Liberty Mutual, the eighth largest car and home insurer in the U.S., today launched its online “Driver Seat Game,” a flash-based video game that will allow players of all ages to experience first-hand the physical and cognitive limitations that older drivers may experience while operating a motor vehicle. The goal of the game — found [...]
This week, as congressional leaders debate legislation designed to reform the nation’s healthcare system, eHealth, Inc’s. Chairman and CEO Gary Lauer discussed the organization’s commitment to helping enroll the 47 million Americans who are uninsured. Additionally, eHealth released its policy recommendations, which are based on its proven success in connecting nearly two million Americans to [...]
Medversant Technologies LLC, the company that changed the paradigm in provider credentialing with AutoVerifi™ (U.S. Patent 7,529,682), announces the addition of contract management to its on-demand Integrated Provider Management Platform (IPM). Medversant’s IPM with AutoVerifi dramatically improves the way healthcare organizations manage their provider related business processes.
“We tackled the hardest problem first and enabled continuous [...]
OneBeacon Insurance Group announced the formation of its newest specialty business – OneBeacon Energy Group, which targets upstream and midstream mid-market energy risks, as well as alternative and renewable energy sources.
Initial coverage offerings include monoline property, monoline general liability, and general liability combined with auto liability. These are available to the exploration and production, [...]
NERA Economic Consulting, a leading global provider of economic advice and analysis in business, legal, and regulatory matters, today released Snapshot of Recent Trends in Asbestos Litigation, a report analyzing trends in asbestos filings and settlements, in light of legislative and judicial tort reform over the past several years.
The report, co-authored by NERA Senior Vice [...]
In a time of financial turmoil, the insurance industry faces an unprecedented opportunity to begin selling on value and not on price, Joe Plumeri, Chairman and CEO of Willis Group Holdings the global insurance broker, told delegates at Insurance Day’s Summit Bermuda here. Delivering the keynote address at today’s event, Plumeri said that the [...]
The board of directors of U.S. Bancorp has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per common share, payable July 15, 2009, to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 30, 2009. At this quarterly dividend rate, the annual dividend is equivalent to $0.20 per common share.
In other actions, the board of directors [...]
After delivering custom third party administration (TPA) solutions to an impressive client base for more than two decades, Crawford & Company announced today that its United Kingdom TPA operation is now Broadspire, a Crawford company. This exciting step in the continuing evolution of Broadspire globalizes the well-respected Broadspire name and provides clients with international [...]
ACM Capital Partners, a national investment and advisory firm specializing in assisting middle-market companies in transition or distress, and Crestmark Bank, a nationally recognized provider of working capital solutions to small- and mid-sized businesses, today announced they have partnered to deliver a multi-million dollar asset-based loan for a struggling medical device company headquartered in California.
The [...]
Maiden Holdings, Ltd. that the Company will be participating in the 2009 Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller (FPK) Small & Mid-Cap Bank and Insurance Conference being held on June 18, 2009. The Conference will be held at the Roosevelt Hotel New York, located in mid-town Manhattan.
Maiden President and CEO Art Raschbaum is scheduled to present [...]
