of permitting insurers to choose between state and ...