• Medical worker sentenced to year in jail, $472k in insurance fraud case

    Updated: 2012-08-31 17:51:00
    : , skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Blog Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Friday , August 31, 2012 Medical worker sentenced to year in jail , 472k in insurance fraud case Here's a press release we issued a few minutes : ago A medical worker who pretended to be a doctor and submitted millions of dollars in bogus bills to insurance companies has been sentenced to a year in jail and 472,458 in restitution . Kenneth R . Welling , 45, of Lake Forest Park , was sentenced Aug . 24 in King County Superior Court . He pleaded guilty to seven felony counts of theft in . June We found numerous cases in which Welling billed for surgeries that never happened , 8221 said state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler . Kreidler’s office was tipped off to the scam when a

  • Interesting story about how the Apollo 11 astronauts got life insurance

    Updated: 2012-08-31 17:12:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Blog Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Friday , August 31, 2012 Interesting story about how the Apollo 11 astronauts got life insurance NPR has posted an interesting story about how the Apollo 11 astronauts sort of self-insured their lives when they headed for the . moon Rather than try to get conventional life insurance , the three astronauts spent their spare moments during their month of pre-launch quarantine signing autographed envelopes , according to NPR's Chana Joffe-Walt . That way , if they died on their lunar adventure , their families could sell the autographs , which today command up to 30,000 at . auction To make the autographs more valuable , each was on an envelope that a friend would have postmarked on key

  • Comparing Pet Health Insurance Plans

    Updated: 2012-08-31 11:00:00
    Home How It Works PurinaCare Experience Pet Insurance Facts Claim Examples Insurance Plans Plan Overview Our Advantages Compare Plans Pet Insurance Information Pet Health Veterinary Advances Dog Care Cat Care PurinaCare Blog Get a Quote Organizations DVMs Affiliates Comparing Pet Health Insurance Plans Comparing pet health insurance plans can be a time consuming and confusing proposition . If you listen to each company individually they all have the best plan for the money , of course . I think they're really hoping you'll get confused and bored trying to make an apples to apples comparison and just give up and hit the purchase button . Not so with PurinaCare They have a comparison tool front and center on their web site that compares similar policies from twelve different companies to the

  • Sept. 13 hearing set re: Sagicor Life's acquisition of PEMCO Life

    Updated: 2012-08-29 22:15:00
    : . : skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Blog Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Wednesday , August 29, 2012 Sept . 13 hearing set re : Sagicor Life's acquisition of PEMCO Life Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has scheduled a hearing for Sept . 13 at 10 a.m . at his Tumwater , Wash . office to consider approval of Sagicor Life Insurance Company's request to acquire Washington-based PEMCO Life Insurance . Company Sagicor Life is proposing to acquire all outstanding stock of PEMCO Life Insurance Company , and is also proposing to merge PEMCO Life with and into Sagicor Life at a later date after receiving approval of the . acquisition PEMCO Life Insurance Company , which has been a Washington-based insurer since 1963, provides life and disability products to

  • Hard Market News Blasts

    Updated: 2012-08-29 19:48:10
    The Workers’ Compensation wind has definitely changed direction in California. Here are a few headlines that have been seen lately and the short (and I mean very short) outlines by the Blogger: Experience Rating Plan Changes to Hit Ex Mods Starting January of 2013, the WCIRB is changing the weighted values on claims to make them [...]

  • Insurance tips: What to know before renting your home/boat/etc.

    Updated: 2012-08-29 14:59:00
    : : . skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Blog Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Wednesday , August 29, 2012 Insurance tips : What to know before renting your home boat etc . We get a number of calls from folks who rent out their homes , vacation cabins , vacant lakefront sites , boats , RVs , motorcycles , etc . to others every once in a while . They want to know if that affects their . insurance It very well could . Here's why : When property is rented , that's considered a business activity . And that can affect any existing coverage for property damage and liability protection . There may also be coverage limitations or exclusions built into the policy that activated by your renting the . property We recommend that you talk to your agent or the insurer

  • Do I have "minimal essential" insurance coverage?

    Updated: 2012-08-27 14:31:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Blog Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Monday , August 27, 2012 Do I have minimal essential insurance coverage As part of health care reform , starting in January 2014 most Americans will need to have minimum essential” health insurance coverage or face a tax penalty . We've gotten a number of calls from consumers wondering if their current health coverage qualifies . In particular , a number of people who get their medical care through the Veterans Administration have called to check . In many cases , the answer is yes . Many existing plans qualify as minimal essential health insurance coverage . Here are some : examples Medicare Part A Health programs administered by Washington state such as Medicaid or the Children’s

  • Bibeka Shrethsa quotes me in her article, “6th Circ. DSW Ruling Reveals New Data Breach Coverage Path”

    Updated: 2012-08-27 12:45:18
    In her article, 6th Circ. DSW Ruling Reveals New Data Breach Coverage Path, author Bibeka Shrestha writes about a recent ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  The decision, Retail Ventures, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania, — F.3d —, No. 10-4576/4608, slip op. (6th Cir. Aug. 23, 2012), affirmed the [...]

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