Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Letter From America The Routine Spiral of Health Care Costs - New York Times

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Letter From America The Routine Spiral of Health Care Costs

New York Times, United States

By RICHARD BERNSTEIN NEW YORK â€" The bill was $2306.88; or, put more accurately, the bill was $2848.00, but $2306.88 was the amount my insurance company paid my son's pediatric cardiologist. So large a bill and only slightly smaller payment for a pretty ...

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Insurance agent faces fraud, forgery accusations - Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Insurance agent faces fraud, forgery accusations

Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN

Antonello received large commissions from the sale of these policies and also profited from selling each of the policies to investors, according to the department. Several insurance companies have sued to rescind the policies and recover the ...

The $127 Million Man

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When one man is insured 44 times, suspicions arise

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Friday, April 17, 2009

Getting Smart About Annuities - Wall Street Journal

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Getting Smart About Annuities

Wall Street Journal

But in what has become a trend, Pacific Life Insurance Co., a top-10 variable-annuity seller, as of Jan. 1 reduced the withdrawal rate to 4%, from 5%, for new customers in their 60s in one of its popular offerings. Numerous other insurers have followed ...

AIG Sells Unit to Zurich, Biggest Deal Since Bailout - Bloomberg

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AIG Sells Unit to Zurich, Biggest Deal Since Bailout

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AIG said last month it will hand over its two largest non- US life insurance units into government trusts to cope with the global credit crisis that has hobbled potential buyers' ability to make qualifying bids. AIG said it owes about $46 billion of a ...

Thursday, April 16, 2009

State DOI appeals judge's ruling - News & Observer

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State DOI appeals judge's ruling

News & Observer, NC

By David Ranii - Staff Writer The state Department of Insurance said Wednesday it is appealing a court decision that took away its authority to approve higher insurance rates for certain homeowners without a public hearing. But the department isn't ...

DOI Appeals Superior Court Decision on Beach Plan Issues

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North Carolina DOI appeals part of ruling,

AIG Nearing a Deal to Sell Car-Insurance Unit to Zurich - Wall Street Journal

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AIG Nearing a Deal to Sell Car-Insurance Unit to Zurich

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Monday, April 13, 2009

Business Diary - Crain\'s Detroit Business

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Dearborn-based Auto Club Insurance Association has completed its planned acquisition of Auburn Hills-based MEEMIC Insurance Co. and its insurance agency affiliate, MEEMIC Insurance Services Corp. Terms were not disclosed. ...

Saturday, April 11, 2009

North Carolina, Colorado Banks Shut as 2009 Failures Reach 23 - Bloomberg

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North Carolina, Colorado Banks Shut as 2009 Failures Reach 23

Bloomberg

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., named receiver, gave New Frontier depositors 30 days to transfer accounts, and arranged to have Cape Fear’s assets to be assumed by First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston in South Carolina. ...

Cape Fear's Failure Is 22nd This Year!

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

More US insurance companies eye federal aid - Christian Science Monitor

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More US insurance companies eye federal aid

Christian Science Monitor, MA

By Ron Scherer | Staff writer/ April 8, 2009 edition Reporter Ron Scherer discusses the purchase of an Indiana thrift by Lincoln Financial last year and how that may

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

National Insurance Partners 'Bridges The Gaps' in Director Coverage - PR Newswire (press release)

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National Insurance Partners 'Bridges The Gaps' in Director Coverage

PR Newswire (press release), NY

Great American Insurance Group's roots go back to 1872 with the founding of its flagship company, Great American Insurance Company. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the operations of Great American Insurance Group are engaged primarily in property and ...

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Michael Peltier: Insurance to be bitter pill - Naples Daily News

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Michael Peltier: Insurance to be bitter pill

Naples Daily News, FL

What remains is how much immediate pain do lawmakers want to inflict on policyholders in the state-run insurance company as they attempt to get Florida out of the property insurance business. Proposals moving in the House and Senate both c

Friday, April 3, 2009

NM governor to sign title insurance overhaul bill - Forbes

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NM governor to sign title insurance overhaul bill

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The governor's office said Richardson is to sign the overhaul of the state's title insurance system on Friday at a news conference. The measure will provide for price competition in title insurance rates starting in July. Consumers will be able shop ...

Richardson to sign title insurance overhaul bill

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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Layoff insurance latest carrot for homebuyers - The Associated Press

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Layoff insurance latest carrot for homebuyers

The Associated Press

With the unemployment rate at a 26-year high and home sales still in the dumps, a growing number of homebuilders and even some real estate agents are trying to coax buyers with a kind of mortgage unemployment insurance. Major builders offering job loss ...

Lennar Gives Homebuyers The Spring Break They’ve Been Waiting For ...

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Insurers fight efforts to curb financial abuses - Houston Chronicle

Insurers fight efforts to curb financial abuses

Houston Chronicle, United States

In a report to the Legislature, the Texas Department of Insurance said more regulations are needed to stop companies from the "abusive practice" of selling policies based on a bogus premise. "It is clear that 115 years is not a reasonable maturity age, ...

Insurers fight efforts to curb financial abuses

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