Madison Square Garden Entertainment ’s Board Reaches $85M Deal to Settle Shareholder Suit
Madison Square Garden Entertainment’s board has agreed to settle for $85 million a shareholder suit accusing it of failing to protect stockholders’ interests when it merged with MSG Networks. The deal will be covered by the board’s insurers, according to a securities form filed on Wednesday. There…#msgnetworks #msgsphere #lasvegas #delawarechancery #dolan #jamesdolan #delaware #kathaleenmccormick #litigation #termsheet (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What Senator Elizabeth Warren Gets Wrong About Medigap Insurance
In early March, Senator Elizabeth Warren released a report about the incentives giant insurance companies offer to agents selling Medicare Supplement Insurance (otherwise known as Medigap policies). The report noted that the incentives steer unsuspecting seniors into products that “cost them…#elizabethwarren #medigap #medicare #originalmedicare #medigapplang #medicareadvantage (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Auto Insurers Rush to Raise Rates to Offset Huge Losses
The February CPI report showed a 14.5% rise in auto insurance rates in the past year. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

EU Preparing for Climate Stress Test That Includes Insurers
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Physicians Say Health Insurer Prior Authorization Is Rising And So Are Care Delays
The American Medical Association says increasing prior authorization by health plans can lead to “to unnecessary waste and avoidable patient harm.” (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Japsen, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma Source Type: news

Richard Li-controlled insurer FWD refiles Hong Kong IPO application
FWD Group Holdings on Monday afternoon refiled its application to list on the city’s stock exchange, having postponed its planned listing in May last year due to ongoing market volatility.#fwdgroupholdings (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why Health Insurers Can, But Won ’t, Break Up Medical Monopolies
Health insurers have major sway, enough to push back against pricey medical bills, shoddy care and medicine's woeful lack of access. But they don't. And there's a reason for that. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Pearl, M.D., Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma Source Type: news

The Surprise Effect of the 'No Surprises Act' on Emergency Physicians
(MedPage Today) -- In 2020, the No Surprises Act (NSA) was passed to protect commercially insured patients from receiving unexpected bills when insurers are out-of-network with physicians. Before NSA, out-of-network bills occurred when physician... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 12, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Insurance requirements for prior authorization may prompt 'devastating' delays
Few things about the American health care system infuriate patients and doctors more than prior authorization, a common tool whose use by insurers has exploded in recent years. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - March 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Birmingham Area Health and Accident Insurers
Rank Company Premium volume Market share 1 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, 450 Riverchase P (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 10, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Corporate rush to offload pensions adds to pressure on UK equities
Funds sell stocks and lock in higher bond yields to make DB plans more attractive to insurers (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Emerging Hong Kong insurer to take on Singapore, other Asia areas
TOKYO -- Bowtie Life Insurance, an emerging medical insurer in Hong Kong, aims to expand in other parts of Asia by taking advantage of its connection with Japanese general trader Mitsui & Co. Armed with services allowing customers to complete procedures entirely online at low cost, the startup,…#tokyo #bowtielifeinsurance #hongkong #mitsuico (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

AIA looks past one of its worst years, banking on Hong Kong ’s reopened borders to lift insurance sales
The insurer will pay a second dividend of 113.4 Hong Kong cents per share, bringing last year’s total payout to 153.68 cents per share, up 5.3 per cent from 2021. The full reopening of China’s southern border with Hong Kong on January 8 was a relief for AIA, which counted on the two markets for 50…#hongkongcents #hongkong #aia #shanghai #tianjin #shijiazhuang #sichuan #hubei #henanprovince #mainlandchina (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

House members, staff personal data compromised in health insurer breach
The personal data of House members and staff was compromised due to a recently uncovered breach of health care group DC Health Link, House leadership disclosed Wednesday. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sent out an email, obtained by POLITICO, describing an…#dchealthlink #kevinmccarthy #hakeemjeffries #dchealthlinks #capitolhill #fbi #russian #ukraine #cao #republicans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

These 3 stocks have gained every year for a decade
Only three stocks are in the green this year and have had positive returns every year for the past decade, data shows. Insurance company Progressive Corp and aerospace manufacturing company TransDigm Group — both U.S. listed — along with Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard…#progressivecorp #transdigmgroup #msciworld #sp #pgr #harryfong #rothmkm #circlekandmac #conveniencestores #atd (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news