All the headlines from our Senior Care Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 11 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Union General has coverage available for all types of basic daily care facilities for the elderly. There is also physical/sexual abuse coverage available. Professional liability and personal and...
Dec 17 2001 // Looking to reduce nursing home medical professional liability rates by preventing accidents and injuries that lead to claims, Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor adopted a “best practices” plan that...
Nov 26 2001 // Nonprofit organizations are among the fastest growing sectors of the U.S. economy and while many companies try to steer away from writing policies for nonprofits, there are a few that thrive on the business.Those who do...
Sep 17 2001 // Nonprofit organizations are among the fastest growing sectors of the U.S. economy and while many companies try to steer away from writing policies for nonprofits, there are a few that thrive on the business.Those who do...
Sep 17 2001 // Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Commissioner José Montemayor has appointed a task force to help develop “best practices” for nursing home risk management and loss control, with the goal of stabilizing...
Aug 20 2001 // I find that nursing homes are in a serious crisis in trying to obtain medical liability coverage,” Texas Insurance Commissioner José Montemayor said in February, as he announced the Texas Department of Insurance...
Jul 9 2001 // Beverly Enterprises Inc., the nation’s largest operator of nursing homes, will pay $1.2 million to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit, according to an Associated Press story. Nine former workers claimed that...
May 21 2001 // According to a Conning & Company study, “Medical Malpractice Insurance: A Prescription for Chaos,” decreases in investment income, coupled with increases in the severity of lawsuits and the rising costs of...
Jan 8 2001 // The demarcation between years always seems to take on a contemplative aspect. We look back to where we’ve been, and then look forward to weigh our expectations. Will the market continue to harden? Will the dot-coms...
Dec 14 2000 // The Windsor Gardens Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center, a nursing home located in San Diego, Calif., was recently shut down by the California Department of Health Services. Officials indicated they will request the...
Jul 10 2000 // As nursing home liability coverage costs continue to climb, admitted carriers are pulling out of markets across the county. In Texas—considered, along with Florida, to be one of the most challenged states in this...
Jun 26 2000 // The nursing home market, already in a state of deterioration for several years now, is becoming increasingly barren.It’s a subject that few insurers are inclined to discuss openly, but the buzz in the industry is...
Jun 20 2000 // The nursing home market, already in a state of deterioration for several years now, is becoming increasingly barren.It’s a subject that few insurers are inclined to discuss openly, but the buzz in the industry is...
May 10 2000 // Presidential candidate George W. Bush will unveil today a proposal to offer tax incentives to buy insurance for nursing home care and financial relief for people who care for a parent or elderly person at home. The idea...
Apr 18 2000 // GE Financial Assurance plans to purchase most of Citigroup’s long-term care business, making it the largest nursing home and related old age care insurer in the country. Terms of the purchase were not released. GE...
Apr 18 2000 // Conseco has signed an agreement to acquire from Fortis the Associated California State Insurance Agencies Inc. and its sister company, Ardtel Insurance Service Inc. ACSIA and Conseco have a long-standing relationship in...
Apr 5 2000 // The number of long-term care insurance policies sold has doubled over the last five years to nearly six million according to a new survey on the private long-term care insurance market released today by the Health...
Feb 2 2000 // Non-profit nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Texas will soon be admitted into the state’s Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association for the first time since 1982, with for-profit facilities...