All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2004 // Lax safety standards and inaccurate information about fire drills contributed to the deaths of 16 people in a fire at a Hartford, Conn. nursing home last year, federal investigators say.A report issuedby the U.S....
Jul 13 2004 // Three Massachusetts insurance agencies have agreed to each pay $2,500 in civil penalties and provide legally required information about long-term care insurance, under the terms of three separate assurances of...
Jun 7 2004 // Voluntary benefits, where the employees pay the full freight through payroll deduction, are booming. Voluntary plans let employers offer attractive fringe benefits like dental, vision care and disability insurance at no...
May 17 2004 // Voluntary benefits, where the employees pay the full freight through payroll deduction, are booming. Voluntary plans let employers offer attractive fringe benefits like dental, vision care and disability insurance at no...
May 7 2004 // New York Governor George E. Pataki and Senator Kemp Hannon have introduced a measure in the state Senate that would strengthen protections for patients and ensure that additional background checks for health professionals...
Mar 22 2004 // Americans are becoming more sophisticated about long-term care insurance. As the knowledge of this financial product has broadened, the insurance carriers have designed additional options and riders for the more savvy...
Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead Managed Insurance Programs is offering a market for nursing homes and assisted living.Dollars: Minimum deductible SIR of $50,000. Minimum premium, $50,000; policy limits: $1 million to $3...
Feb 23 2004 // As we age in life, thoughts oftentimes turn to just who will take care of us when that day comes when we can’t fend for ourselves.Even those in society with many relatives are not guaranteed that they one day...
Feb 23 2004 // Although many complex issues need to be resolved to solve Florida’s nursing home crisis, tighter litigation reforms are reportedly key to solving these problems, according to one insurance industry trade...
Feb 23 2004 // As the insurance industry, the nursing home industry, trial lawyers, and more look to find common ground in the saga of Florida nursing homes, the thought that the situation will eventually find the right answers does...
Feb 23 2004 // The chance of requiring long-term care services is roughly 50 times the chance of sustaining a major loss from an automobile accident.Americans are becoming more sophisticated about long-term care insurance. As the...
Jan 22 2004 // Although many complex issues need to be resolved to solve Florida’s nursing home crisis, tighter litigation reforms are reportedly key to solving these problems.“The passage in 2001 of S.B. 1202 provided only...
Jan 12 2004 // Problems and states come in all different shapes and sizes.For the insurance industry, keeping an eye on tort reform in Mississippi has been an item of importance in recent years. For the American Insurance Associ-ation...
Dec 15 2003 // A much brighter future beyond what may be currently envisioned awaits property/casualty agents and brokers through cross-selling long term care (LTC) insurance. The sunny scenario that will unfold includes helping...
Oct 6 2003 // A United States Supreme Court decision on whether a petitioner’s net worth could be a consideration in awarding punitive damages could reportedly have a serious impact on the nursing home profession at a time when...
Sep 8 2003 // A United States Supreme Court decision on whether a petitioner’s net worth could be a consideration in awarding punitive damages could have a serious impact on the nursing home profession at a time when there is...
Sep 8 2003 // “Client, insure thyself!”Well it hasn’t quite reached that point yet, but the hard market has caused insurance buyers to commence an unprecedented search for affordable risk management solutions. Pushed...
Aug 7 2003 // CNA Financial Corporation reported net income for the second quarter of 2003 of $70 million, or $0.25 per share, as compared with net income of $31 million, or $0.14 per share, for the same period in 2002. Net income for...
Jul 21 2003 // With national and state efforts at altering medical liability rules once again failing to hurdle the predictable political roadblocks and the commercial insurance marketplace struggling to provide the coverages so many...
Jul 21 2003 // With national and state efforts at altering medical liability rules once again failing to hurdle the predictable political roadblocks and the commercial insurance marketplace struggling to provide the coverages so many...