Latest News in Home Insurance – Dec 22, 2008
Losing insurance can be sickening – Asbury Park Press
22 Dec 2008 at 2:02am
I’m a walking mess of what health insurers like to call “pre-existing conditions.” I start each morning by swallowing a handful of pills, the aggregate retail cost of which might exceed the gross national products of several small nations. My …
AP IMPACT: Wall Street still flying corporate jets – Associated Press
22 Dec 2008 at 1:33am
NEW YORK (AP) — Crisscrossing the country in corporate jets may no longer fly in Detroit after car executives got a dressing down from Congress. But on Wall Street, the coveted executive perk has hardly been grounded. Six financial firms that …
Kennedy Cancer Doesn’t Dim Drive Toward Dream Health-Care Plan – Bloomberg
22 Dec 2008 at 2:02am
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — Battling a deadly brain tumor, Senator Edward M. Kennedy is focusing on one last political goal: medical insurance for all Americans. Kennedy, 76, shepherded most of the major health-care legislation that’s gone through the U …
Road risks rise as more drivers drop insurance – Baltimore Sun
22 Dec 2008 at 2:30am
More drivers are letting their car insurance lapse because of the sour economy, putting themselves and others at risk. Several hundred thousand drivers dropped their insurance in the past year as the jobless rate climbed, estimates a study to be …
Canada offers $3.29 billion auto bailout – Associated Press
22 Dec 2008 at 12:14am
TORONTO (AP) — The federal and Ontario governments will provide the Canadian subsidiaries of the Detroit Three automakers with 4 billion Canadian dollars ($3.29 billion) in emergency loans, the prime minister said Saturday. The announcement follows …
People Driving Less, But Auto Insurance Rates Increase, Reports … – Busine…
15 Dec 2008 at 4:48am
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Independent consumer watchdog group, InsuranceBureau.com reports auto insurance rates are on the rise across the country. The average auto insurance rate increase is 7 percent according to the Insurance …
Utah may mandate health insurance for autism therapy – Salt Lake Tribune
15 Dec 2008 at 4:15pm
Leann Whiffen and her son, Clay, play on a trampoline at their Highland home last week. Whiffen wants to change Utah law to require insurance companies to cover the intense – and expensive – autism therapy that helped Clay. How a third-grader, he no …
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Jupiter Insurance Limited – Businesswire.com
15 Dec 2008 at 9:13am
OLDWICK, N.J.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “aa-” of Jupiter Insurance Limited (Jupiter) (Guernsey). The outlook for both ratings is stable. The …
What to do after you’re laid off – Delaware Online
22 Dec 2008 at 1:55am
More than half a million people lost their jobs in November, and the layoff announcements keep coming from companies in almost every industry. If you’re one of the unlucky many who recently learned you’ll be out of work – or you fear a pink slip soon …
AIG Announces Sale of HSB Group to Munich Re – Earthtimes
21 Dec 2008 at 11:46pm
NEW YORK – (Business Wire) American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced today an agreement to sell its wholly owned subsidiary HSB Group, Inc. (HSB), to the Munich Re Group. HSB, the parent company of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and …
