Navigating the insurance maze of biologics Tx.
NEW ORLEANS -- Dermatologists who prescribe biologics for psoriasis need to be able to navigate the insurance maze so that most patients can benefit. It is important to fully understand the patient and his or her needs, to adequately document the patient's condition, to submit adequate documentation...

Membership benefit: association-sponsored insurance plans.
ATEA is a member of the Trustee for Insuring Educators (TIE) which consists of 50 plus associations pooling their memberships to achieve buying power for competitive insurance plans and rates. Administered by Forrest T. Jones & Company, these plans offer ATEA members individually tailored plans at group rates. Listed...

India and China: huge but tough markets: two of the world's largest insurance markets are also two of the hardest to master.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] India and China, among the world's fastest growing economies, represent big opportunities for the insurance industry. But a new report finds that penetrating those markets is not easy as billions of consumers are not familiar with the role that insurance plays in their...

InsureMyTrip.com Says Travel Insurance Is Helpful During Hurricane Season.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-11 June 2008-InsureMyTrip.com Says Travel Insurance Is Helpful During Hurricane Season(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com With hurricane season gearing up, travel insurance is an investment that can offer peace-of-mind protection against severe weather, reports InsureMyTrip.com "The first step to protecting your travels...

Oklahoma Nurses Association endorses LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP) to provide Long-Term Care education and insurance.
Oklahoma City, OK -- Oklahoma Nurses Association (ONA) will begin making Long-Term Care education and insurance available to its nurses, employees of the association and their families. "After an extensive search, we've entered into an arrangement with LTC Financial Partners, LLC" said Executive Director, Jane Nelson. "Through...

A hard' convention welcome: the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. can't wait to return to the warm confines of San Diego for its annual convention after a couple of soft years.
Summary * More than 10,000 attendees are expected at RIMS 2008 which will host morn than 130 sessions, * The last time buyers and sellers met in San Diego was four years ago, a time when the dynamics of the insurance marketplace were very different...

Insurance might not protect GCs from subs' defective work, materials.
Insurance might not protect GCs from subs' defective work, materials By Gerald I. Katz A general contractor may not be covered under a general liability insurance policy for property damage caused by defective materials supplied by a subcontractor. The case In...

Mixed results seen on Maine's insurance mandate.
As more state policy makers consider their options for expanding health insurance coverage, the experience of Maine's Dirigo Health may offer a road map for avoiding potential missteps. Under the Dirigo Health initiative, which began in 2005, the state offered subsidized health insurance for small businesses, self-employed...

Insurance recoupment.
The laws governing the ability of insurance companies to recoup refunds from providers vary by state. A useful Web site that will assist you in finding the law specific for your state is www.AskLeslie.net. For example, this site includes the law for the State of Indiana, which reads as...

Spitzer, client no. 9: our monumental loss: in former N.Y. Gov. Eliot Spitzer, insurance buyers lost the best friend they ever had.
Yeah, this Spitzer eat was arrogant, abrasive, brilliant and self-destructive. Brought down by a tawdry affair, New York's former governor has only himself to blame, and to his wife, his daughters and his shrink much to explain. But for buyers of commercial insurance, the "luv guv," as...