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POLITICS-US: THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF HEALTHCARE REFORM
WASHINGTON, Nov 11, 2009, 2009 (IPS/GIN via COMTEX) -- Watching healthcare reform legislation pass through the U.S. Congress is like watching sausage get made. It is a gory and lumbering process of alliances and amendments, procedure and pa...
ODNR diverts money intended for Lake Hope lodge replacement
Mary Beth Lane Nov 11, 2009 (The Columbus Dispatch - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Vinton County commissioners are outraged that state officials are delaying construction of a new lodge at Lake Hope State Park becaus...
Court highlights home care and home hospice month
Pamela Robinson Nov 11, 2009 (Gainesville Daily Register - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- During Monday's Cooke County Commissioners Court, commissioners voted 5-0 to proclaim November as Home Care and Hospice Month i...
Durbin meets with unemployed
Brittany Palmer BELLEVILLE, Nov 11, 2009 (Belleville News-Democrat - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Robert Descamps and David Dasher are two unemployed welding students attending Southwestern Illinois College through...
Spratt defends health care vote amid GOP charges: Congressman wants more changes, Republican opponent slams vote
Matt Garfield WASHINGTON, Nov 11, 2009 (The Herald - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Calling the health care bill approved Saturday by House lawmakers a long way from perfect, U.S. Rep. John Spratt defended his support...
Cost cutting committee offers budget solutions
Nick McLain Nov 11, 2009 (Zionsville Times Sentinel - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A Cost Cutting Advisory Task Force has come up with 45 ideas to cut the Zionsville Community Schools 2010 budget, which was presente...
H1N1 vaccine arrives in Carlton County
Wendy Johnson Nov 10, 2009 (The Pine Journal - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The H1N1 vaccine has arrived in Carlton County -- but don't blink. Dave Lee, director of Carlton County Public Health and Human Services, t...
Senators discuss creation of panel to control health costs
Eric Pianin WASHINGTON, Nov 11, 2009 (Kaiser Health News - McClatchy-Tribune News Service via COMTEX) -- The drive on Capitol Hill to create a bipartisan commission to help control the cost of health spending and address mounting deficits p...
BRIEFING - ASIA INSURANCE - NOV 11, 2009
Nov 11, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- An executive briefing on insurance for Nov 11, 2009, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportun...
Six more Nadel investors to return profits
Six more investors in Arthur G. Nadel's hedge funds agreed last week to turn over $262,500 in false profits they made in the alleged Ponzi scheme. That brings the total amount of clawbacks to nearly $1.6 million from profiteers who earned m...
Tax credit may offer foreclosure buffer, analyst says
Home values are still falling in the Sarasota-Bradenton market, but the trend is showing signs of slowing and might slow further with the recent passage of an extended home buyers tax credit, Zillow.com's chief economist said Monday. Stan H...
EULER HERMES : Q3 2009 results
Euler Hermes third quarter 2009 results Turnover: E512.7 million Technical result: -E11.6 million Operating income: E12.4 million Net income at breakeven In spite of the rebound in the world economy during the third quarter of 2009, the cris...
Why Does This Doctor Want to Be a Lawyer?
S In December, the same month he turns 44, Levine will graduate from Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport. In February, he'll take the Bar exam and become an associate of the Z Law Group, a Tampa firm led by Jeffrey Zwirn. He alrea...
250,000 Floridians to benefit from extension of unemployment benefits
A bill headed for President Barack Obama's signature today would expand a popular tax credit for home buyers and extend unemployment benefits. Nearly 2 million people out of work almost a year or more qualify. The measure, approved 403-12 b...
Bank of Florida Announces Public Offering
Bank of Florida Corporation (Nasdaq: BOFL) (the Company) today announced that it has commenced an offering to sell shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. Raymond James Associates, Inc. is acting as the lead book-runn...
Washington State Regulator Wants JUA Powers to Provide Flood Insurance
Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler will ask state lawmakers for the authority to create government-run insurance programs as needed, in particular to address flood insurance needs in the Green River Valley. Kreidler said...
Update: Grange Personal Lines President Said Insurers to Eye Rate Hikes in Midwest
(Corrects headline with the title of Joseph DiMartino, who is president of personal lines for Grange Insurance.) Joseph DiMartino, new president of personal lines for Grange Insurance, said that like many insurers who write in the Midwest,...
CSC Recognized as 'Best Technology Vendor' by Reactions Magazine
CSC (NYSE: CSC) today announced that it has been named Best Technology Vendor as part of the Reactions Global Awards, an international awards program for insurers sponsored by Reactions magazine. This is the second year for the Best Technol...
Best's Rating Notification - Nonprofits' Insurance Alliance of CA
Company: Nonprofits' Insurance Alliance of CA AMB Number: 11845 Current Rating: A Previous Rating: A To obtain more information about this company, please visit: http://www3.ambest.com/frames/fs.asp?site=ratingsRefNum =11845tab=4 For Defini...
Insurers Adjusted Stock Investment in Q3
China Life Insurance Company Limited (601628.SH), China Life Insurance (Group) Company, and China Life Reinsurance Company Ltd. totally held 154 stocks with the combined market value of CNY 64.6 billion by this September. In the three month...
Phoenix Distribution Company Forms and Announces Agreement with Edward Jones Financial Advisors
The Phoenix Companies, Inc. (NYSE:PNX) today announced that it has formed a distribution company, Saybrus Partners(SM), Inc., and that Saybrus has an agreement with financial services firm Edward Jones to provide life insurance consulting se...
ING to Sell Life Insurance JVs in China
ING's plan to spin off insurance business and investment management business is scheduled to be unveiled next week, said sources. The Dutch financial service provider announced the sale of the insurance unit days ago and currently, it takes...
QBE cuts projected insurance revenue growth to US$13 bln
QBE INSURANCE GROUP LTD (ASX:QBE) has cut back its projected insurance revenue growth because its predominately overseas-based earnings have been adversely affected by the stronger Australian dollar. Gross written premium (GWP), a benchmark...
Asia's tough laws work against HIV/AIDS prevention, say experts
International experts are warning that Asia is facing a new wave of HIV/AIDS partly because tough local laws are hampering disease control efforts. A conference on the escalating health and humanitarian crises threatening billions of the wor...
A Smart Disaster Preparedness Plan Includes Insurance Protection
Major disasters in recent years have caused the federal government to review its preparedness plans for the 2009 spring disaster season. Wildfires, flooding, tornadoes and hurricanes can strike anywhere in the U.S. That is why the Idaho Depa...
Enhanced Electronic Initiatives for Insurance Producers
The Idaho Department of Insurance announces a new feature that will aid in the submission of documents and notices from licensed producers and insurance companies. This electronic enhancement, Attachments Warehouse, will ease the filing proc...
House Speaker Launches Compromise Health Reform Bill With Public Option
The House of Representatives now has a compromise health reform bill to consider, with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announcing the merger of the House's three versions of health legislation that passed through committees. This means bo...
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