Private P/C insurers report profit for first half of 2021

Private P/C insurers report profit for first half of 2021

Private property/casualty insurers in the United States saw their net income after taxes increase in the first quarter of 2021 from a year earlier, while their combined ratio worsened, according to a new report from Verisk, a global data analytics provider, and the...
Lake Charles physician pled guilty to workers’ comp fraud

Lake Charles physician pled guilty to workers’ comp fraud

A Lake Charles physician pled guilty July 30 in Arkansas to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, health care fraud, fraud to obtain federal employees’ compensation, and illegal remunerations (taking kickbacks), in connection with a scheme to...
Worried? Stressed? Is this the new normal?

Worried? Stressed? Is this the new normal?

By MICHAEL G. MANESManes and Associates Doug Talbot was a friend, respected colleague, the father of the Louisiana High Risk Health pool, and by his own definition a “rich, arrogant, a**h***.”  Then he was diagnosed with cancer and lost his health insurance and became...