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By Elizabeth Festa, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 6, 2012
The state of Florida continues to carry the banner of agents on the medical-loss ratio issue and has petitioned federal health regulators to review the decision not to exempt Florida from the rule.
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By Stephen J. Klingel |
May 1, 2011
Early signs for this year’s workers’ compensation market show that it is struggling against some significant headwinds. Two forces, in particular, continue to buffet the industry: A troubled job market and regulatory uncertainty.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 27, 2011
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. says net income dropped 48 percent for the 2011 first quarter, but the firm’s CEO is upbeat, noting signs of improvement for the coming year.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 25, 2011
If Republicans were in search of a friendly venue for their message of spending cuts and regulation reduction, they found a warm embrace a few short blocks from Capitol Hill at the recent meeting of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America in Washington D.C.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 14, 2011
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, criticized the president’s debt plan, calling it campaign rhetoric, in a speech before an insurance agents’ group.
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By Joan E. Collier, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 7, 2011
The latest NCCI 2011 Issues Report calls attention to "significant deterioration" in the workers' compensation product line.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 28, 2011
State insurance regulators Sunday delayed for at least four weeks action on a resolution that would support the demand by insurance agents for an exemption from the medical loss ratio provision of the health care reform law.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 10, 2011
State regulators and legislators are in a “new paradigm” as a result the Dodd-Frank financial services reform law, “certainly having at least a new cousin in the federal government,” industry officials said last week.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 3, 2011
The House today passed legislation repealing the much-criticized 1099 reporting provision of the health care law, setting the stage for talks with the Senate over how to pay for the repeal.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 23, 2011
Funding for implementing the medical loss ratio provision of the health care reform law would be eliminated for the remainder of this fiscal year under the budget passed by the House last Saturday.
