Agent Count Falls at Bankers Life
Agent pruning and lower unemployment may be factors in the falling agent count at Bankers Life, said CNO Financial CEO…
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Monthly Archive: May 2018
Sask. nurses want prescribing power to tackle opioid addiction
On Thursday, Saskatchewan registered nurses will vote on proposed bylaw changes that would allow nurse practioners to prescribe opioid substitution therapies, like methadone.
Why are kids waiting so long for mental health services?
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Top doctor calls for sanctions against chiropractor for anti-vaccine video
The vice-chair of B.C.’s chiropractic college should be disciplined for posting a video that suggests fruit juices are more effective than vaccines at preventing the flu, according to the province’s top…
Genworth, China Oceanwide To Alter Acquisition Deal
More changes are being made in Genworth Financial Inc.’ s long-delayed plan to be acquired by the China- based investment firm China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co. Ltd.. Henrico County- based Genworth, an insurance company with thousands of employees in Virginia, said Wednesday that the two companies are developing a new capital structure for the deal, after…
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Lincoln Financial Group Reports 1Q Results
Lincoln Financial Group today reported net income for the first quarter of 2018 of $367 million, or $1.64 per diluted share available to common stockholders, compared to net income in the first quarter of 2017 of $435 million, or $1.89 per diluted share available to common stockholders. “We started the year strong with record first-quarter adjusted operating…
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Is There An ‘Insurance Go’ In Our Future?
Lessons the insurance industry can learn from Amazon’s grocery store venture.
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Health Canada’s prescription opioid stickers will warn of addiction risk
Health Canada is making warning stickers and patient handouts mandatory with all dispensed prescription opioids dispensed, and the final regulations were published Wednesday in Canada Gazette.
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Regulating fake news will only ensure that we only see regulated fake news
Herbert Grubel: It seems better to prevent the likely small cost of fake news by relying on the common sense of the common people
Facebook is like the Russia of the internet — intrusive and unethical
Diane Francis: Facebook has played fast and loose with regulators, facts, the press, and deployed a sketchy business model that should be illegal