Bancinsure Announces Director Of Professional Lines Underwriting

Prior to joining BancInsure, Mr. Hess served as the Brokerage Solutions Manager for CMIA Brokerage, a subsidiary of CUNA Mutual Group. Included among his many achievements at CMIA, were efforts to adopt new financial institution-related coverages for their clients. Mr. Hess also served as Vice President at Brasser Insurance Group, LLC in Nashville, TN where [...]

Private insurers cover kidney drugs

Although patients with advanced kidney cancer have been denied four drugs on the NHS, those with private medical insurance will be covered.
But there can be time limits as short as three months on how long insurers will pay for these drugs. The four drugs rejected by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence are [...]

Pay to stay covered when other policies are drained

Most Americans have auto insurance, health insurance, dental insurance, homeowners or renters insurance, life insurance, maybe disability insurance.
It may make sense, especially if you have significant assets. Experts call this umbrella a savvy, inexpensive investment against a high-cost lawsuit that could result from anything from a car wreck to your job to a neighbor’s fall [...]

Owner of stolen horse won’t abandon insurance claim

Steve Smedley says there have been no sightings of the horse since it disappeared from Honeymoon Gap in January.
He says he’s convinced the horse was stolen despite having no evidence to prove his claim.
“We hope that we might find him but after several months on motorbike and helicopter and sort of looking through there and [...]

QBE ghost lurks as Wilkins tries to salvage IAG

The ghost of the QBE takeover proposal will haunt the IAG board even though IAG’s new boss, Mike Wilkins, has laid out a thorough plan to turn around the ailing insurance company.
Had the board not had the luxury of turnaround maestro Wilkins already on its payroll, chairman James Strong and his fellow directors could have [...]

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Health insurance changes will fuel inflation

Tomorrow night’s Budget will include changes to allow people to earn twice as much before facing a surcharge if they do not have private health insurance.
But Opposition health spokesman Joe Hockey says it will cause the total number of people with private cover to fall and that will force up the cost of health insurance.
But [...]

Union Bank of California will sell insurance unit to BB&T

BB&T has a subsidiary already selling insurance in California — McGriff, Seibels & Williams — and plans to put the head of its Irvine office in charge of San Diego-based UnionBanc Insurance after the deal. BB&T will shut down UnionBanc Insurance offices in San Rafael and Roseville and consolidate them into other offices in Stockton [...]

SeaBright Insurance Q1 net income rises

First-quarter net income at SeaBright Insurance Holdings Inc. rose to $10.9 million, or 52 cents per diluted share, from $10.1 million, or 48 cents per share a year earlier.
Revenue rose to $64.2 million from $54.9 million in 2007.
Analysts polled by Thomson Financial Network expected first-quarter earnings for the Seattle insurer of 49 cents and revenue [...]

Rubio rivalry revived as both turn to health insurance

Gov. Charlie Crist is marching into the final days of the legislative session hoping to bring home his one priority that can’t fall victim to state budget reductions.
His health insurance proposal doesn’t cost the state a cent, which means it can’t be cut by bean counters frantically looking for savings. But the issue has forced [...]