Health reform advocates stage protest at insurers’ offices

A group of about a dozen health care reform supporters calling for insurance companies to end “bad health insurance industry practices” staged a protest Tuesday (Sept. 22) in front of the Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania headquarters in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.  Read Story

Administration to boost Medicare, close ‘doughnut hole’ with reforms

Vice President Joseph Biden sought to allay the fears of seniors Wednesday, assuring them that their Medicare benefits are safe -- and will be stronger -- under the administration's health care reform plan.  Read Story

Insurer says whole life policies fill gaps in retirement funds

With almost half of U.S. households “at risk” of being unable to maintain their living standards in retirement, the cash values accrued in whole life policies can fill the gaps, according to one insurer.  Read Story

Study: Ike shows minimum flood elevation rules ‘woefully inadequate’

The minimum flood elevation requirements for Gulf Coast properties prone to storm surges were “woefully inadequate,” according to a new study, whose sponsors seek federal government intervention to encourage raising the required minimum elevations for building.  Read Story

Hudson Insurance Group announced the establishment of a new office in Philadelphia, Pa., to provide agents, brokers and their clients with local access to management liability insurance coverage.  Read Story

North Carolina agent charged in $168,000 client embezzlement case

The owner of a Smithfield, N.C., insurance agency faces charges of embezzlement and exploiting disabled or elder trust for allegedly cheating a 90-year-old woman out of $168,176.  Read Story

Bronx man allegedly steals identity to obtain health insurance

A Bronx, N.Y., man could receive up to seven years in prison after he stole a friend’s identity to obtain health insurance for treatment after a fall from a fire escape.  Read Story

Maine regulator says insurance crisis ‘slowly killing’ middle class

Calling for industry-wide reform to solve the nation’s health care crisis, Maine’s insurance commissioner said the rising cost of insurance premiums is “slowly killing off the American middle class.”  Read Story

A new iPhone application seeks to become people’s insurance agent. Released by a North Hollywood, Calif., company, LifeInsuanceAgency.com, the new app offers life, health  and property-casualty insurance quotes.

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Biden tells NAIC that insurance companies need ‘ground rules’

As part of a two-day effort in Maryland to sell President Barack Obama's health care plan, Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday (Sept. 22) told the National Association of Insurance Commissioners basic "ground rules" are needed for insurance companies.  Read Story