Tag: insurance

Health law adds 6.6 million young adults to parents’ plans

BLOOMBERG — About 6.6 million young adults under age 26 joined their parents’ insurance plans in 2011 because of the U.S. health-care law, the largest one-year increase in medical coverage…

The 2011 NWA Class of Forty Under 40

A mountain of nominations produces another top-shelf list of Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Forty Under 40 honorees.

Brown’s Collision Given Top rnAward by Farmers Insurance

Shop entered market in 1989.

Emerging Technology Commingles Doctors’ Orders, Patients’ Needs

Northwest Arkansas medical groups are investing millions in emerging practices.

New MANA MRI Machine Appears Worth Investment

Imaging department averaged 13 MRIs per day in 2010.

Accountable Care Organizations Detected on Health Care Horizon

ACOs might be a clear alternative in a cloudy future.

Top Health and Insurance Lists

Links to Northwest Arkansas’ top health care lists.

Employee Screenings Can Close Job Doors

Criminal background checks have become more important over the last several years, as employers are increasingly held liable for their employees’ behavior.

Estate Tax Makes Even Death Uncertain

Estate planners have had to put clients on hold in many regards due to the one-year suspension of a key federal tax.

Baldwin & Shell Starts $2.7M Life Styles Building

Baldwin & Shell Contractors of Springdale recently broke ground on a $2.74 million building in west Fayetteville and Courtney M. Smith purchased 15 single-family homes for $2.65 million.

Thousands in Danger of Losing Health Insurance

The sale, completed Oct. 1, of Mercy Health Plans of St. Louis to Coventry Health Care Inc. of Bethesda, Md., means that more than 6,000 Arkansans are going to lose their individual heath coverage come March 16.

Casualty & Surety Co. of America File Federal Lawsuit Against Little Rock CPA

An insurance company claims that relying on false financial statements cost it $5.7 million.

Additional Standridge Insurance offices are sold

This aren’t the best of times for Steve Standridge. Aside from being investigated by the FBI, more Standridge Insurance offices have been sold.

Boosted Workplace Safety Promising for Employers

Data from the U.S. and Arkansas Departments of Labor shows there were 75 fatal occupational injuries during 2009, the lowest reported number since 2004 and 10 fewer than in 2008.