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Insurance Mandate May Need Strict Penalties - NPR News
The health care plans before Congress require individuals to purchase insurance. But the penalty for violating the individual mandate may be so low that healthy people might be tempted to pay it instead of buying insurance. That would leave insurers ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:42:00 GMT

In DC Americans Take On Health Insurance Executives - Huffingtonpost.com
On Tuesday, I had the pleasure to join thousands of others who took to the streets of Washington DC in support of health care reform and to protest the insurance industry executives who were gathered at the Ritz Carlton. On the same morning, the ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:28:00 GMT

FRENCH INSURANCE COMPENSATES DESCENDENTS OF ARMENIAN ... - EurasiaNet
French insurance company Axa has reportedly provided life insurance premiums to descendants of Armenians killed during a 1915 bloody crackdown on ethnic Armenians in Ottoman Turkey, Armtown news agency reported on March 10. Hilda Tchobian, head of ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:56:00 GMT

Oswego County woman indicted in theft of insurance ... - Syracuse Post-Standard
Syracuse, NY - An Oswego County woman was indicted today on charges she customers’ insurance policy payments at the insurance company where she worked. Lynn Scheuer, 37, of 110 Route 49, Cleveland, was indicted by an Onondaga County grand jury on ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:25:00 GMT

NCOIL Rejects Federal Role for Systemic Risk Regulation ... - Insurance News Net
The National Conference of Insurance Legislators reiterated its opposition to federal involvement in insurance regulation, specifically calling for insurers to be excluded from systemic risk legislation. In a resolution adopted by at the group's ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:13:00 GMT

Watch What Happens When Health Insurance Companies ... - The Business Insider
In recent weeks, you’ve probably heard a lot about WellPoint, the big insurance company that reported earning $2.7 billion in one quarter, and then promptly raised rates on some customers in California by up to 39 percent. Those aren’t the only ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:42:00 GMT

Mandatory dog-attack insurance? A proposal in Britain. - The Christian Science Monitor
Apparently, Each week, more than 100 people are admitted to hospital as a result of attacks by dogs, and there has been a rise in levels of dog fighting and illegal ownership, particularly by gangs who are using dangerous dogs as status symbols. As ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:59:00 GMT

State regulators to consider revamp of health insurance ... - Boston Globe
State regulators today said that they will likely overhaul the complex formula they use to determine how many Massachusetts residents face a tax penalty for not having health insurance because spiraling costs are making coverage unaffordable for too ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:52:00 GMT

New York Life to Pay Long-Term Care Insurance Dividend ... - Insurance News Net
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New York Life Insurance Company announced today it will pay a dividend to its LTC Select Premier long-term care insurance policyholders this year. This is the sixth consecutive year New York Life, a triple-A rated insurer ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:13:00 GMT

5 arrested for alleged SoCal auto insurance scam - San Jose Mercury News
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County prosecutors have arrested a lawyer and four chiropractors and paralegals who allegedly bilked insurance companies by submitting bills for phony auto accidents. The district attorney's office says the suspects arrested ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:25:00 GMT