Insurance Law

Analysis: Investors plot hedges for healthcare law ruling – Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors could be excused for avoiding health insurance and hospital stocks as a U.S. Supreme Court decision nears on President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul law – an outcome that could send the companies’ shares down …

Analysis: Investors plot hedges for healthcare law ruling – msnbc.com

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors could be excused for avoiding health insurance and hospital stocks as a Supreme Court decision nears on President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul law – an outcome that could send the companies’ shares down 10 percent … Continue reading

Judge Rejects Challenge to Michigan’s Fireworks Insurance Law – Insurance Journal

A judge has rejected a challenge to the insurance requirement in Michigan’s new law expanding the sale of fireworks. Federal Judge Thomas Ludington in Bay City says he’s not going to trump the judgment of lawmakers. He says the $10 … Continue reading

Insurers, Politicians Girding For Supreme Court Health Law Decision – Kaiser Health News

… tell news outlets they support the mandate to buy insurance or pay a fine, as Republicans try to refine their post-SCOTUS decision strategy. The Wall Street Journal: Health Care Law Or Not, Insurance Is Set To Change As the … Continue reading

Law Firms Facing Rise in Large Malpractice Claims: Study – Insurance Journal

Although the frequency of malpractice claims brought against law firms in the U.S. appears to be leveling office, the number of large claims is rising sharply. A new study by insurance broker Ames & Gough finds a growing number of … Continue reading

Non-compliance of insurance norms can attract hefty penalty – Zawya.com

As per the Auto Insurance Law, all registered vehicles should have third party insurance and insurance firms should accept to provide coverage for different kinds of vehicles. To ensure selection of certain types by insurance companies, CMA approved …

Financial Guaranty Insurance to Be Taken Over by New York – Bloomberg

Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. can’t file for Chapter 11 under federal bankruptcy law and can only be “rehabilitated or liquidated” under state insurance law, according to the court filing by the New York attorney general’s office …

Big US Insurers To Keep Parts Of Health Care Law – NPR News

went further than No. 3 Aetna Inc. by saying they’d keep several early provisions of the law. Both companies said they won’t impose lifetime dollar limits on how much an insurance policy pays out to cover claims. That helps people … Continue reading

Don’t Be Fooled By the Big Insurance Companies – Huffington Post

This is a PR offensive. The coordinated announcements by three of the five biggest health insurance companies is a cynical tactic to signal to the high court that it’s okay to gut the law and remove its consumer protections because … Continue reading

Romney Outlines Health-Care Plan as Supreme Court Weighs Law – NewsMax.com

“We need to apply that to health care.” The Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision on the Affordable Care Act by the end of the month, ruling on a law that would expand insurance to at least 30 … Continue reading