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Study: Rising Medical Malpractice Rates Will Cost Jobs, Money in Maryland
Maryland Hospital Association. "If you have medical institutions spending less, you have less money flowing in the economy," Basu, the study's primary author, said. "At the end of ...
Source: BestWire   Date: November 19, 2004
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Poll: Doctors' Records, Elderly Care Top Voters' Health-Care Concerns
...Henry & Associates Inc. to conduct the research, which polled 1,000 voters on Nov. 3 and Nov. 4. As a priority for deciding between candidates, the poll found, health care ranked ...
Source: BestWire   Date: November 8, 2004
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Study: Public Confused, Wary of Bush-Style Health Proposals
Medicare Modernization Act. When the accounts are paired with a high-deductible plan, employees can put as much as $2,600 for an individual or $5,150 for a family -- tax free -- ...
Source: BestWire   Date: November 1, 2004
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Survey Shows Health-Care Costs More Pressing Issue Than Terrorism, Economy, War
Concern over rising health-care costs is now the country's No. 1 problem, more of a pressing issue than the economy, terrorism, taxes or the war in Iraq, according to a new survey ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 29, 2004
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Broker Group Says Commercial P/C Premiums Continued Big Declines in Third Quarter
Agents & Brokers' third-quarter market index survey, released Oct. 20, showed that small accounts also saw premiums fall in the last quarter, but they didn't fall as much as medium ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 26, 2004
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Milliman Group Health Survey Reports Lower HMO Renewal-Rate Increases
Intercompany Rate Survey, was sent to U.S. HMOs and fully insured PPOs. About 40% responded. Each participant was asked to respond to the same set of benefits and demographics for ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 26, 2004
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Lloyd's Warns Market Participants of Importance of Risk Management
Manning told Lloyd's second Risk and Reward Conference. "However, we cannot afford to take our foot off the accelerator," Manning added, "as many of our competitors are beginning ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 21, 2004
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KPMG Study Finds Insurance Industry Confidence on the Decline
But it does impact results." According to the KPMG survey, only 43% expected property/casualty premium to increase in the near term, compared with 65% in 2003 and 88% in 2002. ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 29, 2004
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New Willis Study Studies the Shifting A-B-Cs of D&O
Willis Group Holdings Ltd. In a survey of firms listed in the Fortune 1000, Willis found that dedicated purchases of "A-side" coverage, which protects the directors and officers of ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 23, 2004
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Survey: Atlanta Residents Carry the Most Life Insurance
Casey Sylla, president of Allstate said in a statement. "We believe the survey will help us delve into the potential inadequacies of Americans' life insurance coverage," she said. ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 8, 2004
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Update: Survey Shows Bush Support, Terrorism Concern Both Slipping Among Insurance Execs
National Marketing Services Inc., questions executives in companies across the country about such matters as confidence in the economy, public perception of the industry, and the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 7, 2004
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Survey Shows Bush Support, Terrorism Concern Both Slipping Among Insurance Execs
National Marketing Services Inc., questions executives in companies across the country about such matters as confidence in the economy, public perception of the industry, and the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 6, 2004
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International Insurance Society, Geneva Association Collaborate on Research Project
Patrick Kenny, in a joint statement. In addition to Geneva Association and the IIS, the program's research will be supported by American International Group Inc. (NYSE:AIG), the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 14, 2004
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Connecticut Professional Agents Give High Marks to Chubb, NLC and Peerless
Chubb Group, NLC Insurance Cos. and Peerless Insurance in the latest survey measuring 16 performance areas that agents value in insurers. The survey asked PIACT members to rank 15 ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 7, 2004
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Survey Reveals Insurers' Concerns About Fair-Value Accounting
...You would change the nature of the capital markets," he said. (By Robert O'Connor, London editor)
Source: BestWire   Date: June 4, 2004
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Health Plans Improving Data Collection to Curb Disparities in Care
...More than half of the 88.1 million enrollees whose health plans responded to the survey, 53.5%, are covered by plans that collect data on race and ethnicity. --Of the health plans ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 1, 2004
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Preparing for the Fall: Survey: Poor Service Leads Many Clients to Switch
April 19 at the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc.'s annual conference. About two-thirds of buyers and brokers said they'd like to meet twice a year or even quarterly. By ...
Source: Best's Review   Date: June 1, 2004
Survey: Insurance Frauds Believe They Can Get Away With It
Lucarini said in a statement. "Leading insurers are implementing Web-based technology that can help re-evaluate claims for fraud detection throughout the claim and alert the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 26, 2004
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Canadians Wouldn't Trade Their Health Plan for Cash, Survey Says
...Sponsors have either kept the status quo, or made minor changes." Sarah Beech, benefits practice leader at Hewitt Associates in Toronto, pointed out that coverage maximums in ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 14, 2004
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Improving The Odds: RIMS Survey Shows a Moving Target
David Bradford, chief knowledge officer for Advisen Ltd. and project manager for the survey. Bradford said there are strong indications that the hard market has peaked, and some ...
Source: Best's Review   Date: April 1, 2004

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