Friday, April 24, 2009

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 ...

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

World Travel Holdings (WTH) Makes Innovative Enhancements to ... - PR Newswire (press release)

World Travel Holdings (WTH) Makes Innovative Enhancements to ...

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WOBURN, Mass., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- World Travel Holdings (WTH), the nation's leading multi-brand travel distributor, today announced it has enhanced its company-wide travel insurance program so that consumers can enjoy a worry-free cruise, ...

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Women often charged more than men for individual health insurance - San Jose Mercury News

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Women often charged more than men for individual health insurance

San Jose Mercury News,  USA

On top of that, most of those plans don't cover maternity services. Insurance companies say the difference is because women cost more to insure, but critics say the practice amounts to discrimination. "The individual health insurance market is the last ...

Friday, April 17, 2009

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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Insurers expect Internet sales, the model used by Geico, to expand over the next 10 years and they should plan for changes in customer behavior, said Jay Fishman, Travelers' CEO, in an interview in November. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., ...

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Entrepreneurial Edge The Local Insurance Agency Hustles in a Slump - New York Times

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Entrepreneurial Edge The Local Insurance Agency Hustles in a Slump

New York Times, United States

Glenn A. Smith, owner and district manager of a Farmers Insurance Group agency in Long Beach, Calif., said his agency, which manages insurance for about $50 million a year in premiums, recently lost a client to Travelers Companies. ...

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Entrepreneurial Edge The Local Insurance Agency Hustles in a Slump - New York Times

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Entrepreneurial Edge The Local Insurance Agency Hustles in a Slump

New York Times, United States

Glenn A. Smith, owner and district manager of a Farmers Insurance Group agency in Long Beach, Calif., said his agency, which manages insurance for about $50 million a year in premiums, recently lost a client to Travelers Companies. ...

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Recession far from over, Obama says - USA Today

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Recession far from over, Obama says

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Obama singled out plans for restructuring American International Group, the giant insurance company, and auto companies, saying that process "will involve difficult and sometimes unpopular choices." Chrysler and General Motors face the prospect of more ...

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'Glimmers' of hope, but US not out of woods: Obama

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Monday, April 13, 2009

Insuring your trip costs against loss of a job - Philadelphia Inquirer

Insuring your trip costs against loss of a job

Philadelphia Inquirer, PA

Riders to standard travel-insurance policies, available for an extra $25 to $50, that

Friday, April 10, 2009

Fla. lawmakers 'waking up' to insurance failures - New York Times

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Fla. lawmakers 'waking up' to insurance failures

New York Times, United States

"Florida is clearly beginning to recognize the extremely vulnerable position it put itself in over the past several years," said Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute. Florida is the United States' test ...

Florida's catastrophe insurance market reaches breaking point

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Buffett’s Berkshire Loses Moody’s Top Credit Rating - Bloomberg

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Buffett’s Berkshire Loses Moody’s Top Credit Rating

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Last year, Moody’s gave a Berkshire bond-insurance business its top rating as competitors in that industry faltered. A favorable Moody’s rating for Berkshire or a lower rating for a rival could give Buffett’s firm an advantage. ...

Moody's strips Berkshire Hathaway of top rating

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

US to Offer Aid to Life Insurers - Wall Street Journal

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US to Offer Aid to Life Insurers

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While American International Group Inc. is a major insurer and is the biggest recipient of government money, its problems weren't caused by its life-insurance operations, but derivative bets that went bad. Only insurers that own federally chartered ...

Monday, April 6, 2009

Still Awaiting An Insurance Bailout - Washington Post

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Still Awaiting An Insurance Bailout

Washington Post, United States

"There are lots and lots of pieces that could break down," said Karen L. Pollitz, director of Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute. "This is not idiot-proof." The subsidies, aimed at helping people keep their employer-provided group health ...

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Short-Term Medical Insurance Offers COBRA Alternative

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Ed Jacobs qualifies for top MDRT honor - Cleveland Daily Banner

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Northwestern Mutual Financial Network is the marketing name for the sales distribution arm of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a FORTUNE 500 company with more than $1 trillion of life insurance protection in force.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Court sides with Delphi salaried retirees - Bizjournals.com

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Court sides with Delphi salaried retirees

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Most of the money from Delphi, which has operated under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since October 2005, will be used for a Voluntary Employees’ Benefit Association, or VEBA, to buy insurance for retirees in bulk. About $1 million will be used to ...

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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Axa updates travel insurance policies - CompareAndSave.com

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Axa updates travel insurance policies

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Axa's travel insurance policies have been changed to ensure travellers to the Channel Islands are covered after the Department of Health warned Brits that they will no longer receive free treatment on the islands. An agreement between the UK and the ...

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AXA travel policies updated to provide medical cover in Channel ...

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AXA advises of changes to Channel Islands insurance requirements

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Insurers fight efforts to curb financial abuses - Houston Chronicle

Insurers fight efforts to curb financial abuses

Houston Chronicle, United States

TDI has open enforcement cases against eight insurance companies based on annuity sales and marketing, officials told The Associated Press. They are Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, American Investors Life Insurance Company, ...