insurance carrier

Insurer Insurance A commercial enterprise licensed in a state to sell insurance; carrier is widely preferred term for companies offering medical malpractice coverage

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To reduce the potential for increased litigation, the Florida Supreme Court stated in its opinion that certain insurance carrier conduct, such as negligence, minor payment delays, and simple bad faith, will still be afforded immunity under the Florida workers' compensation system.

Workers' compensation insurer sued for intentional tort

That was the situation in this New York case in which a hospital's secondary insurance carrier urged the hospital's primary carrier to settle a claim for medical malpractice involving severe birth related injuries.

'Bad faith refusal to settle' by Ins. Co.: jury verdict for $4.96 Mil

The liability of the insurance carrier would be an effective barrier to the undue exercise of improper influence by clients that might result from high consulting fees.

The audit as insurance policy. (Letters to the Editor)

As a result of the hard work of Chuck Ackenbom and the Insurance Committee, ACA selected Frontier Insurance as its endorsed insurance carrier and has endorsed Sobel Affiliates' umbrella (catastrophic liability coverage) insurance program for camps.

Rosenberg Named Chair of Insurance Committee

Careful documentation of the existence of a sleep disturbance is required to ensure that any treatment will be covered by the patient's insurance carrier.

Insurance coding for the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep disorders

If an insurance carrier drops an employer for scamming them this way--no problem.

Cheap tricks

To think that in the '90s you could be dropped for this reason was shocking to me," says Jennifer, who with her husband went on to get a less expensive policy with a different insurance carrier.

Let the home buyer beware: insurance carriers come under fire for racial redlining and price disparities

This figure can be obtained from the client's insurance carrier and will depend on benefit design, the utilization management program, employee mix and geographic location.

The medical benefits audit

The answer lies in a managing general underwriter's ability to continually reinvent itself by implementing insurance carrier diversity, strengthening underwriting practices and continually improving work flow processes.

Surviving the squeeze: managing general underwriters must travel the tough road back to pricing accounts accurately and profitably

If Grady dies one year after entering into the split-dollar agreement, the company gets back the $10,000 in premiums it advanced to the insurance carrier.

A second home for your nest egg

Both the trial court and the appellate court rejected the policyholder's argument and found for the insurance carrier.

Insuring tangible property: as trade secret theft becomes a greater risk, trade secret coverage becomes a bigger concern. (Loss/Risk Management Insight: Property/Casualty)

Compete named Progressive as an insurance carrier that has been able to successfully bridge brand and pricing transparency by offering unbiased, competitive quotes on its home page, while it appeals to brand-oriented consumers with high-quality account-servicing capabilities.