All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jun 23 2003 // Having served six years in his present office, Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens has had an opportunity to see a number of changes in his state over the years. Pickens recently sat down with Insurance Journal to...
Jan 13 2003 // Penn Treaty American Corp. announced that it has entered into a reinsurance agreement for new long-term care insurance policies with Bermuda-based Centre Solutions Limited.“The Agreement, which is effective for all...
Dec 16 2002 // For this end-of-the year edition of Insurance Journal, we looked at some unique or interesting programs and found eight that grabbed our attention. Obviously they do not represent a comprehensive list, which is admittedly...
Dec 16 2002 // For this end-of-the year edition of Insurance Journal, we looked at some unique or interesting programs and found eight that grabbed our attention. Obviously they do not represent a comprehensive list, which is admittedly...
Dec 5 2002 // Provider Alliance, a Charleston, South Carolina-based leader in long-term care insurance, announced it has entered the Florida market with affordable liability insurance policies available to nursing home providers. The...
Dec 4 2002 // Florida Medical Quality Assurance Inc. reports that Florida nursing homes are not wasting time getting involved with the recently launched Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI) spearheaded by the U.S. Department of Health...
Dec 2 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: APG Insurance Services has available a program for home health-care/nursing homes.Dollars: Policy limits of $1,000,000. Minimum premiums of $2,500. Carrier: Rated “A.”States Available:...
Sep 16 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: The Managed Insurance Programs Division of Arrowhead General Insurance Agency has launched a new nursing home insurance and risk management program, “Silver Lining.” Dollars: The Division...
Mar 29 2002 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has lowered the financial strength rating to B+ (Very Good) from B++ (Very Good) for AF&L Insurance Company of Warrington, Pennsylvania with a stable outlook.Best explained that its...