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Fitch: U.S. Commercial Insurance Market Performance Heading Downward
Underwriting performance for the commercial lines sector of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry is likely to deteriorate in 2016, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings. The decline follows a three-year underwriting profit for the industry with a combined ratio of approximately 94% in each of the last three years (2013-2015). “Catastrophe losses below historical norms contributed to strong 2015 […]
Cuomo: Health Insurers to Provide Coverage for Maternal Depression Screening
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that the Department of Financial Services has issued guidance to inform health insurers of their responsibility to provide health insurance coverage for maternal depression screenings. The guidance follows the United States Preventive Services Taskforce recommendations made earlier this year that group health plans and insurers offering group or individual health […]
UJA of New York to Honor Dominic Casserley, Charles H. Dangelo, and Richard Hershman at General Insurance Annual Dinner
NEW YORK, NY — UJA-Federation of New York will honor Dominic Casserley, president of Willis Towers Watson, Charles H. Dangelo, president and CEO of Starr Indemnity and Liability, and Richard Hershman, senior advisor at FTI Consulting, Inc., at its General Insurance Annual Dinner on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at Grand Hyatt New York in Manhattan. […]
PRI Names Northwell Health Patient Safety “Best Practices” Award
Honorable Mention to: Atlantic Dialysis Management Services, LLC, College Point, NY; Brighton Surgery Center, LLC, Rochester, NY; The New Jewish Home, Sarah Neuman, Mamaroneck, NY ROSLYN, N.Y.—Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers (PRI) presented Northwell Health, Lake Success, New York, its coveted Patient Safety “Best Practices” Award for 2016. Atlantic Dialysis Management Service, Brighton Surgery Center, and The […]
