All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 15 2005 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners recently named its funded consumer liaison representatives for 2005. Established in 1992, the program promotes consumer representation and interaction with NAIC members,...
Mar 9 2005 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance J. Robert Wooley announced that a 2005-2006 Long-Term Care Insurance Comparison Guide has been published by the Louisiana Department of Insurance’s Senior Health Insurance...
Mar 3 2005 // A resolution supporting ergonomics guidelines for nursing homes and encouraging such facilities to use alternative mechanical lifting methods was unanimously approved on Thursday by the Workers’ Compensation...
Feb 21 2005 // Premiums have increased for some long-term care insurance policies issued to Minnesota consumers largely because policyholders are maintaining their coverage and interest rates have decreased in recent years. Those...
Feb 15 2005 // Seeking to put an end to accounts of neglect, abuse and mismanagement at many of Oklahoma’s nursing homes, State Rep. Lee Denney filed legislation that would revamp the board responsible for overseeing the...
Feb 8 2005 // Premiums have increased for some long-term care insurance policies issued to Minnesota consumers largely because policyholders are maintaining their coverage and interest rates have decreased in recent years. Those...
Jan 10 2005 // Hospitals in the metropolitan New York area have experienced annual malpractice premium increases of 27 percent per year from 1999 through 2004, and a cumulative percentage increase of 147 percent over that five-year...
Dec 23 2004 // Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is blocking a bill that Democratic lawmakers hoped would expand access to insurance for long term care, saying the state can’t afford a tax cut that would cause a $10 million annual...
Nov 22 2004 // No effort is planned in the upcoming Arkansas legislative session to gain approval for a measure that would limit damages that could be awarded in suits against nursing homes, a top industry official says.A measure to cap...
Nov 14 2004 // No effort is planned in the upcoming Arkansas legislative session to gain approval for a measure that would limit damages that could be awarded in suits against nursing homes, a top industry official says.A measure to cap...
Oct 25 2004 // Whether a patient, a health care provider or an insurer, everyone seems to be aware of what is going on in the medical world these days. There is general agreement that health care costs are rising, more people are going...
Oct 8 2004 // Northern Virginia Firm to Balance Value for Both Carriers, AgentsRetail insurance agents seeking better service from their brokers have a new resource: K&B Underwriters, LLC. The development could be a welcome relief...
Sep 15 2004 // Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe announced that his office has reached a settlement with Advocat Inc. of Franklin, Tenn., operating in Arkansas as Diversicare Management Services, to resolve a series of lawsuits and...
Sep 15 2004 // Annandale, Va.-based The Lighthouse Companies, a program underwriting company that works with select industry groups, has announced that it has acquired the remaining outstanding membership shares of Lighthouse Eldercare,...
Sep 6 2004 // Soaring health care costs, coupled with the looming retirement of a record 77 million Americans starting in 2011, are casting a shadow of concern over states that worry their public health care systems can’t shoulder...
Aug 23 2004 // Fire safety problems at nursing homes are widespread and government oversight is lacking, according to congressional investigators who issued a report spurred by deadly fires in homes in Connecticut and Tennessee.Nearly 60...
Aug 23 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Lionheart Insurance is offering several new markets for various adult-care facilities.Dollars: Property limit to $5 million (can include flood and earthquake). Liability limit to $5 million combined...
Aug 23 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Lionheart Insurance is offering several new markets for various adult-care facilities.Dollars: Property limit to $5 million (can include flood and earthquake). Liability limit to $5 million combined...
Jul 26 2004 // Hospital Casualty Co., an insurer that provides medical liability insurance to hospitals and nursing homes in Oklahoma, will stop operations by fall the Associated Press and the Oklahoman reported.Hospital Casualty Co. was...
Jul 19 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Lionheart Insurance is offering several new markets for various adult-care facilities.Dollars: Property limit to $5 million (can include flood and earthquake). Liability limit to $5 million combined...