GETTING PERSONAL: Going Green Brings Insurance Discounts Wall Street Journal Farmer's and Fireman's are also among companies offering eco-friendly homeowners insurance coverage following a total or partial loss. For an additional premium starting around $20 to $25 a year, policy holders can rebuild, say, a kitchen damaged by ... |
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
GETTING PERSONAL: Going Green Brings Insurance Discounts - Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
High-Risk Car Insurance Resists Change in Md. - Washington Post
High-Risk Car Insurance Resists Change in Md. Washington Post, United States Marvin Mandel (D) hoped to bring down rates for everyone by having a state agency underwrite insurance for high-risk drivers. The system was capitalized by an industry set up to finance premiums, writing short-term loans at rates as high as 30 percent. |
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Texas Supreme Court rules insurance company must pay family's claim - Dallas Morning News
Texas Supreme Court rules insurance company must pay family's claim Dallas Morning News, TX Linda Stewart Ball, AP The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that an insurance company must pay a family's claim over a child critically injured by a truck that was fleeing from police near San Marcos in 1999. The child's parents, Greg and Maribel ... |
Joblessness Reaches 10% in Indiana; Jumps in Oregon - Bloomberg
WCBD | Joblessness Reaches 10% in Indiana; Jumps in Oregon Bloomberg By Shobhana Chandra April 17 (Bloomberg) -- Indiana in March joined seven other US states with a jobless rate of at least 10 percent, and unemployment surged in Oregon, Washington and West Virginia as the worst employment slump in the postwar era ... Video: State Unemployment Hits Record Jobless rate shoots to 17% Why is state jobless rate so high? |
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Life Insurance Companies and Bankrupt Shopping Center Developers ... - Jutia Group
Life Insurance Companies and Bankrupt Shopping Center Developers ... Jutia Group, MD I've written several times in the recent past about the involvement of life insurance companies in shopping center financing. Whereas there has been great attention paid in the press to the difficulties of the automobile companies, of the banks, ... |
Entrepreneurial Edge The Local Insurance Agency Hustles in a Slump - New York Times
New York Times | Entrepreneurial Edge The Local Insurance Agency Hustles in a Slump New York Times, United States Janet Jones, president of the Elkins Jones Insurance Agency in Los Angeles, says that local agencies are adjusting their offerings to small businesses that may be struggling. By JAMES FLANIGAN WHILE the big insurance companies have been buffeted by the ... |
Friday, April 17, 2009
RAW DATA: Draft Guidelines for Stem Cell Research - FOXNews
ABC News | RAW DATA: Draft Guidelines for Stem Cell Research FOXNews In submitting comments, please note that comments will be made publicly available, including any person |
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Term Life Insurance Rates Increasing - PR Web (press release)
Term Life Insurance Rates Increasing PR Web (press release), WA AccuQuote.com, a leading provider of term life insurance quotes to people across the United States, continuously monitors the rates of hundreds of companies' and has seen life insurance rates begin to rise over the past few months. ... |
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Bill would let market decide homeowners insurance price tag - The News-Press
Bill would let market decide homeowners insurance price tag The News-Press, FL Bill Proctor's bill would |
Monday, April 13, 2009
Local coalition working to bring climate-change institute to area - San Diego Union Tribune
San Diego Union Tribune | Local coalition working to bring climate-change institute to area San Diego Union Tribune, CA The members also are collecting information about the region's business strengths that could be used to bolster a formal bid. In March, they hosted Padilla at a luncheon designed to highlight San Diego's commitment to combating climate change and ... Climate Change Effects In California |
Saturday, April 11, 2009
AM Best Downgrades Ratings of Unitrin, Inc. and Its Key Subsidiaries - Business Wire (press release)
AM Best Downgrades Ratings of Unitrin, Inc. and Its Key Subsidiaries Business Wire (press release), CA The ratings recognize that MSFIC is now 100% reinsured by Unitrin P&Câs lead company, Trinity Universal Insurance Company (Trinity Universal) (D |
Thursday, April 9, 2009
More Auto and Car Insurance Fraud Cases In Bad Economy - ABC News
More Auto and Car Insurance Fraud Cases In Bad Economy ABC News ... resident Dennis Bicek, car payments on his Infiniti G35 became such a burden that police allege he hired a man to steal and burn the vehicle to collect the insurance. Bicek claimed to police that his car had been stolen from a local golf course. ... |
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
More Auto and Car Insurance Fraud Cases In Bad Economy - ABC News
ABC News | More Auto and Car Insurance Fraud Cases In Bad Economy ABC News ... resident Dennis Bicek, car payments on his Infiniti G35 became such a burden that police allege he hired a man to steal and burn the vehicle to collect the insurance. Bicek claimed to police that his car had been stolen from a local golf course. ... |
6 tips to avoid travel insurance scams - CNN
6 tips to avoid travel insurance scams CNN He's also contacted an attorney and hopes to start a class-action lawsuit against the travel agency and insurance company. "I think both of them should be held liable," says the Davenport, Florida, retiree. There are no statistics on the number of ... |
Sunday, April 5, 2009
As NY gunman's life fell apart, he took others' - The Associated Press
guardian.co.uk | As NY gunman's life fell apart, he took others' The Associated Press Barricading the back doors to trap his prey "was his way of ensuring that he could maximize his kill rate," Dietz said. "This was |
Friday, April 3, 2009
10 Bargain Insurance Company Stocks - TheStreet.com
10 Bargain Insurance Company Stocks TheStreet.com You can count on one hand the number of industries whose shares have fared worse than insurance companies' in the past six months. But not all insurers are in the same position -- some have been unfairly punished and are trading at tempting values. ... |
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Lose Your Job? Your Car Payments Are Covered - KFDA
Straits Times | Lose Your Job? Your Car Payments Are Covered KFDA, TX Brand new car incentive programs rolled out on Wednesday... And one local dealership that currently uses insurance incentives says it's working. Both Ford and General Motors are hoping they can follow Hyundai's lead. We first told you about Hyundai's ... Ford, GM offer payment protection Ford introduces job loss insurance program Ford offers to make your car payments if you lose your job |