health insurance

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  Interest in Insurance Education Growing on Capitol Hill

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 25, 2012

  Congressional staffers appear to be showing more interest in learning about the insurance industry, as the number of staffers attending a recent seminar on insurance basics soared compared to previous years.

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  Health Insurance Exchanges: The Effect on Agents

  By Steve Purkapile  |  May 21, 2012

  Some states are taking up the banner for insurance exchanges. Is it better for them to wait?

• An Apple a Day Won’t Keep Risks at Bay, But These RMs Do

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 14, 2012

  As the health-care industry anticipates a shortage of professionals and prepares for the uncertainties of government reform, risk managers in this sector discuss some of the challenges that lie ahead.

• Increasing Number of Captives Opt to Domicile on U.S. Soil

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 3, 2012

  Grounding no longer sounds so bad: Driven by financial incentives, new captives are choosing to stay closer to home.

• Italian Brokers Seek Business, Advice, from U.S. Carriers and Agents

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 27, 2012

  Italian-insurance agents and brokers are seeking to break the restrictions placed on them by their domestic carriers and welcome U.S. carriers’ business and U.S. independent-agent practices to their shore.

• What's Next for MLR?

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops  |  April 25, 2012

  The medical loss ratio question is far from settled, as SCOTUS weighs the healthcare law’s constitutionality, and Congress debates two MLR reform bills.

• Chartis Offers PR Protection to Schools and Public Entities

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 13, 2012

  Chartis has rolled out Leaders Risk Protector, a modular-insurance plan designed for schools, associations and public entities and the exposures of their employees and management staff.

• Two Calif. MedMal Insurers Lower Rates upon Department Request

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 11, 2012

  Two California medical-malpractice insurers have agreed to lower their premiums, a decision the state-insurance commissioner says will lower costs to healthcare providers in the state by $4 million.

• Starr Opening Japan Operations

  By Staff Writer  |  April 4, 2012

  Starr says that the Japanese Financial Services Agency granted it a foreign, non-life insurance business license in Japan allowing it to offer accident and health insurance and casualty insurance there.

• Build Brand With Blogs

  By Paul Morrissette  |  March 28, 2012

  Blogs are another way to gather and disseminate valuable information