• The health reform passes an obstacle to U.S. Senate

      The House of Representatives, it has already passed its own bill November 7, and if the Senate does the same, he'll have both houses agree in January on a joint text, the result of merging the two projects, before President Obama can not sig...
    • Health reform: the U.S. Senate says yes to debate

      Of the 40 Republican senators, 39 voted against and one did not vote. The vote was on whether to open the debate and under 60 votes, the debate will go ahead in the upper chamber. This does not however prejudge the outcome of discussions. Be...
    • Married Couples Face Extra Tax In Senate Health Bill; Proposal Packed With 17 New Levies

      HEADLINE: Married couples face extra tax in Senate health bill; Proposal packed with 17 new levies BYLINE: By Stephen Dinan and David M. Dickson THE WASHINGTON TIMES Senate Democrats' health care bill would create a new marriage penalty by...
    • Ahead of Copenhagen, Reinsurers Put Climate Change Risk on Strategic Agenda

      While the upcoming United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen will aim for a new treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, the reinsurance and insurance industries are putting climate change mitigation measures on their strategic a...
    • Senate votes to begin debating health-care overhaul

      The Senate voted 60-39 Saturday to clear the way for consideration of historic legislation to overhaul the nation's health-care system, but reluctant Democratic moderates sent strong signals that the bill has an uncertain future. Saturday's...
    • What is Health Care?

      Health Care is the prevention or treatment of illness through services provided bythe health profession. In broad terms, health cares main goal is to preserve both mental and physical health. Health Care is typically associated with benefit...
    • Should I purchase Rental Car Insurance?

      It really depends on your personal car insurance policy. Some auto insurance policies cover rental vehicles. You'll need to contact your car insurance agent or read your policy details to ensure a rental car is covered. If your personal car...
    • Will my Health Insurance pay for Breast Implants?

      Not many (if any) Health Insurance policies cover payments for breast implants for cosmetic purposes. However, it may be that policies will cover breast implantsif they are required for reconstruction following surgical procedures carried ou...
    • Will my insurance pay for LASIK eye surgery?

      It used to be the case that insurance companiesregarded LASIK eye surgery as a cosmetic procedure and as such would not include the cost of surgery in their cover. However, there is an increasing number of instances where refractive eye surg...
    • The Good in Internet Life Insurance Leads

      What is so good about internet life insurance leads? Why are more and more agents talking about these? If you dont know the answer to these questions you need to continue to read. When it comes down to it, agents are generating internet life...
    • Fla. Tries to Escape Its Overexposure to Storm Damages

      Florida is launching a new assault on hurricanes -- with percentage points. The state's vast public insurance program is seeking a 7.5 percent average increase for its riskiest policies, covering some 300,000 homes on exposed beaches and in...
    • Technical Processing Requirements for Multifamily Project Mortgage Insurance

      SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on...
    • Kerry Urges Affordability Measure Included in Merged Health Bill

      November 13, 2009 Contact: Jodi Seth/Whitney Smith, 202-224-4159 Kerry Urges Affordability Measure Included in Merged Health Bill Kerry proposal builds on successful best practices in Massachusetts health care reform WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sena...
    • Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liab

      Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on November 6, 2009, two proposed and related Consent Decrees in United States v. Carlyle Manufacturing Co., Inc., et al., No. 3:09-1784, and United States v. Timothy Fidgeon as Trustee of the...
    • DAILY MYTHBUSTER: Health Insurance Reform and Ruth Marcus Column on 'Flood of Misstatements'

      HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI November 13, 2009 Health Insurance Reform Mythbuster on What Columnist Ruth Marcus Calls 'the Flood of Sheer Factual Misstatements' Following the passage of historic health insurance reform legislation last Saturd...
    • 6 Investors Bid for 15.6% of Taikang Life

      Six investors took part in the first-round bidding French insurer AXA SA held for a 15.6 percent stake in Chinese insurer Taikang Life Insurance Co., Ltd. last Friday, said sources. They are Temasek Holdings, Blackstone Group, Bain Capital,...
    • InsWeb Leads Monday's AMBG as Global Insurance Index Rises 2.86%

      Laura McArdle OLDWICK, N.J., Nov 10, 2009 (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- The AMBG closed Monday, Nov. 9, at 813.45 (+2.86%). All 15 A.M. Best stock indexes rose. Leading A.M. Best's Global Insurance Composite Index (AMBG) were InsWeb (+8.70%) a...
    • Continent Insurance Premium Income Rose 13.4%

      BEIJING, Nov 10, 2009 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- China Continent Property Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd. (Continent Insurance) reaped a total premium income of CNY 8.43 billion in the first nine months of 2009, with a 13.4%...
    • P&C Trades Unite Against Ending Health Antitrust Immunity

      A group of nine groups of goods and casualty insurance trade industry today charged that the proposed legislation in Congress that would end the exemption under the antitrust laws for insurers Care health, had a hidden agenda of the opening...
    • Med-Mal Insurers Plan A Fight To Keep Antitrust Exemption

      WASHINGTON-Medical insurance cons faults trade groups said they are preparing to fight a proposal to revoke the antitrust exemption, they are now afforded under the McCarran-Ferguson Act law. The Senate Democratic leader ship said they are l...