Monday, 30 June 2014

Scott Rosenblum involved in accident, arrested for DWI

130 1 Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Scott Rosenblum involved in accident, arrested for DWI Well-known defense attorney Scott Rosenblum was arrested overnight after he was involved in a suspected drunk driving accident. Post to Facebook Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed." Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address....

Health Insurance Companies' Arranged Marriage With The IRS

With just two weeks to go before the March 31 deadline for applying for health insurance on a government-run exchange, more than 5 million people have signed up for the new plans. When all is said and done, approximately 30 million previously uninsured Americans are expected to have health insurance, either through a government exchange, employer or Medicaid. So, following that logic, the health insurers behind these plans should be raking in profits from millions of new customers, which, even at reduced rates, should allow them to reap huge...

Sunday, 29 June 2014

Uber Expands Insurance Coverage For Ridesharing Drivers

(Reuters) - UberX on Friday expanded the insurance coverage it offers to ridesharing drivers, a step toward easing U.S. regulators' and lawmakers' concerns and creating broader acceptance of the services. Ridesharing companies such as UberX, part of black-car service Uber, allow members of the public to hail rides at the touch of a smartphone app. Mom-and-pop drivers rather than professionals...

Government expands help for buying health insurance

With just a month left for Americans to select health plans this year through new insurance marketplaces, the Obama administration is bending some rules to prevent people from being stranded without coverage because of state-run exchanges riddled with computer problems. In states with dysfunctional insurance marketplaces, the government will for the first time help pay for certain health plans that consumers buy on their own. And once people in those states are able to sign up through the exchanges, their insurance can be made retroactive. ...

Saturday, 28 June 2014

How to Accelerate Insurance Claims Processing by Up to 90%

ROCHESTER, NY--(Marketwired - June 25, 2014) - Acco rding to a 2013 report by Capgemini(i), only 30% of insurance customers worldwide rated their customer experience as positive. Lower barriers to switching insurance providers coupled with higher expectations from policyholders regarding responsiveness to claims put enormous pressure on insurance carriers. Claims, especially in the property & casualty world, can be very complex due to a multitude of inputs from different communication types, such as email,...

Insurance premium growth slowed in 2013, but expected to strenghten

The growth rate of global non-life and life insurance premiums was slower in 2013, then the rate seen in 2012, but both are expected to strengthen during 2014, according to one of the world's largest reinsurance firms Swiss Re.Swiss Re's latest sigma report looks at the growth rate of insurance premiums around the globe. Last year the report found premiums rising at a faster rate and the reinsurer said it expected non-life premium growth to expand,...

Friday, 27 June 2014

More law and justice at Gloucester County College

Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2014, 7:57 PM Gloucester County College kicked off another construction project Tuesday, holding a ceremonial groundbreaking for an expansion to its Law and Justice Education Center. The center houses the school's criminal justice, law enforcement, paralegal and pre-law degree programs, along with the Gloucester County Police Academy. A 6,500-square-foot expansion will include two new forensic labs and a new...

Outstanding criminal justice grad makes most of opportunities

Posted: June 26, 2014 Katherine Chavez Chavarria and her guide dog Olivia on the way to class.Photo by: Paul Atkinson Katherine Chavez Chavarria and Olivia pose while sightseeing in Great Britain during a semester studying abroad.Photo by: Katherine Chavez Chavarria Katherine Chavez Chavarria had a special cap and gown created for her guide dog Olivia for the College of Public Programs' Convocation.Photo by: Bryan Mok ...

Thursday, 26 June 2014

Why smart data distribution and recovery is a smart wager for mobile betting apps

Down by 16 points with 9 minutes left in an NBA playoff game in May, the Los Angeles Clippers faced 57-to-1 odds and a 1.7 percent chance of defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder. The odds were so steep that if you had bet $25 on the Clippers winning, at that exact moment, you would have won $1,425. But is that a bet you would've been willing to take given how much the odds were stacked against you? These are the kinds of real-time assessments that...

Older women bear the brunt of higher insurance costs under Obamacare

The Department of Health and Human Services released an analysis of the first open enrollment period of the health insurance marketplace, and the subsidies for coverage. (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images) It's hard for an ordinary person to figure out whether health insurance will be more expensive under the Affordable Care Act. First of all, figures that look good "on average," often mask extremely wide differences across age groups. Secondly,...

Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Is Health Insurance Still Sexy in the Age of Obamacare? eHealth Survey Says: Yes... Sort Of

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Jun 23, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Today eHealth, Inc. /quotes/zigman/100739/delayed/quotes/nls/ehth EHTH +0.24% (eHealthInsurance.com), the nation's first and largest private online health insurance exchange, released results from a survey exploring young adults' attitudes toward health insurance, the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) and the impact that health coverage has on their lifestyle and choices. The survey...

Mac backup and data recovery

Mac-in-Business It's every computer user's worst nightmare – data loss. It can happen in a number of ways. Your Mac, iPhone or iPad could be stolen. Or they could be damaged or you could suffer a disk failure. After all, there are only two types of hard drives: those that have failed and those that will fail. So, how do you ensure your data is safe and secure? We're going to suggest that the loss of a piece of hardware, while expensive, will...