Latest News in Home Insurance – July 06, 2009
Workers ‘paid to stay at home’ under CBI plan – Times Online
6 Jul 2009 at 12:40am
Employers would be able to put workers into low-paid “limbo”, instead of making them redundant, under proposals made by business leaders today. The CBI calls for a radical new way of helping businesses to weather the downturn with the …
HEALTH CARE: What’s so wrong with socialism? – Tacoma News Tribune
6 Jul 2009 at 12:40am
I’ve noticed that people who whine about socialized medicine are perfectly content with a socialist military. That’s right. The U.S. military is a complete socialist state within a state – taxpayer-funded and government-subsidized from health …
Reverse mortgage can help seniors buy new, smaller home – Chicago Sun-Times
6 Jul 2009 at 1:58am
Americans have learned a tough lesson: Your home is not your piggy bank. However, there is a reward for those who did build equity in their homes: In their senior years, their home can provide a monthly stream of tax-free income, or a lump sum of …
Widened mental benefits pose test – Boston Globe
6 Jul 2009 at 1:51am
Tens of thousands of Massachusetts patients who grapple with some of the most intractable mental health problems – eating disorders, addictions, autism, and post-traumatic stress – should face fewer barriers to treatment under a state law that went …
Credit consumption has huge auto market potential – China Economic Net
5 Jul 2009 at 11:21pm
Though the influence of international financial crisis hasn’t touched the bottom yet, the domestic auto market is getting warm quietly. During the “May Day” vocation this year, many cities such as Nanchang city in Jiangxi province welcomed a vehicle …
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Bank of Montreal Insurance (Barbados … – Busi…
29 Jun 2009 at 7:15am
BOMIBL is a life reinsurer that is ultimately owned by Bank of Montreal (Toronto, Ontario), the fourth-largest full service bank in Canada by assets. BOMIBL principally reinsures credit insurance policies underwritten by third-party life insurance …
A.M. Best To Host Webcast Reviewing The State Of The Captive Insurance … -…
29 Jun 2009 at 5:27am
Assistant Vice President Steven Chirico and Group Vice President John Andre of A.M. Best’s property/casualty rating division will present an in-depth review of the newest A.M. Best report examining developments in premium volume, loss reserves and …
FICO scores fall as banks cut credit limits – Delaware Online
6 Jul 2009 at 12:47am
When Sharii Rey, a paralegal in Portland, Ore., recently had her credit limit reduced by JPMorgan Chase & Co., she said it would hurt her 760 credit score. That’s not the bank’s problem, she was told. It’s FICO’s. After Rey’s $42,500 credit line was …
Bills target mobile homes – North Adams Transcript
6 Jul 2009 at 12:04am
Proposed Senate Bill 648 seeks elimination of rent control at mobile home parks and all future municipal ability to establish such control. The measure also calls for a thorough municipal review of tenant finances should a tenant claim inability to …
Letter: Help citizens, not illegal immigrants – Eagle-Tribune
5 Jul 2009 at 11:07pm
I was appalled when I read the letter to the editor by Annette Cameron (June 26). I find it unbelievable that our elected officials would even consider passing the DREAM Act (S.729 and H.R. 1751). This means that illegal immigrants would have …
