SOMETIMES HEARING WHAT GOES ON IN SALEM JUST BURNS ME UP!!

Long-term care insurer fined by Oregon Insurance Division!! The Oregon Insurance Division announced it has fined Bankers Life and Casualty Co., one of the state’s largest long-term care insurers, $115,000 for improper claims handling. The Insurance Division directed Bankers Life to review 26,000 claims involving 2,069 policyholders as far back as Jan. 1, 2010 to find any other cases where the company owes benefits. The Chicago-based company also must change practices to ensure proper claims handling going forward, according to a news release from the state Insurance Division.