Insurance, Quotes, and Annuities
Released by the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance
As the cost of health insurance rises, the number of people looking to make a profit by selling fraudulent health insurance is also on the rise. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) stresses that a product that seems too good to be true is too good to be true. [Read more...]
The owner of a Nashville home healthcare agency has been accused Medicare fraud. [Read more...]
1 in 5 Tennesseans have gone without their prescribed medications, split pills, or skipped doses due to high drug costs. [Read more...]
It seems that nearly every day we’re hearing about a bank failure or bailout. After witnessing the near collapse of our financial system, including a massive bailout of AIG (the nation’s largest insurer), it’s refreshing to see an insurance company have its rating affirmed by A. M. Best. [Read more...]
Knoxville based BankEast Corp., which operates in Knox County, Sevier County, Blount County, and Jackson County as BankEast, has recently reached an agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. [Read more...]
Last week, President Barack Obama named former Tennessee human services commissioner Nancy-Ann Min DeParle as America’s health reform czar. [Read more...]
… to boldly go where no insurance company has gone before. Well, not really. In fact, many satellites that orbit the Earth are already insured. That’s why the collision between an Iridium satellite and an inactive Russian military satellite last week caused such a stir in the insurance industry. [Read more...]
With the economy the way that it is and a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the Social Security system, it’s more important than ever to think about retirement income. Increasingly, Americans are taking steps to ensure that their retirements are financially secure, even if Social Security fails. [Read more...]
As complicated as the healthcare system has become, it’s not so uncommon for consumers to receive medical care at an In-Network facility but still have to pay Out-Of-Network costs. How can that be? [Read more...]
Head over to any mall located anywhere in America, grab a seat on a bench, and watch the people as they pass and you’ll soon see that this country has an obesity problem. That’s not much of a secret; after all it’s been it’s been well documented for years in the national media that America is getting larger (around the waste). What you may not know is that Tennessee is well above the national average in not only adult obesity, but obesity in children as well. [Read more...]