In Oregon, the Senate confirmed Gov. John Kitzhaber’s recommendations for the Oregon Insurance Exchange Board. On the private side, Bloom Health, a Minneapolis startup, is continuing its efforts to create a national health insurance exchange.
The Lund Report: Senate Confirms Governor’s Nominees to the Insurance Exchange Board The Senate unanimously confirmed the nine people Governor John Kitzhaber recommended to be on Oregon’s Insurance Exchange Board this afternoon. … Rocky King, the exchange’s interim executive director, told a joint meeting of the House and Senate Health Care Committees that the board will first establish its governing structure and bylaws, and draft a business plan. It w
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Questgates is warning that insurance claims resulting from recent riotous behavior could be invalidated by the slightest of delays.
According to the claims management firm, local police authorities have a legal responsibility to reimburse persons who sustain damage to property as the result of a riot under the Riot Damages Act 1886.
However, any claim under the Act must be made in writing and received by the local police authority within 14 days of the alleged incident.
Insurers therefore typically include within policy claims notification clauses a requirement for any claim for riot and/or civil commotion to be notified to insurers immediately, followed by full supporting documentation (a schedule of loss and statement of truth) within seven days of the incident.
Insurers are then entitled to recover their outlays under the principle of subrogation.
Questgates also advises that the Act excludes liability for loss or damage to cars left on public highways, goods left in shops for repair and/or consequential losses.
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Members of the Non-Admitted Insurance Multi-State Agreement coalition are proud to welcome Alaska to the NIMA group. Insurance Director Linda Hall signed on behalf of Alaska, which collected $109 million in excess and surplus lines premium in 2009. With the addition of Alaska, NIMA members now represent 22% of the surplus lines market according to 2009 data. The number of NIMA participating entities doubled over the past two days.
“As one of the first members of NIMA, I would like to welcome the newest states to this agreement,” remarked Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James Donelon. “By Read more…
Willis Group Holdings announced that, effective immediately, Scott Pickering, President of Willis’ Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa operations, will assume the additional role of Chairman, Willis Australasia.
Pickering joined Willis in 2010 after working for RSA Insurance as Regional CEO for Asia and Middle East, based in Dubai for two and a half years. Before that he held a series of senior leadership roles at ACE Insurance in South Africa and the Asia Pacific.
Willis also announced that Pieter Lindhout will take over the role of CEO, Willis Australasia, in October. He will replace Bill Donovan, former CEO of Willis Australasia, who is returning to New Zealand to take up a new role at an insurer.
Lindhout was most recently the Managing Director of GE Capital – Insurance. He ha
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A fake Apple store in China, made famous by a blog that said even the staff working there didn’t realize it was a bogus outlet, is probably the most audacious example to date of the risks Western companies face in the booming Chinese market.
Few products have captured the imagination of Chinese consumers quite like Apple’s iPhones and iPads. Dem
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Britons love to lecture the world about integrity and the rule of law, but the News of the World phone hacking scandal has laid bare a web of collusion between money, power, media and the police.
Far from the innocent, upright democracy of its self-image, Britain is showing a seamy side that anti-corruption campaigners say is getting worse and may be politically explosive as society becomes more unequal due to the financial and economic crises.
Behind a facade of probity, London offers a haven for oligarchs and despots, a place where foreign media magnates have bought access to and influence over the government.
The scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has already destroyed a newspaper, cost two top police officers their jobs, seen the arrest of powerful media figures and embarrassed the prime minister and political elite.
But it points to a bigger problem in British society — overly cozy relationships among elites that are ethically dangerous, even when they do not involve outright criminality.
Britain says it has been bolstering its legal and regulatory system. Just this
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