All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 21 2014 // A South Dakota legislative panel has approved a package aimed at giving people better protection against unfair practices by insurance companies.The proposals were drafted at Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s request after...
Jan 15 2014 // Virginia’s State Corporation Commission is reviewing rules governing long-term care insurance to determine whether revisions are needed.The SCC said Tuesday that it is seeking public comment on the rules. Comments...
Jan 14 2014 // U.S. juries awarded three verdicts of $1 billion or more for the third straight year in 2013, topped by a $1.2 billion award against Dow Chemical Co., the largest ever in a price-fixing case.Second was $1.1 billion awarded...
Nov 18 2013 // 91% of assisted living residents say they are safer living in an assisted living community than they would be living on their own. (Assisted Living Federation of America’s 2013 Survey of Assisted Living...
Nov 7 2013 // K&B Underwriters, a program administrator and wholesale brokerage serving agents and brokers for senior living facilities, hired Paul Marshall as director of senior living programs. Marshall has 23 years of experience...
Oct 9 2013 // The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has sidelined thousands of inspectors who monitor everything from air and water pollution to safety hazards at factories and the condition of nursing homes.Federal law requires...
Sep 11 2013 // Glenview, Ill.-based insurance wholesaler Highland Risk Services announced an exclusive partnership with Ironshore to provide liability insurance for the empirical risk program, which is designed specifically for...
Sep 10 2013 // Insurance wholesaler Highland Risk Services has partnered with Ironshore to provide liability insurance for the Empirical Risk program, which is designed specifically for continuing care retirement communities...
Jul 10 2013 // South Dakota’s Division of Insurance has levied a $325,000 fine against a Nebraska-based insurer for violating South Dakota laws and regulations.It is the largest such fine in South Dakota history, Insurance Division...
Jul 3 2013 // What are elderly parents to do when their children no longer bother to visit? In China, there’s a new answer: sue the kids.That’s what 77-year-old “Granny Chu,” of Wuxi, China, did in April. On...
Jun 20 2013 // While the fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas, destroyed much of the nursing home next to it, almost all of its residents survived that first night.But two months after the blast, 14 of the residents have...
Jun 11 2013 // Families suing the operator of a Hartford nursing home where 16 patients died in a 2003 fire suffered a setback Monday, when the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the home’s insurance coverage was $1 million...
Jun 6 2013 // Gov. Dennis Daugaard has asked South Dakota Labor Secretary Pam Roberts to review her agency’s procedures for investigating consumer complaints against insurance companies.The move comes after the Argus Leader...
May 13 2013 // Zurich North America Commercial’s Programs & Direct Markets business has entered into an agreement with Aon Affinity, the consumer, association and group program business of Aon plc to offer coverage to...
May 7 2013 // Families of nursing home residents will soon be able to electronically monitor their loved ones thanks to legislation signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin. Senate Bill 587, by Sen. Ron Justice, will allow nursing home...
Apr 15 2013 // The West Virginia legislature has moved to limit the liability that nursing homes can face in potential lawsuits. The bill passed unanimously Saturday by the House explicitly applies the state’s Medical Professional...
Mar 13 2013 // A measure passed by the Oklahoma Senate would allow residents in nursing homes to install electronic monitoring devices in their private rooms. Senate Bill 587 also prohibits nursing facilities from refusing to admit any...
Mar 8 2013 // A Sacramento Superior Court jury hit Emeritus Corp. with $23 million in punitive damages in the wrongful death and elder abuse lawsuit filed and won by the family of an 82-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease who...
Mar 8 2013 // A limit would be placed on the amount nursing homes would be forced to pay if sued under a bill passed by the West Virginia Senate this week.The measure explicitly includes nursing homes under the protections of a 2003 law...
Mar 7 2013 // Relatives of an 88-year-old Indiana woman who died after being attacked by another nursing home resident say the home’s owners lied about her injuries. Betty Riley’s family filed a complaint with the Indiana...