INSURANCE SCAM: Care providers bilked 5.6 billion
Care service providers bilked 5.62 billion yen from the long-term nursing care insurance system in fiscal 2003, more than double the figure of the previous year, a health ministry survey showed.
2 more branches planned by First Niagara
First Niagara Bank has designs to open full-service branches in the Town of Amherst and the Town of Penfield in Monroe County.
Unscrambling The Egg, Health Decisions Inc. Recovers Money After Health Insurance Claims Are Paid
Giant health care insurers and mid-size to large corporations can improve profits by recovering money after health insurance claims are paid. Health Decisions Inc. a national leader in group health claim recovery, serves commercial insurers, HMOs, self-funded companies, consultants, brokers, union trusts, and government entities. [PRWEB Oct 6, 2004...
Privacy Groups Scold FTC Over ChoicePoint
A consumer group says the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is too closely aligned with business interests in its probe of ChoicePoint and other data aggregators and warns that the FTC may be to blame for the growing incidence of identity theft.
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Extension of terrorism insurance industry protections urged
New York state's acting insurance director, Howard Mills, told a congressional hearing Friday that Washington should extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act at least through 2007.
Insurers team to sell products
The Philadelphia Insurance Cos. and Cigna formalized a strategic alliance to offer insurance to each other's customers.