Sanford Health gets OK to sell insurance in ND (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:45:27 GMT
North Dakota regulators have given approval to Sanford Health Plan to sell health insurance in the state, likely setting up competition with the company that has dominated the North Dakota market for decades but has drawn recent criticism for its spending practices....
Explosion at Darwin Insurance Office Injures 15 (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:42:29 GMT
Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Fifteen people were admitted to hospital in the northern Australian city of Darwin today after an explosion at an insurance office, officials said....
Health insurance guarantee plan (BBC News)
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:18:49 GMT
Proposals to guarantee health insurance for UK-bound Manx residents could be brought before Tynwald next month....
MetLife: In talks with AIG for insurance unit (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:56:35 GMT
Shares of MetLife slid Wednesday, a day after the insurer confirmed that its in talks with American International Group Inc. about buying the American Life Insurance Company....
Markey authors bill to strip antitrust protection from health insurance companies (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:41:31 GMT
Health and medical malpractice insurance companies would lose an antitrust exemption theyve enjoyed since 1945 under a bill introduced Wednesday by Rep. Betsy Markey....
MARK STRAIN: On The Mark - Insurance: trapped by law and by policy (Naples Daily News)
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:05:00 GMT
Some things last only so long. After years of repairing a small appliance, replacement eventually became the only logical alternative, so off I went to the local mega store to buy a new one. Simple enough exercise, but while I was checking out, the clerk asked me a question that is quite typical now-a-days: “Would you like insurance?” The appliance cost about $20 and I assumed if it broke within ......
Liberty Mutual sues former executives, Aspen Insurance (Business Insurance)
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:42:45 GMT
NEW YORK—Liberty Mutual Group Inc. has filed suit against Hamilton, Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., several Aspen subsidiaries and several of its own former employees, charging they conspired to steal Liberty Mutuals professional liability business....
Record claims show health insurance value (Scoop.co.nz)
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:53:44 GMT
Health insurance claims topped three-quarters of a billion dollars for the first time last year, according to industry figures released today by the Health Funds Association (HFANZ)....
Nebraska Lawmakers Consider Health-Insurance Plan (KOLN Lincoln)
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:43:02 GMT
Nebraska residents are debating whether the state should try to reject health-insurance mandates, even though doing so probably wouldnt stop the federal government from forcing coverage....
Insurance Winners and Losers: MetLife (...
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:46:15 GMT
The market is declaring some insurance stocks healthy -- and others quite sickly -- after earnings reports on Tuesday provided a hint at the coming quarter for the insurance secto......
Sanford Health gets OK to sell insuranc...
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:45:27 GMT
North Dakota regulators have given approval to Sanford Health Plan to sell health insurance in the state, likely setting up competition with the company that has dominated the Nor......
Explosion at Darwin Insurance Office In...
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:42:29 GMT
Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Fifteen people were admitted to hospital in the northern Australian city of Darwin today after an explosion at an insurance office, officials said.......
Health insurance guarantee plan (BBC Ne...
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:18:49 GMT
Proposals to guarantee health insurance for UK-bound Manx residents could be brought before Tynwald next month.......
MetLife: In talks with AIG for insuranc...
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:56:35 GMT
Shares of MetLife slid Wednesday, a day after the insurer confirmed that its in talks with American International Group Inc. about buying the American Life Insurance Company.......
Markey authors bill to strip antitrust ...
Published:Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:41:31 GMT
Health and medical malpractice insurance companies would lose an antitrust exemption theyve enjoyed since 1945 under a bill introduced Wednesday by Rep. Betsy Markey.......
