Posts tagged insurance

• The Truth About Medical Negligence

  Wayne Parsons | October 27, 2008 3:05 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Proponents of civil justice restrictions have made limiting the amount a person can receive from a negligent health care provider when they are a victim of medical negligence a top priority. A...

• Medical Malpractice Expenditures Comprise Less Than 1 Percent Of Overall Health Costs

  Wayne Parsons | October 27, 2008 2:42 AM | 14 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We hear a lot of propaganda from medical professionals, insurance companies and politicians who try to place the blame for America’s skyrocketing health care costs on the so-called medical...

• New Rules Prohibit Soliciting Insurance Sales From Military Personnel On Base

  Wayne Parsons | October 26, 2008 6:12 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Washington Post recently reported that our military members are targeted by unscrupulous companies. Kimberly Lankford of Kiplinger's Personal Finance reported on Sunday, August 3, 2008...

• Fat Paychecks for Insurance Executives

  Wayne Parsons | October 19, 2008 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The CEO's of the top 10 property/casualty insurance companies earned an average $8.9 million in 2007. The CEOs of the top 10 life and health insurance companies earned - believe it or not - even...

• Insurance Industry Wealth

  Wayne Parsons | October 19, 2008 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The insurance industry gets $1 trillion in premiums each year, has $3.8 trillion in assets which is more that Gross Domestic Product of every country in the world except the U.S. and Japan.

• Ten Worst Insurance Companies

  Wayne Parsons | October 19, 2008 3:32 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Former Allstate adjuster Jo Ann Katzman put it in stark perspective: “We were told to lie by our supervisors—it’s tough to look at people and know you’re lying.” The...

• Why Do Doctors Make Mistakes that Injure Or Kill Their Patients?

  Wayne Parsons | August 09, 2008 11:17 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The answer is simple. Medical science is improving and we know more about how to cure disease than ever before. So why do so many patients suffer injuries when they are treated by modern health...