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Medical Mistakes Bill Passed by Oregon Senate
It’s no secret that medical malpractice suits are big money for attorneys, and an equally big risk for doctors and hospitals, but what about medical mistakes that are rooted in simple human error? What about those mistakes that could be used to teach doctors better medicine? Do those really require the same intensity of legal […]
Read moreNebraska Legislature to Consider 3 New Traffic Safety Measures
The state of Nebraska is currently considering several measures that are meant to improve traffic safety, in part, by making certain secondary offenses into primary ones. Specifically, the state legislature’s Transportation and Telecommunications Committee will hear three measures:
Read moreWashington Insurance Site Improves Mobile Usability
It’s become the norm for insurance companies to offer consumers apps for their mobile phones, allowing them to file claims, check coverage, or even request roadside assistance all between games of “Words with Friends.” Less common is for state regulatory agencies to embrace the growing trend toward mobile-user friendliness, but with its recently re-launched website […]
Read moreConnecticut to Consider Covering PTSD Under Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Most of us are accustomed to hearing about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in connection with soldiers and sailors who have served in battle. We associate it with images of Viet Nam, and the various wars that have occurred – and are occurring – in the Persian Gulf region, and in places like Afghanistan. The reality […]
Read moreLiberty Mutual to Retire Regional Brands
Yesterday, in an announcement in the Insurance Journal, Liberty Mutual Insurance spokesperson Chris Goetchus shared his company’s plans to retire eight of its regional brand names, currently sold exclusively via independent agents. The brands affected, all commercial lines, are America First Insurance, Colorado Casualty, Golden Eagle Insurance, Indiana Insurance, Liberty Northwest, Montgomery Insurance, Ohio Casualty, […]
Read moreNevada Ticketed 12,000 for Cellphone Mis-use
Two years ago, the state of Nevada instituted a state law banning the use of cell phones while driving, including using them for phone calls, texting or reading the screen, even if the vehicle is stopped in traffic or is waiting at a traffic light. Last year, 2012, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol, that […]
Read moreMore Health Care Changes
It’s a new year, which means more of the elements of ObamaCare,also known as the Affordable Care Act, are going live. Want to know how your health insurance might change? This month’s video – our first of the year – explains it all:
Read moreCalifornia Cellphone Crackdown Successful
Nothing says “Merry Christmas,” like being caught by the cops when you’re breaking the state laws restricting the use of cell phones while driving, and in Sacramento County, roughly 3,000 drivers received that greeting during the “Phone in One Hand, Ticket in the Other” program that ran there from November 30-December 9. California was actually […]
Read moreWashington, Oregon, Others among States with Conditional Exchange Approval
As of last week, six states have been granted preliminary approval for their health insurance exchanges by the Obama Administration. The announcement came on Monday the tenth of December, and the states included were Connecticut, Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Washington. Under the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, all fifty states must establish an […]
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