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• n  a financial institution that sells insurance

• American International Group, the world's largest insurer, recently reported the biggest loss in the company's history largely due to an $11 billion writedown on its CDS holdings.
• An insurer that collects set fees from enrollees for comprehensive medical care, determining which procedures are necessary and limiting services to within a pre-determined network .
• The insurer said Greenberg hijacked Starr and the trust when he was ousted as the company's CEO in 2005 amid an accounting scandal.

• insurance company
• insurance firm
• insurance underwriter
• underwriter

News & Articles

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• Insurer ends coverage of compounded drugs
  BOSTON - The second largest health insurer in Massachusetts will soon stop covering specialty medications known as compounded drugs because of cost and safety concerns.
  June 14, 2013 - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
• Insurer ends specialty drugs coverage
  The second largest health insurer in Massachusetts has announced that it will no longer cover specialty medications known as compounded drugs, months after a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak was traced to a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy.
  June 14, 2013 - WPRI Providence
• Insurer stops covering compounded drugs
  The second largest health insurer in Massachusetts has announced that it will no longer cover specialty medications known as compounded drugs, months after a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak was traced to a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy.
  June 13, 2013 - WWLP Springfield

Quotes

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• Roger Altman in Seattle Post Intelligencer
  It's the interconnectedness and the fear of the unknown, meaning the impact of a failure,said Roger Altman, a former Treasury official under President Clinton. "The prospect of the world's largest insurer failing, together with the...
• Steve Bracks in NEWS.com.au
  This office wants to know when and if MBIA and Ambac disclosed to bond issuers - the cities, towns, districts and other public authorities - that their financial condition as an insurer was being severely impacted as a result of their involvement... William Galvin http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Galvin&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFcZbhcwCnLoX7sfITlWCfhcR2zkA Forbes http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/01/23/ap4564623.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHhuZauDZS4osrV63kV2P0enwE8Qg Jan 23, 2008 52577 69758 insurer The private insurer gave advice to Victoria Police that they wanted to settle legal costs," Mr Bracks said.