Insurance businessman and Blue Cross rescuer dies at 87

Insurance businessman and Blue Cross rescuer dies at 87

Percy Joseph “P.J.” Mills, a former Louisiana legislator, who was instrumental in rescuing Blue Cross Blue Shield when it was financially troubled in the 1990s, died Jan. 16 in New Orleans at the age of 87 after battling Parkinson’s and...
Trump commutes two insurance sentences

Trump commutes two insurance sentences

Among the pardons and sentence commutations former President Donald J. Trump issued before he left office, one commutation went to a man serving the longest ever prison term for a white collar crime (835 years), and another went to a man who was known as the...
Manes recalls early lessons of insurance career

Manes recalls early lessons of insurance career

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following column was first published in January 2018 by Insurance Thought Leadership and is reprinted here with permission of the author. By MICHAEL G. MANES Manes and Associates Feb. 14 will be the 45th anniversary of my first employment in...