All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 15 2006 // Victims of a bus explosion that killed 23 Texas nursing home patients fleeing Hurricane Rita have reached an $11 million settlement in their lawsuit against the bus company and travel broker, according to court...
Mar 30 2006 // Lighthouse Underwriters has expanded its ElderCare program with four new proprietary products.The new products, all of which are A-rated with claims made forms and combined general liability and property liability forms,...
Mar 23 2006 // The Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee has approved legislation that, if signed into law, will help ensure the viability of long-term care insurance in Florida.Senate Bill 2290 provides protections to seniors...
Feb 23 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced that on Feb. 9, 2006, attorney Marilyn P. McCumber, 68, self-surrendered to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. She pled guilty to felony grand theft for...
Feb 1 2006 // One of North Carolina’s largest providers of long-term care for adults may not have the insurance required to pay workers hurt on the job and is being investigated for not paying employees on time.The state...
Nov 15 2005 // Aon Specialty Product Network (ASPN) announced it has partnered with Mid-Continent General Agency, a managing general underwriter and program manager based in Houston, to provide liability insurance products for health...
Oct 21 2005 // Houston, TX – London American Risk Specialists, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas is pleased to announce the formation of a Social Services Underwriting department based out of the Dallas, Texas office. Mike...
Oct 3 2005 // Emergency workers along the South Carolina coast are tweaking hurricane preparedness plans in the wake of Gulf Coast storms Katrina and Rita.According to the Columbia State, officials are looking into whether there are...
Sep 26 2005 // Lighthouse Underwriters LLC (www.lighthouseunderwriters.com), a program underwriting company that works with select industry groups, has expanded its ElderCare program with an assisted living package in Texas.The package...
Sep 15 2005 // An insurance policy purchased by the nursing home owners charged Wednesday with negligent homicide in the deaths of 34 residents as a result of Hurricane Katrina may be a source of recovery for aggrieved parties and is...
Sep 14 2005 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., reported that owners of St. Rita’s Nursing Home surrendered to Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Investigators in Baton Rouge on Sept. 14. St. Rita’s Nursing Home is...
Sep 12 2005 // Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. announced his office has launched an investigation into the deaths of 32 nursing home residents of St. Rita’s Nursing Home in St. Bernard parish in the aftermath of Hurricane...
Aug 22 2005 // Lighthouse Underwriters LLC (www.lighthouseunderwriters.com), a program underwriting company that works with select industry groups, has expanded its ElderCare insurance program with a new workers’ compensation...
Aug 11 2005 // Fire sprinklers will soon be required in all nursing homes, in new construction of one- and two-family dwellings, and in all new construction of nightclubs and like facilities, as well as for existing nightclubs and like...
Aug 1 2005 // Texas Tech Law Review has issued a comprehensive overview of lawsuit reform measures passed in 2003. According to an announcement released by the Texas Alliance for Patient Access, the 357-page article, the culmination of...
May 27 2005 // The Louisiana House of Representatives killed a bill that would have allowed nursing home patients to sue for damages for certain violations of their rights, such as being a victim of mental and physical abuse. The measure...
May 18 2005 // Two risk retention groups that provide general and professional liability insurance to operators of long-term care facilities in Florida and 33 other states have been granted a Financial Stability Rating(R) (FSR) of...
Apr 14 2005 // The Missouri House passed legislation Wednesday that would tighten regulation of medical malpractice insurers as part of an effort to bring down premiums for physicians. The 141-11 vote sends the bill to the Senate....
Mar 21 2005 // State lawmakers involved in insurance issues have endorsed proposed federal rules designed to reduce workers’ compensation claims and employee injuries in nursing homes.A resolution supporting ergonomics guidelines...
Mar 21 2005 // You may have read about a recent survey–the LTC IQ test–that over 60 percent of respondents failed. Almost 90 percent knew what long-term care was, but over 40 percent thought the government would provide...