OLDWICK, N.J.— A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating (FSR) of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb-” to Specialty Insurance Company (BSIC) (Metairie, LA), a member of Bankers Insurance Group (Bankers). Concurrently, A.M. Best has affirmed the FSR of B+ (Good) and ICRs of “bbb-” of Bankers and its other [...]
By Bob Graham - Maryland’s acting insurance commissioner says the process to resolve medical loss ratio for health insurers is in the “very early” stages. Maryland and other states, working with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, must resolve what to place in the group of medical expenses and what should be deemed [...]
With Economy in downturn, Affordable cost Quotes for Insurance Policy Coverage is a Life Line for Florida Residents.
Insurance sites have just gone online for Florida residents. These new insurance policy websites are the ultimate online source to quickly and easily find price quotes for Floridians seeking the most affordable insurance policy for themselves, their families [...]
In the United States, citizens below 65 years old who are physically and mentally fit have only themselves to settle the cost of their own health care. For this motive, most Americans take out an insurance if only to make softer the impact of any health care expense.
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Economist state that there could have been a lot more done to help our health care deficit, for example breaking Medicare up into smaller companies and allowing health insurance competition from state to state. But that is not the solution being proposed in the reform bills. Instead congress wants to expand health care spending to [...]
Finding affordable health insurance now a day is very difficult in the light of the rising health care costs, but the case may be different in Jacksonville, Florida. Many Floridians think there are a lot of barriers to obtaining affordable health insurance, but this is not the case. By using a health insurance broker you [...]
The President of Duval County Medical Society, R. Steven Lucie has said that we as Americans have access to the best health care in the world but when it comes to quality care and health insurance we have an attitude like cost is no objective. Before America can set up significant health care reform it [...]
Smokers cannot save Florida from its economic crisis. Each family in ceFlorida pays nearly $700 a year in taxes to cover the states massive Medicaid burden caused by smoking related illnesses. Health insurance companies blame smokers for the unreasonable and costly co-pays and deductibles these taxes are paid by everyone even the nonsmokers. The raised [...]
The first step toward realistic health-care reform is to look past the incorrect information. The second step is to look past principles and support compromise. The chance to reform health insurance will not always be available. If it fails this time, it could be hundreds of years before reform is attempted again. Sixty million uninsured [...]
The University Florida Health Science Campus and Shands Health care facility in Gainesville Florida has officially gone tobacco free. As of November 2010 the use of any tobacco products on campus or in the parking lots will be prohibited. This decision to go tobacco free supports the facilities commitment to provide a healthy environment for [...]